Big 4 beaten by outsider
Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers are all duly name-checked on the Fortune 100 best companies to work for list. But each is outranked by another accountancy firm, Michigan’s Plante & Moran.
P&M is a sizeable firm in its own right – it’s the 12th largest in the US. But it’s good to see a relative minnow outswimming much bigger fish.
The firm believes it has a secret.
‘We strive to be 100% jerk-free,’ says managing partner Bill Hermann.
Whether KPMG et al …
Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers are all duly name-checked on the Fortune 100 best companies to work for list. But each is outranked by another accountancy firm, Michigan’s Plante & Moran.
P&M is a sizeable firm in its own right – it’s the 12th largest in the US. But it’s good to see a relative minnow outswimming much bigger fish.
The firm believes it has a secret.
‘We strive to be 100% jerk-free,’ says managing partner Bill Hermann.
Whether KPMG et al continue to be considered jerk-free by employees after various redundancy, reduced hours and part-pay options are pursued remains to be seen.
