Comments on: PwC and Goldman Sachs – Better Check Your Chili

By: re: The Auditors » Blog Archive » Lehman and Goldman: My Two New Videos At The Deal Magazine

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:30:46 +0000

[...] fan of Goldman Sachs on this blog. Mr. Blankfein seems horribly smug to me, they do things like allow their vendors (who they also own) to squeeze their workers on their premises. And then there’s the strange saga of their dispute with AIG over CDS [...]

By: Francine McKenna: The Great American Financial Sandwich: Goldman Sachs, PricwaterhouseCoopers LLP and AIG | Deconstructing The News

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:20:15 +0000

[...] may be that PwC has learned to play both clients like a fiddle from professional dancing bears like Arthur Levitt. As we discussed earlier, Levitt played a [...]

By: Francine McKenna: The Great American Financial Sandwich: Goldman Sachs, PricwaterhouseCoopers LLP and AIG | Twitmerlin - News, Celebs Gossip, Social Media

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:51:06 +0000

[...] may be that PwC has learned to play both clients like a fiddle from professional dancing bears like Arthur Levitt. As we discussed earlier, Levitt played a [...]

By: re: The Auditors » Blog Archive » The Great American Financial Sandwich: AIG, PwC, and Goldman Sachs

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:11:22 +0000

[...] may be that PwC has learned to play both clients like a fiddle from professional dancing bears like Arthur Levitt. As we discussed earlier, Levitt played a [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:23:00 +0000

if the people from aramac woukd be working for mc donalds, they would prob. earn less and not be bothered if their customers earn more!

By: Francine McKenna

Francine McKenna — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:41:00 +0000

@Indepenndent Accountant – Yes, one of the subtle points is that all the talk and activity around diversity and service projects is, for management, just good business. In particular the service projects are based on what their clients are interested in or ask them to be involved in. At the individual level there are many wonderful people volunteering and acting in a giving and beautiful way. So at least they have a forum. But like the schools they recruit at, the list of organizations that are supported in any market is usually closed, closed, closed and based on senior partners self interest.

My major point is the shared self interest between PwC and their client Goldman. When the chips are down, they act together like any other profit seeking corporation. They are both tied up with Aramark, which is mixed up in an ugly labor dispute.

By: Independent Accountant

Independent Accountant — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:03:00 +0000

Francine:
Is the point you’re trying to make that the Big Four’s pushing “diversity” and public service is a lot of hollow talk? If so, you made the point to me, but I suspect it blew right past many of your other readers.

By: Krupo

Krupo — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:19:00 +0000

The wave of negativity here is absolutely astounding.

Extended comments fired up at ACS.

In short, a bunch of you best not actually be working as accountants, otherwise, you really should be set up to be fired for gross incompetence. Unions matter, and if you're obstructing union activities, I'm surprised your territory doesn't have a law to make what you're doing illegal.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:02:00 +0000

I'm sorry but this story is lame and you know it. Or rather, the story is relevant to the cafeteria workers that are affected and what Aramark is doing is completely unfair to them, but trying to link the controversy to PwC is lame.

I fully support an accurate and interesting blog/discussion of the accounting and consulting industry. IMO articles like this one make the site seem desperate and reduce its effectiveness when there is actually something relevant to blog about.

There are plenty of things to rip on PwC for. PwC not getting involved in a labor dispute between the cafeteria workers and Aramark at ONE of their offices should be at the bottom of the list.

Maybe it was a slow news day.

-IJustWorkHere

By: Francine McKenna

Francine McKenna — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:26:00 +0000

My parents think someone’s going to confront me in a dark alley. But, I’m Sicilian and I have a Rottweiler. I’m not afraid of any mechanical pencil wielding Poindexter…