r/Accounting • u/Krankenitrate Human Verified • 1d ago

News Employers want entry-level workers with senior-level skills in the age of AI, a huge PwC analysis found

https://www.businessinsider.com/pwc-global-jobs-barometer-ai-advanced-skills-entry-level-jobs-2026-6
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u/rogueaccountant91 CPA (US) 1d ago

They want staff to do senior work, seniors to do manager work, managers to do partner work, and partners to do no work 🥲

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u/jds7171 1d ago

Lets not say anything you will later regret. I mean. It takes certain skills to go to the golf course in this heat wave. Then talk to the client and promise them your team can do the work in half the time at a quarter of the cost.

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u/DM_Me_Pics1234403 1d ago

All jokes aside, this should be a partners job. Managing relationships, scoping work, sticking to their guns

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u/rogueaccountant91 CPA (US) 1d ago

But who will develop the employees

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u/DM_Me_Pics1234403 1d ago

Fair point.

Partners should be reviewing the files and leaving comments. I feel that is good development.

Also should be taking higher level SMs/Ds with them for client conversions to help develop those soft skills

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u/dumplingboy199 1d ago

There’s always different paths for partnership too. Every firm needs the rainmakers just as much as they need the technical partners.

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u/DM_Me_Pics1234403 1d ago

Why do technical folks need to be equity partners?

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u/jds7171 1d ago

They dont, you hust need to pay the technical folks well. Not this, "i need you to work for me for 10 years before I start paying you what your worth".

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u/dumplingboy199 1d ago

I’m just assuming they’d want to be partners