Quiet Quitting Your Accounting Job
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Why People Pretending to Be Busy
We still don't have good ways of measuring people's productivity other than inputs. People will do this productivity theater where they will pretend to be busy. I myself was guilty of it when I worked at the large firm in LA. It wasn't really padding hours because it actually made the client happier, right? But it wasn't productive.
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Show Notes
3:14 – The billionaire founder of Patagonia gave up the company to protect the planet. He may have skirted a $700 million tax bill in the process https://t.co/tUfG40ubQq— Bloomberg (@business) September 15, 2022
https://twitter.com/business/status/1570523789485801477
3:28 – Patagonia Founder Avoids $700 Million Tax Hit By Donating Company
DealBook: Taxagonia
17:59 – Quiet Quitters Make Up Half the U.S. Workforce, Gallup Says – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/quiet-quitters-make-up-half-the-u-s-workforce-gallup-says-11662517806
22:30 – Remote Workers Are Wasting More Than an Hour a Day on Productivity Theater, New Report Finds | Inc.com
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/productivity-asynchronous-remote-work.html
26:51 – Tips for managing remote workers - Journal of Accountancy
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2022/jun/tips-managing-remote-workers.html
29:27 – The AICPA Has Written a Strongly-Worded Letter to the Treasury Department on Remote Work
31:39 – Email from Ray – Thank you!
33:51 – Employers can track electronically much of what their workers do. But should they?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-track-workers-technology-11660935634
36:08 – Why Rural Americans Keep Waiting for Fast Internet, Despite Billions Spent – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rural-broadband-internet-fcc-11655300008
36:55 – Hybrid Work Meetings Are Hell. Tech Is Trying to Fix Them.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/meetings-are-broken-tech-is-trying-to-fix-them-11655292666
39:44 – Roofr Raises $12M to Advance SaaS Platform for Roofers
41:25 – Email from David Barrett – [Expensify] Automated payroll, taxes, and filings built into your subscription - blake@earmarkcpe.com - Earmark Mail
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48:13 – Summit Hosting Acquires Tech Commandos
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/summit-hosting-acquires-tech-commandos-301623302.html
49:40 – That agent who sounds like they’re from Paris, Texas? Try Paris, France | TechCrunch
51:06 – Adyen to Become First FinTech Platform to Add Block’s Cash App
52:38 – Visa, Mastercard, AmEx to start categorizing gun shop sales | AP News
59:43 – Drunk Ethics – Greg Kyte – on Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drunk-ethics/id1640305820
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