毕马威美国发官方裁员声明，审计部被裁员工当天收到通知！_新浪财经

近几周以来，一直有关于毕马威美国将进行裁员的传言，其中最引人注目的是Reddit上一个帖子，暗示裁员日（Reduction in Function, RIF）即将到来。

几周以来，我们从各种爆料者那里听说，毕马威美国一直在鼓励员工自愿辞职，以下是我们本月早些时候得到的一条消息:

毕马威美国今年裁掉了很多员工，但对于被裁员工而言，他们能拿到的补偿款十分有限。经验丰富的员工最多只能获得12周薪酬的遣散费。就在一年前，一些董事和副董事还能拿到好几个月的薪酬赔偿。

毕马威美国正试图说服所有服务部门和许多职能部门的员工，在6月30日之前买断他们的工龄。几乎没有人同意，因为除了资深员工之外，大部分员工对这些协议的条款不满意。所以，7月1日将会有一场大“屠杀”。

现在可以确定，毕马威将裁员约5%。员工已经在6月27日中午通过各服务线的全体员工会议上收到了这一通知。

今年早些时候，毕马威成为美国四大会计师事务所中第一个宣布裁员的公司——裁减了咨询部门的约700名员工。此后，德勤裁掉了大约1,200名员工，安永裁掉了3,000名员工，不过安永的裁员不仅与市场状况有关，还与分拆事件有关，分拆失败使安永损失了数亿美元。

毕马威发表声明

毕马威美国的一位发言人发表了以下声明:

随着我们继续在市场上竞争并获胜，我们对我们的增长前景充满信心。经济逆风，加上历史性的低人员自然缩减率，促使我们做出了裁员决定。我们不会轻易做出这个决定。然而，我们相信这符合我们公司的最佳长期利益，并将使我们在未来取得持续的成功。

我们专注于为受影响的同事提供遣散费、医疗保健福利以及职业过渡服务。

我们将继续进行战略性投资，注重质量，提供卓越的服务和解决方案，并为未来创新。

毕马威美国董事长兼CEO发电子邮件

毕马威美国董事长兼首席执行官Paul Knopp6月27日也给毕马威员工发送了电子邮件。全文如下：

今天，我要宣布一个艰难的决定。我们决定在美国裁员约5%。经过深思熟虑和对公司价值观的深刻反思，我们做出了这个决定。我们已经采取了其他措施。

很遗憾，裁员是必要的，我想向大家说明一下裁员的原因。

在过去的几年里，我们取得了强劲的增长，我们制定了雄心勃勃的23财年计划，以把握住对我们的服务和解决方案的需求。

虽然我们的机会很强大，我们继续在市场上获胜，但我们正在经历经济逆风，这并不仅是我们业务或公司面临的。此外，我们计划的减员水平并没有实现。这些经济逆风，加上历史上最低的人员流失率，导致我们的劳动力规模与来年提供服务所需的资源之间存在严重的不匹配。裁员旨在解决这种不匹配问题。

我不会低估这个决定对我们同事和朋友生活的影响。我们将尽可能地减少影响。我们会将适当的资源和技能补充与我们的业务优先事项相结合，以继续在市场上竞争、获胜和发展。尽管这个决定很困难，但我相信这符合我们公司的最佳长期利益，并将使我们在未来取得持续的成功。

我已经要求各位副主席今天主持一次全体会议，分享更多关于各自业务组中特定业务动态和通知的时间。我想让你知道，审计、税务和数字关系业务的被裁人员今天将收到通知。咨询和其他流程组中受裁员影响的人员将在今年夏天晚些时候得到通知。

致受影响的同事:感谢你们为支持我们的客户、社区和公司所做的一切。我们真的很感激你，并祝你一切顺利。我们会用同情心和资源来支持你，帮助你过渡这一艰难时刻。

我们的宗旨和价值观指引着我们在困难时期的行动。作为公司的校友，我们将以尊重的态度对待即将离职的同事。他们将获得遣散费，获得延长的医疗福利，以及职业过渡服务。

我对我们的业务和摆在我们面前的机会充满信心。随着我们的发展，我们将继续投资于未来，并一如既往地以我们的价值观和强大的文化引领潮流。

谢谢你所做的一切。

Paul

副主席致信全体审计员工

作者还获得了毕马威美国副主席Scott Flynn发给所有审计人员的邮件副本。全文如下：

正如我在审计全体会议上所说的，以及Paul Knopp早些时候在他发给全公司信中所说，我们已经决定减少我们在美国的员工人数。我们经过深思熟虑做出这个决定，并采取了其他措施。

在过去的几年里，我们取得了强劲的增长，我们制定了雄心勃勃的23财年计划，以把握住对我们的服务和解决方案的需求。

虽然我们的机会很强大，我们继续在市场上获胜，但我们正在经历经济逆风，这并不是我们业务或公司所独有的。此外，我们计划的减员水平并没有实现。这些经济逆风，加上历史上最低的人员流失率，导致我们的劳动力规模与来年提供服务所需的资源之间存在严重的不匹配。裁员旨在解决这种不匹配问题。

受影响的审计、税务和数字关系部门的人员将在今天得到通知，而受影响的咨询、功能性BPG（包括审计BPG专业人员）和其他流程组的人员将在今年夏天晚些时候得到通知。

所有受影响的审计人员将在接下来的一小时内收到人才和文化部门的会议邀请和电子邮件，其中包含更多信息。

在这困难时期，我们的宗旨和价值观指引着我们的行动。我们将以同情和尊重的态度对待即将离职的同事。他们将获得遣散费、延长保健和福利福利以及职业过渡服务。

我对我们的业务和摆在我们面前的机会充满信心。我对你们——我们的合伙人、专业人士、同事和朋友们的要求是，你们要对我们集团和整个公司发生的事情保持敏感，并在这个艰难的过程中相互支持。

原英文报道如下：

Rumors have been buzzing for a few weeks now that KPMG would be making some cuts, the most notable of these buzzes an extra buzzy post on Reddit suggesting an incoming RIF. This morning (Monday), all-hands calls started appearing in people’s calendars and, well, you know what happens after that.

For a few weeks now we’ve been hearing from various tipsters that the firm has been encouraging voluntarily resignations, here’s one tip we got on that earlier this month:

KPMG has been lopping off more and more heads this year, but with the current batch, they have far limited the incentives. Seasoned employees are only being offered a maximum of 12 weeks severance. Just a year ago, some directors and associate directors were getting many months of compensation.

KPMG is frantically trying to convince people in all service lines, and in many back-office functions, to take a quick buy-out before June 30. Almost nobody is taking the bait, due to the dismal terms of these agreements for all but the most senior people. so, expect a bloodbath on July 1st.

*checks watch*

We can now tell you that KPMG is reducing its workforce by approximately 5%. Staff found out at noon today via all-hands calls for each service line.

KPMG was the first US Big 4 firm to announce layoffs earlier this year, 700 or so people in advisory. Since then, Deloitte let go of about 1,200 people and EY 3,000, though EY’s was related not only to market conditions but that whole Everest thing costing the firm hundreds of millions of dollars.

This is a developing story, if more details come in we’ll update the story [Ed. note: we have below]. Anyone with more information and/or gory details is welcome to reach out by email or through our tipline at 202-505-8885.

Statement from the firm coming soon.

Update: A KPMG spokesperson issued this statement:

“We remain confident in our growth prospects as we continue to compete and win in the marketplace. Economic headwinds, coupled with historically low attrition, led us to this decision. We do not take this decision lightly. However, we believe it is in the best long-term interest of our firm and will position us for continued success into the future.

“We are focused on supporting our impacted colleagues with severance, access to healthcare and well-being benefits, and career transition services.

“We will continue to strategically invest, focus on quality, deliver excellent services and solutions, and innovate for the future.”

Update #2: Here is the email to KPMGers from Chair and CEO Paul Knopp today. We’re bumping it up above the service line email that followed (Audit’s is below) as this email was sent out first.

Today, I’m sharing difficult news about a decision we have made to reduce our U.S. workforce by approximately 5 percent. I do not take this decision lightly. We have reached this conclusion after already taking other measures and following considerable deliberation and deep reflection on our firm’s Values.

I regret that the workforce reduction is necessary and want to provide you with the context for it.

Over the past few years, we’ve achieved strong growth, and we set an ambitious FY23 plan to capitalize on the demand for our services and solutions.

While our pipeline of opportunities is strong and we continue to win in the marketplace, we are experiencing economic headwinds that are not unique to our business or firm. Additionally, we planned for a level of attrition that has not materialized. These economic headwinds, coupled with historically low attrition, translate into a significant mismatch between the size of our workforce and the measure of resources that will be needed to deliver services in the coming year. The workforce reduction is designed to address that mismatch.

I do not underestimate the impact this decision has on the lives of our colleagues and friends. We aim to impact as few people as possible as we align the appropriate complement of resources and skills with our business priorities to continue to compete, win and grow in the market. As difficult as this decision is, I believe it is in the best long-term interest of our firm and will position us for continued success into the future.

I’ve asked each Vice Chair to host an all-hands meeting today to share more about the business-specific dynamics and timing of notifications in their groups. I want you to know that those impacted in Audit, Tax and Digital Nexus will be notified today. Those impacted in Advisory and the other process groups will be notified later this summer.

To our colleagues who are impacted: Thank you for everything you have done to support our clients, communities and firm. We are truly grateful and wish you the best. We will support you with empathy and resources to help in this transition.

Our purpose and Values guide our actions during these difficult times. We will treat our departing colleagues with the compassion and respect they deserve as alumni of the firm. They will receive severance, access to extended health and well-being benefits, and career transition services.

I am confident in our business and the opportunities that are in front of us. As we move forward, we will continue to invest in the future and, as always, lead with our Values and strong culture.

Thank you for everything you do.

Paul

Update #2 #3: GC was provided a copy of the email that went out to everyone in audit from their vice chair Scott Flynn today. It is transcribed in its entirety below (thanks, tipster):

As I shared on our Audit All-Hands, and as Paul Knopp shared earlier in his firmwide message, we have made the decision to reduce our U.S. workforce. We have reached the conclusion after considerable deliberation, having already taken other measures, and with deep reflection on our firm’s Values.

Over the past few years, we’ve achieved strong growth and we set an ambitious FY23 plan to capitalize on the demand for our services and solution. While our pipeline of opportunities is strong, and we continue to win in the marketplace, we are experiencing economic headwinds, coupled with historically low attrition, which translated into a significant mismatch between the size of our workforce and the measure of resources that will be needed to deliver services in the coming year.

Those impacted in Audit, Tax and Digital Nexus will be notified today, and those impacted in Advisory, functional BPG — including Audit BPG professionals — and the other process groups will be notified later this summer.

All impacted individuals in Audit will receive a meeting invitation and email with additional information from Talent and Culture within the next hour.

Our purpose and values guide our actions during these difficult times. We will treat our departing colleagues with compassion and respect. They will receive severance, access to extended health and well-being benefits and career transition services.

I am confident in our business and the opportunities that are in front of us. My ask of you — our partners, professionals, colleagues, and friends — is that you are sensitive to actions taking place in our group and across the firm and that you support each other during this difficult process.