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☆ Meet the leaders of the Big 4, who jointly employ 1.5 million staff
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-06 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

EY, Deloitte, PwC, and KPMG make up the world's largest accounting and consulting firms — known as the Big Four. EY, Deloitte, PwC, and KPMG make up the world's largest accounting and consulting firms, known as the Big Four. PwC — Mohamed KandeMohamed Kande is global chair of PwC. "All in is not just a business strategy, it captures an attitude and way of working," Truncale said. Over the past seven years, Thomas has focused on overseeing the development and implementation of KPMG's global strategy.

Persons: EY, PwC — Mohamed Kande Mohamed Kande, Kike Rincon, Mohamed Kande, Kande, — Joe Ucuzoglu Joe Ucuzoglu, Jim Spellman, Getty, Joe Ucuzoglu, Ucuzoglu, Janet Truncale EY's, Janet Truncale EY Janet Truncale, Truncale, KPMG — Bill Thomas Bill Thomas, Bill Thomas, Thomas Organizations: Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, EY, Europa Press, Getty, PRTM Management, Street Journal, SEC, Ucuzoglu, Economic, Business, Big, Americas Financial Services Organization, The, Financial Times, UNICEF USA, China Business Council, Wharton School of UPenn, Columbia University, KPMG —, World Economic Locations: West, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Asia, Pacific, Australia, China, Los Angeles, The New Jersey, Americas

☆ Deloitte, EY, KPMG, and PwC make up the Big 4 — here's how they compare
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The Big Four — EY, Deloitte, KPMG, and PwC — are the world's largest accounting and consulting firms. AdvertisementDeloitte, EY, KPMG, and PwC are the world's largest accounting and consulting firms, known as the Big Four. The Big Four offer companies services such as workforce transformations, reshaping corporate finance portfolios, assurance, valuation, and optimizing the use of technology. AdvertisementThough not as stark a slowdown as Deloitte or EY, growth at PwC still dropped noticeably compared to the 9.9% rise reported for the previous 12 months. In February 2024, it unveiled a tax AI assistant for 2,300 PwC tax professionals in the UK to use.

Persons: PwC, —, Antonia Wade, EY, Ernst & Young, Janet Truncale, Carmine Di Sibio, Jack Taylor, Joe Ucuzoglu, Jim Spellman, Price Waterhouse, Mohamed Kande, Bill Thomas, Liam McBurney Organizations: Deloitte, KPMG, Service, EY, Ernst, Getty, Revenue, Assurance, PwC, Deloitte Deloitte, Deloitte Global, Equity, Nvidia, Google, AWS, Coopers, Street Journal, Big Locations: London, PwC, Asia, Pacific, Amsterdam

☆ Scandals in China and Australia hit Big 4 giant PwC, but global revenues reached a record high
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

After two scandals this year, PwC's business in the Asia-Pacific region has fallen. While PwC faced these regional setbacks, it hit record-high revenues and hired 10,000 new employees. AdvertisementAfter scandals in Australia and China this year, PwC has lost business in the Asia-pacific region. AdvertisementDespite the regional impact on the business, PwC posted an overall growth of 3.7% to reach record-high gross revenues of $55.4 billion. Like other leading consultancies, PwC has been hit by falling demand for consulting services, and its growth rate has slowed.

Persons: PwC, —, Mohamed Kande, Uber, we've Organizations: Service, Big, PwC, Google, Australian Financial, EY, Deloitte Locations: Asia, China, Australia, India

☆ Bosses are using 'silent lay-offs' and 'quiet firing' to get rid of employees. It could backfire.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But the latest workplace trends — "silent layoffs" and "quiet firing" — could be the most harmful to date. Silent layoffs occur when a company provides staff with severance packages but asks them to keep quiet about the details of their exit. Amit Rawal, a management lecturer at City University of London's Bayes Business School, told BI that silent layoffs have become "increasingly popular across larger corporations." Related storiesThe goal of silent layoffs is likely to minimize the amount of negative traction the company receives. Advertisement'A PR disaster waiting to happen'Experts told BI that quietly getting rid of employees could easily backfire when employees opt to fight back and speak out.

Persons: —, PwC, Mohamed Kande, Amit Rawal, Eloise Skinner, it's, Skinner, Lucas Botzen, Suzanne Horne, Paul Hasting, Evan Nierman, Banyan, Dan Buckley, Buckley, Nierman, Horne Organizations: Service, Business, Financial Times, PwC Global Network, Europa Press, City University, London's Bayes Business, National Labor Relations, CNN, National Labor Relations Board, Dell, Workers, Amazon, BBC

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