4th February 2006, 10:57 AM
So you just "keep track" of things? Okay, that sounds innocent and useful enough.
Just don't go down the path of saying "hey, we "lost" a few million, even though we are still making a net profit, FIRE THEM even though they are still very useful employess and I can't really see a good reason why they specifically are to blame for the profit loss". Instead, offer the most obvious suggestion. "Hey you guys, making millions upon millions of dollars, let's just cut your wages instead of firing people this year".
Just don't go down the path of saying "hey, we "lost" a few million, even though we are still making a net profit, FIRE THEM even though they are still very useful employess and I can't really see a good reason why they specifically are to blame for the profit loss". Instead, offer the most obvious suggestion. "Hey you guys, making millions upon millions of dollars, let's just cut your wages instead of firing people this year".
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)