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    Auditors

    Visiting today.

    Why ARE they so ******* self important?
    And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

    #2
    Because unless they do a good job they end up being accountants which is even more boring

    Plus they don't get lion taming as a career option
    Doing the needful since 1827

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      #3
      Originally posted by amcdonald View Post
      Because unless they do a good job they end up being accountants which is even more boring

      Plus they don't get lion taming as a career option
      Por sods. Too clever to be testers. Nice suits though.
      And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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        #4
        Spooky. Just been speaking to one myself.

        He has got the worst buck teeth I have ever seen. He looks like Professor Frink.
        Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
        +5 Xeno Cool Points

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          #5
          Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
          Visiting today.

          Why ARE they so ******* self important?
          Depending on the company, if they don't fail a department enough times followed by a pass, they won't get a bonus.
          If your company is the best place to work in, for a mere £500 p/d, you can advertise here.

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            #6
            Originally posted by pmeswani View Post
            Depending on the company, if they don't fail a department enough times followed by a pass, they won't get a bonus.
            Ah, they're on KPI related variable remuneration! That explains everything!
            And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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              #7
              Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
              Spooky. Just been speaking to one myself.

              He has got the worst buck teeth I have ever seen. He looks like Professor Frink.
              When's your first date?
              What happens in General, stays in General.
              You know what they say about assumptions!

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                #8
                Originally posted by zeitghost
                I remember the last time I saw auditors.

                The company was liquidated 3 weeks later.

                Strangely enough, on a course about 5 years ago I bumped into an auditor I knew from my second computer job back in the 1970s. We were both juniors then.

                He had more hair back then; thin on the top last time I saw him.
                Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                  #9
                  its always seemed to be grads at the places I've worked doing the majority of the auditing work and assumed it was like a pre-accountancy role proving ground for those recently qualified but with no experience - but perhaps I'm wrong and accountants are failed auditors like HR bods are failed agents
                  sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice - Asimov (sort of)

                  there is no art in a factory, not even in an art factory - Mixerman

                  everyone is stupid some of the time - trad.

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