And I thought Accountants were boring
My cousin has got a job at KPMG, one of the top accounting firms in England. She started yesterday and, while saying it was a dull day, told me some very funny things...
1.Her computer broke down (first day and it breaks, good work). Anyway, to get someone to fix it she had to call the IT Specialists. In India. My initial reactoin was "How long is it going to take him to get out here?". It turns out that India just calls London and sends someone round. Or should I say up, because, actually, the IT people are on the floor below my cousin. Here's a money saving idea: Cut out the Indian call centre and have the peopel in the building take the calls directly. And I thought accountants were good with money.
2. Paperchase. This is a program that they use in her office. If you are going to audit a company, you can look at all the audit records for that company from audits that have already been done on it. I assumed it just brought it up on a computer screen, but oh no. Apparently some secretary downstairs has to find the file and bring it up to you. Oh the fun you could have with that... (No, not that file, I wanted the one before that," and so on.
Tha's all for now
1.Her computer broke down (first day and it breaks, good work). Anyway, to get someone to fix it she had to call the IT Specialists. In India. My initial reactoin was "How long is it going to take him to get out here?". It turns out that India just calls London and sends someone round. Or should I say up, because, actually, the IT people are on the floor below my cousin. Here's a money saving idea: Cut out the Indian call centre and have the peopel in the building take the calls directly. And I thought accountants were good with money.
2. Paperchase. This is a program that they use in her office. If you are going to audit a company, you can look at all the audit records for that company from audits that have already been done on it. I assumed it just brought it up on a computer screen, but oh no. Apparently some secretary downstairs has to find the file and bring it up to you. Oh the fun you could have with that... (No, not that file, I wanted the one before that," and so on.
Tha's all for now
posted by CJM | 7:21 PM
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