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Free the KPMG slaves
TS has always seen itself as the Angelina Jolie of the accountancy profession.
Why you ask? Is it because of our perfect figure and amazing teeth? Well, kind of (except for the odd filling or two) but also because our role as an ambassador for the profession is much like that of the movie star’s for the United Nations.
TS believes there’s a lot wrong with the world. TS would like to see an end to poverty, famine, disease, war and anything beginning with the letters I, F, R and S. Oh yes, and there’s also the slave trade to tackle.
Which is why we were shocked to read the other day that Keith Dugdale, director of recruitment and resourcing at KPMG, is proud to be ‘selling its people’.
‘The only thing we sell is our people,’ Dugdale told The Times, making TS shiver somewhat. KPMG staffers falling behind with their targets have been warned.
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Wow, can it get any better for us at KPMG? First there's the crap salary, then there's the crap bonus pool (ever-diminishing due to the "iFactor" aka giving £50k prizes to tax senior managers ever month for "innovation", ie doing their job), then there's the bizarre "Best Employer" propaganda (as if anyone apart from some deluded HR person believes that). Not to forget the failed initiatives (ie the Big Jam), the embarrassing "no 1 auditor" ads (is that really something to be proud of?), the CSR policies (eg £11m on pointless academy in Hackney, yet MORE bonus pot leakage). I could go on.
And after all this to find they are planning on selling us?
Excellent, can't wait to see how that meets the criteria of IAS 18.
Posted by :A K Slave | September 10, 2007 9:08 PM