It amazes me that people who can’t distinguish between ‘your’ and ‘you’re’ are allowed to manage people
Hire enough staff that a few missing makes no difference to operations.
You’re a million dollar company. Act like it.
Also, pretty sure my company got sold for a lot more than that and we’re amateur as fuck.
I’ve worked with Fortune 100 companies that were total Mickey Mouse outfits.
I got sued by a big supplier over literally nothing, after I had refused to honor an illegal clause in a contract (which literally would have put me out of business, so it was a serious issue). They couldn’t sue me for that, so they claimed I hadn’t returned some rented equipment, which was a lie. But they said that I better pay up ($10K), because who did I think the judge was going to believe, some loser (their lawyer’s word), or a Fortune 500 company? I didn’t say it, but in MY county, I doubted the judge was going to favor the big corporation.
When we got to court, I had my lawyer ask me about my new supplier’s inventory control system, and explained how the new system had bar codes, and every piece of gear is carefully tracked. The company that was suing me, couldn’t even tell the court how many they had in stock, how many they rented out, etc.
The judge looked at the Plaintiffs, and said, “This is the most amateurish inventory control system I’ve ever seen. I don’t understand how you got to be a Fortune 500 company by doing business this way. You expect me to tell this man to pay you $10,000, when you don’t even know if the equipment is actually missing?”
She found for me, AND made them pay my legal fees. After two years of worry, it was one of the most satisfying days of my life.
Fuck yeah, congrats.
She found for me, AND made them pay my legal fees. After two years of worry, it was one of the most satisfying days of my life.
This is great, but at the end of the day, they still harassed you with their bs lawsuit, and they still gave you 2 years of stress. Justice would be them getting counter-sued and you getting compensation for psychological trauma. (even though you will never get your health back 100% from a process like that.)
Thanks for sharing 😆 10/10 very satisfying
They are a singular million, sad face
Making people come to work while sick hurts the company in the long run. It makes more workers sick and less productive
Also increases recovery time further decreasing productivity
I get the sick child thing, though. I used to own a retail shop, and one girl would check the schedule, and if I was off, she’d call in sick, knowing I could cover her shift. This was pissing me off, because I only took Sundays off, so every time she did that, I’d have to go 2 weeks without a break, and then she’d do it next weekend, too.
Often her sick daughter was the excuse. Her husband was chronically unemployed ( he never had a job the entire time I knew her, while she worked two jobs), and I finally said “No, have your husband watch her, he doesn’t have anything else to do.”
And that’s when she said one of the most outrageous things I’ve heard: “He doesn’t like taking care of her, because she’s a girl, and Hispanic men don’t like taking care of girls.”
I lost it. “You mean that because you have this communication problem with your loser husband, I have to be the solution? My Sundays are my time to spend with MY kid, but I can’t do it because YOUR useless husband doesn’t want to be bothered with spending time with HIS kid? Your problems are your problems, and they are not mine to fix. Stop making your problems my problems. I expect you to get to work today, or don’t come back.”
She did end up quitting not long after, and then called me up months later when she needed money, and begged for work. She had experience, so I gave her another chance. Then she got pissed because after being gone for a year, everyone else was making more money, so she demanded the same pay, and then demanded more, because she wanted the Assistant Manager position that she claimed I offered her before she quit (I had never done that, I would never have given her control of the shop), which was already held by someone competent, who still works for me to this day.
You sound like a true joy to be employed by. Are you hiring?
I mean, you’re not a slave, so they can’t force you in. Lol. I’d look for a new job and quit without notice during a busy shift Jenny is working.
I couldn’t agree more. Acting like a million dollar company is important.
A million dollar company would recognize that reliable, continuous production and sales is more important to growth than the occasional hickup or a few extra bucks in the payroll budget. Thus, the million dollar company would hire sufficient staff that an occasional absence, even at a critical moment, would not harm production or sales.
And a million dollar company would recognize that hiring sufficient staff is a wiser and more cost effective strategy than a possible labor lawsuit along with the associated bad PR.
Nah, you’re thinking of a hundred-plus-million dollar company. Being understaffed and disastrously managed is about right for a million dollar company.
Aaand now you have my resignation notice. 🫡 Byeee
ooh wow, a company that’s worth less than most shitty houses in Seattle, I’m real impressed
you’re right. let me treat you like a million-dollar company.
I’ll have my lawyer get in touch.
Fuck you Jenny
Everybody hates Jenny, she’s a bitch.
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Reading this as an ETL speaker, it gives me second hand embarrassment.
It amazes me that people who can’t distinguish between ‘your’ and ‘you’re’ are allowed to manage people
Don’t. In this case yes, but overall there are dyslexics who are great managers. And on a more sober note, I’d rather have a manager who is shit in grammar but works for the team rather than a PowerPoint manager.
Hopefully management learned from this, given that the sign is probably from 2023 (last time that Dec 23rd and 24th were on Sat/Sun)
Million dollar company sounds impressive, but I don’t think that is impressive. Like twenty employees already imply a million or more in expenses annually, and require corresponding revenue to sustain.
Yeah, I took it as it’s a barely functional company that’s being held together by hopes and dreams. The food vendors at my local state fair do millions in sales in just a few weekends. Per Wikipedia, Sweet Martha’s Cookies in 2023 made $4.6 million in 12 days.
Hey, ya got Sweet Martha’s number? She sounds like a nice gal.
20 employees = 3-4 employees + 1 owner/CEO whose wife needs fake tits and many vacations, but yes otherwise
Needs?
People’s needs are things like food, water, air and Costco rotisserie chicken.
In fact this ‘need’ could be easily fulfilled by two Costco rotisserie chickens taped to the chest and that way meals would be covered too.
Lol, a million dollar company? That’s like the bare fucking minimum to be a business with a physical location, and more than 2 people on your payroll.
Also a giant sign telling me not to to do business with this company.
You sure are acting like a million dollar company, don’t give a shit about your employees and bully people into illegal working practices.
Not that all larger companies are immune to that either. Amazon exists.
