peter> The Chicago-based accounting/consulting giant Andersen often
peter> seemed very cult-like. It's numerous employees were often
peter> arrogant and cultish in their behavior, especially young, new
peter> indoctrinees. Its self-inflicted troubles and finally its going
peter> out of business, was a cause of great schadenfreude here,
peter> especially among the less business-oriented who had to suffer
peter> Andersen employees' hubris during the roaring Nineties.
A significant chunk of Andersen in the West and Southwest ended up at KPMG Consulting (KCI) about 3 or so months ago. In the days leading up to the formal sell-off, KCI started up with the "welcome to your new corporate culture" re-indoctrination efforts with the Andersen employees, which included mandatory playing of the most godawful corporate song: as I recall, it rhymed "KPMG" with "vision of global strategy" and other ghastly couplets.
The Andersen people -- however cultish they may have been -- seemed to universally scorn *this* level of musically-reinforced cultus.
So it seems a pretty relative thing.
Kendall Clark (Not an Andersen employee, just married to one)