In 2020, Aussie startup Atlassian started allowing employees to work from home permanently, and Atlassian employees will no longer be required to return to the office when an easing of coronavirus restrictions allow them to do so. Fast forward to 2021, and Atlassian has recently announced staff only need to attend the office four times a year. It’s currently regarded …
Australians happier to import workers for some jobs
In an interesting news article recently the fed-up Federal Employment minister urged unemployed Australians to stop relying on their neighbours and go out and find a job. Perhaps the most important statement of the article was we have “we got to a point where we are happy for Australians to say ‘no, you don’t have to do those jobs, we’ll …
Can Australian accountants be consistent high performers?
I had dinner the other night with an accounting firm owner who was in his mid 60’s, still enjoying life, and handing over his firm to the next generation of accountants. At the same time, we were comparing the Big 4 accounting firms we’d worked in, and discussing accountants we’d known who had already passed away in their 60’s, so …
Why are successful accounting firm owners still working 70 hours per week?
The other day I was speaking with a 50 year old accountant who was just starting afresh in a new firm he had created, but had partnered up with a backer with cash. The accountant was commenting in his working some 70-80 hours each week as “sweat capital”. The middle age accountant is bringing the mentality from the last century, …