Comments on: PwC Moscow – Still Breathing, Barely

By: re: The Auditors » Blog Archive » Agile? My A**

re: The Auditors » Blog Archive » Agile? My A** — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:16:59 +0000

[...] usually like Accountancy Age. This UK publication at least covers the accounting industry. I’ve linked to them many times. The article below, however, [...]

By: re: The Auditors » Blog Archive » Zombies Among Us: The Mainstream Media and Financial Journalism

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:06:11 +0000

[...] filled a niche. No one else was writing about the audit/accounting firms as an industry. At least no one was writing consistently and hardly anyone was writing from the inside and critically. Most often the stories seemed to come directly from the firms’ own public relations [...]

By: kedzi pascal

kedzi pascal — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:09:55 +0000

I ENJOY WORKING THIS AUDIT ONLY GOD ALONE CAN QUANTIFY THE DESIRE HAVE IN WIORKING AS EMPLOYEE OF PWC.

By: kedzi pascal

kedzi pascal — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:08:10 +0000

i want to be an employe of pwc in moscow, i am an ACCA PART II STUDENT AND A DEGRE IN APPLIED ACOUNTING.LIVING IN DUBAI,
WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:51:00 +0000

I’ve been to South Africa twice in the past year (both Johannesburg & Capetown) on Big 4 business. Wonderful country in a most fascinating cultural and economic transition. Fantastic people. Huge problems, including roving criminal gangs. But I would go back anytime.

By: Francine McKenna

Francine McKenna — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:35:00 +0000

@ChicagoAccountant Thanks for setting up the ID. It helps in being able to connect to you specifically.

I have lived and worked a lot of places. One of my first trips twas to teach English in Chiapas Mexico (where they had the Zapatista rebellion in '95) I also had responsibility for practices and people in Colombia and Venezuela when I was with BearingPoint. In fact, I'd go anywhere on the African continent if given the opportunity. I've only ever been to Morocco.

But this isn't about my travels. It's about PwC and Moscow. When a firm has to withdraw their audits and when their offices are raided, I think there is probably something there. The Big 4 firms do business in all kinds of places. Russia is not the most dangerous, corrupt, or unpredictable. Just take a look at my posts about Deloitte and Iraq. So my point is that this is a big albatross around PwC's neck. The need to get to the bottom of it for the sake of their global franchise, and I use the term franchise literally.

Since you are local, perhaps we can get together sometime in Chicago over coffee or something stronger to talk more about our travels...I promise to wear very dark sunglasses.

By: Chicago Accountant

Chicago Accountant — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:06:00 +0000

The biggest threat to the capital markets of Russia is not PWC, it’s the Russian government. I don’t know the facts of this case, but odds are it’s not just an audit failure.

Francine, I know you are well traveled. However, sometimes you need to travel to not-so-nice places to learn about the world. Russia and China are both on my travel list. However, I want to make it back to Europe and the Middle East first.

By: Mary Anne

Mary Anne — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:07:00 +0000

How can you say that? When we went for that quickie 4 Star weekend to Tokyo we never imagined that would have appealed to us and it did! We loved it and would love to go back. We discovered Harajiku and Ginza districts etc. We enjoyed the serenity of the temples and found a new appreciation and insight into the Japanese culture and people. How could you say that you just are not interested in discovering the qualities of two massive and unique countries and cultures like Russia and China! You surprise me sometimes! SIS

By: Francine McKenna

Francine McKenna — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:42:00 +0000

Even though I love to travel and will entertain the idea of going just about anywhere, (I recently had someone talk me into Turkey in exchange for a personal tour of my Mexico City…) there are two places I have no interest in – Russia and China. If I die having been everywhere else but these two countries, I will have no regrets about my life.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:44:00 +0000

Yukos was killed in another of a long line of Putin hits. Anyone who was associated with Yukos was hur tin the process. I think you’re letting your distaste for PwC get in the way of the larger picture, that freedom is regulated from the executive branch in Russia. It’s almost gotten to the point where oif you want to stay safe you had better replace the photo of your wife on your desk with a photo of Putin a la the days of Stalin.