All hands meeting: "please take time off so there is less banked PTO for us to pay out if you leave" I appreciate the honesty but also um maybe tell us that it is for our mental health??

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Nah, I like the honesty. I’ve already heard the one about the mental health.

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“If you leave” ... sounds like layoffs are coming

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That’s an extreme take. It’s public accounting. Everyone leaves

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Yo I would 100% appreciate the firm leveling with people like this. We are all adults, we know they have a business to run, and let’s be real the feel good language is pretty see-through already. I actually respect this a lot more than the back office conversation EY had before telling people this is what they asked for (something something entitlement).

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Which firm?

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I can’t believe I got kicked out of the EY bowl this gossip is too good (former EY employee).

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We were told/asked to take 5 days vacation back in about April. A round of layoffs followed pretty quickly after the "deadline."

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Firm?

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