Tips and Ideas for Working with Auditors

[Valeri]

Give 'em a good lunch

I'm wondering if this is a trademark of all BSI auditors - sure matches ours All kidding aside - we think ours is just great.

 

[Benjamin28]

I always find that funny, the auditor gets their lunch comped through their own company, so buying them lunch isn't really much of a benefit...but most of them expect to have it provided....I once told an auditor we were working through lunch because I had a very very busy day scheduled, he looked absolutely miserable the rest of the day.

 

[BradM]

Give 'em a good lunch

This is your second post today about lunch. You must be hungry!

 

[BradM]

I always find that funny, the auditor gets their lunch comped through their own company, so buying them lunch isn't really much of a benefit...but most of them expect to have it provided....I once told an auditor we were working through lunch because I had a very very busy day scheduled, he looked absolutely miserable the rest of the day.

All kidding aside... should auditees at least ask auditors out to lunch?

 

[BradM]

I understand the mentality of being nervous during an audit, but truly, you shouldn't be worrying about losing your job over a few findings unless there is something else going on in the background. And if you don't stand your ground, ask for clarification, dispute your perspective, then you are simply acquiescing to whatever whim the auditor may have and you need to be replaced by someone better suited to the task.

I totally agree with you on this. However... like Wes alluded to, there may be more complex pressures from the organization than just that individual's response. Could we say that a large part of the problem is the management? Is there better preparation for managers (similar to Stijloor's presentation he provided in the other thread)?

 

[Randy]

This is your second post today about lunch. You must be hungry!

Yeah, I hit 280, the wife flipped and I'm on high protein, no cokes and definitely no cheeseburgers w/fries

Pasta is history, as is ice cream, guacamole, gummi bears, ranch dip, cookies (I'm a cookie monster and this hurts as bad as the no cokes), nerds (the candy) and other fun stuff.

 

[Stijloor]

I totally agree with you on this. However... like Wes alluded to, there may be more complex pressures from the organization than just that individual's response. Could we say that a large part of the problem is the management? Is there better preparation for managers (similar to Stijloor's presentation he provided in the other thread)?

Hello Brad,

This post + attachment may be of help to prepare managers for the audit.

Stijloor.

 

[michellemmm]

Yeah, I hit 280, the wife flipped and I'm on high protein, no cokes and definitely no cheeseburgers w/fries

Pasta is history, as is ice cream, guacamole, gummi bears, ranch dip, cookies (I'm a cookie monster and this hurts as bad as the no cokes), nerds (the candy) and other fun stuff.

Have you tried sugar-free gummies?

 

[Randy]

Have you tried sugar-free gummies?

Yech!

Yeah, I've been force fed all kinds of sugar-free this and that. My greatest sugar intake is from Coca-Cola (I'm addicted) and the sugar-free, including Zero just doesn't cut it.

 

[Howard Atkins]

I always find that funny, the auditor gets their lunch comped through their own company, so buying them lunch isn't really much of a benefit...but most of them expect to have it provided....I once told an auditor we were working through lunch because I had a very very busy day scheduled, he looked absolutely miserable the rest of the day.

All the companies that I work for do not automatically pay for lunch and I only get the money if I request it, usually against receipts, which are then charged back to the customer.