某地两家“四大”开始审查员工的工作量！_新浪财经

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近几个月来，四大会计师事务所一直在裁员以削减成本。据伦敦《泰晤士报》报道，现在他们正在审查员工的工作量，并解雇“工作量不饱和”的员工。

知情人士向《泰晤士报》透露，（英国）安永和德勤等公司都在加大对工作量的检查力度，尤其是与客户共处的时间。

他们称，这些与业绩相关的解雇并非公司裁员，主要影响的是这些公司的咨询部门。据《泰晤士报》报道，这两家公司一直在衡量员工的“利用率”，他们查看员工的时间表和工作计划表，了解他们花了多少时间与客户打交道。

一份报告显示，与客户打交道的员工被公司认为是“有利用价值的”，而那些不与客户打交道、从事内部项目的员工则被认为是“备胎”。

消息人士称，利用率还可以显示出哪些员工没有积极参与赚钱的大项目。

安永在一份声明中告诉Business Insider，它有“完善的绩效管理流程”，可以对各种指标进行审查。

该公司在声明中表示:“虽然利用率可以作为个人整体表现的一个指标，但它从未被作为单独的衡量指标。”

德勤的一位发言人向Business Insider表示，其绩效评估的目的并非裁员。

“我们积极投资和管理我们的人才，包括定期评估绩效。因此，少数人可能会离开，但我们的大多数人都成功地通过了绩效改善计划。”

分析师表示，这些裁员和更严格的绩效指标部分是因为公司在疫情期间过度招聘，再加上近年来自主流失率降低，许多员工因为就业市场上的机会减少而选择留任。

此外，客户需求放缓意味着没有足够的工作分配给所有员工。

原英文报道如下：

EY and Deloitte are scrutinizing staff workloads and quietly letting some workers go, report says

The Big Four have been shedding staff to cut costs in recent months. Now they’re scrutinizing employee workloads and letting go of "underemployed" staff, The Times of London has reported.

Sources told The Times that EY and Deloitte were among the firms amping up inspections of workloads, especially time spent with clients.

These performance-related firings were separate from company layoffs, they said, and would mostly impact the consultancy arms of these companies.

The Times reported that the two firms had been measuring employee “utilization rates," looking at time sheets and work schedules to see how much time staff members had spent working with clients.

The report said employees working with clients were considered “utilized,” while those who weren’t working with clients and instead worked on internal programs were considered “on the bench."

The sources said utilization rates could also show which employees weren’t putting themselves forward for big money-making engagements.

EY told Business Insider in a statement that it had "well-established performance management processes" that looked at a variety of metrics.

“While utilisation can be an indicator of an individual's wider performance, it is never considered in isolation,” it said in the statement.

A spokesperson for Deloitte told BI that its performance reviews are not aimed at reducing headcount.

"We actively invest in and manage our talent, including reviewing performance on a regular basis. As a result, a small number of individuals may leave, but the majority of our people go through performance improvement plans successfully," they said.

The Big Four firms, which include EY, Deloitte, PWC, and KPMG, have cut hundreds of jobs in the past year amid a challenging economic climate.

Deloitte announced plans in September to cut 800 jobs and a further 100 in February across its UK consulting, financial advisory, and risk advisory business.

Meanwhile, EY cut at least 300 roles in the UK in 2023 across several areas of its business, including its advisory business.

Analysts have said these cuts and harsher performance metrics are partly due to the firms overhiring as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and low levels of attrition in recent years, which means many employees have stayed put because of fewer opportunities in the job market.

Additionally, slowing client demand means there isn’t enough work to go around for all employees.

The consulting firm McKinsey is also facing the consequences of its pandemic hiring spree.

It recently gave 3,000 staff poor performance reviews, internally known as "concerns," Bloomberg reported.

Most employees receiving these ratings were being told they had about three months to turn it around or be "counseled to leave" the company, Bloomberg reported.

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