Think about this for a moment. Isn't this the way that all firms maximize profitability? What makes you think that smaller firms don't use the same paradigm?

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We didnt care about retention of those clients or gaining more work in that sector. It was completely unimportant to our bottom line.

This seems contradictory to the prior sentence. I doubt the partners had the same opinion as you. Any work that keeps people productively employed is worth retaining. I'm willing to bet that the partners may have pruned engagements that were unlikely to remain productive, but at the same time they were trying to nurture those engagements that had growth potential.

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Posted by lsupride87

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Posted on 11/20/14 at 12:29 pm to Poodlebrain

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This seems contradictory to the prior sentence. I doubt the partners had the same opinion as you. Any work that keeps people productively employed is worth retaining. I'm willing to bet that the partners may have pruned engagements that were unlikely to remain productive, but at the same time they were trying to nurture those engagements that had growth potential.

I think you are missing my basic point. Smaller sized louisana businesses is P&n and HTBs lifeblood. Without them, they would seize to exist in entirety. So they will go the extra mile to make sure client satisfaction is at a premium. For the big 4, a small company in Bogalusa is a blip on the radar. They are not dependent on those firms in the least bit. Do I agree overall that the Big 4 has more expertise? Absolutely. But do I beleive that Big 4 will actually use that expertise and hard work more then a firm like P&n on a small louisana client? Absolutely not

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