Dudley B. Dawson

Dudley B. Dawson
Location
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Birthday
March 03
Title
Life in the Cubicle
Company
Examiner.com
Bio
The American journalist Dudley B. Dawson is known as one of the best examples of "Parachute" journalism. While many argue that his workplace and corporate cultural criticisms often lack guidance and supporting evidence, others are quick to celebrate his handsome looks and smooth writing style.

Dudley B. Dawson's Links

Salon.com
JUNE 8, 2009 6:19PM

Big 4 employees are indentured servants

Rate: 0 Flag

Are Big 4 employees nothing more than a modernized form of indentured servants?

I think so.

Over the past month, I've had the pleasure of sitting on a floor full of accounting employees and consultants.  Some of them internal, but most are from PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and KPMG.  For some reason, my employer hires all of them.  In massive quantities.  They literally have 15-30 of them stuffed in what used to be conference rooms.

Here's what I've witnessed thus far:

1) 90% of them are chicks under 24.

2) 60% of them are hot.

The two items above help paint the picture but are not purposeful to my argument.

3) 100% of them eat lunch together, in the office.  While working.

4) 0.2% of them are the lucky souls that got to leave the office to go pick up lunch for their 30-50 coworkers.  This practice allows the Big 4 employers to fully utilize their staff.  They would prefer that no one ever leave the office, but for brief moments, they will allow select employees to exit the building.  Upon release, these employees must only leave to quickly pickup food and return promptly.

> Read the entire article by clicking here

Your tags:

TIP:

Enter the amount, and click "Tip" to submit!
Recipient's email address:
Personal message (optional):

Your email address:

Comments

Type your comment below: