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Originally Posted by VaSteve
If they ever ask you and your peers to make a list of what you do...you're screwed.
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Ha ha! Nothing like asking you to press hard and make three copies on your own walking papers. Where I work now is belongs to United Business Media, a UK conglomerate with a lot of businesses. I think we're pretty profitable, if they're not lying to us about where we are in the food chain and our percentage of annual revenue targets. But hey, in this kind of economic crisis a lot of stuff goes out the window.
We got a 1000 word emailed essay today from one of the real big shots in the company, you know, the kind you never ever see in person. It was all about how we need to control costs and cut where we can. Then he announces how the whole senior mgt. just had a huge conf. in Hong Kong, you know, to prove our commitment to our Asian businesses. Next one is in Cleveland. Then they fly all the sales people cross-country a few times a year for more Kool-Aid and training. Really kinda makes it hard to believe they're ever serious about cutting costs. Webinars are a large part of our business and we have to fly cross-country for internal meetings. WTF?