staffing crisis: what would santa do?

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by rick telberg
on careers

everyone in the finance and accounting business knows how hard it is to recruit and retain good professionals. there just aren’t enough to go around.

but it doesn’t seem to be a problem for santa claus. he employs an army of elves (presumably some are cpas), working year-round for who-knows-what in wages. so why do the elves stay?

you can separate the world into two kinds of places: those who are getting by, and those in crisis or teetering on it. santa’s workshop goes in one category. most finance and accounting offices go in the other.

if santa claus has a secret, it’s this: his elves work with a sense of shared purpose. but is that enough for cpas?