This one is for the old heads… had a family member who was an sc at Arthur Andersen back in the early 90s. Just curious what AA’s rep was back then?

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It was great. They were known for their trustworthiness and always doing the right thing

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Haha before all the funny business

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Andersen was by far #1 in the 90s and had an extremely fun and lax culture. I started in Chicago when AA was arguably the #1 firm to work for here and I remember partners hitting the downstairs bar around noon on Friday and putting a few cards down to get the party started. They used to show different billing rates to the client vs accounting to build up a large margin which would be used on crazy experiences. It's not shocking they went under.

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Interesting. Appreciate the reply!

The “old head” intro just guaranteed you only the finest of responses.

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Was def the top of the Big 5 in late 90 overall. Consulting work though was really kind of mid market work as Andersen Consulting had all the big clients.

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Andersen Consulting, in the best timed rebranding ever, changed its name to Accenture in 2001, 10 months before the Enron scandal broke.

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Fun fact : 800 or so of them formed Protiviti under Robert Half.

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Early 90s, they were probably most prestigious of the Big 8

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Aside from a key typo, this explains things. For reference, by 1999 it was the Big 6.

https://big4accountingfirms.org/big-5-accounting-firms/

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