Many accountants and auditors around the country are calling it quits, observes Grumpy Editor.
In the past two years more than 300,000 — a 17 percent decline — left their jobs, according to The Wall Street Journal.
“The exodus is driven by deeper workplace shifts than baby-boomer retirements," it points out. “Many college students don’t want to work in accounting. Even those who majored in it.”
A recruiting firm director mentions “the field still suffers from a stigma that it is uncool, with tedious work and daunting hours.”
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