People be gettin fired today...

[ONE FM]

If all the big wigs offices are lit up at 6:30 am... Someone's getting canned

[Roos]

Wish the big shots would come to my workplace and can some stupid fucking sales people who see money and think of nothing else.

[charlie brown]

the big shots also see money and think of nothing else

[PETA]

Originally Posted by MatPec

the big shots also see money and think of nothing else

when you say things like that you earn the

"quiet you, grown ups are talking" comment

a business exists to make money for the owners..... the bosses work for (or are) the owners... so, yes, at the end of the day money is a primary concern involved with decision making. Welcome to the real world.

[charlie brown]

I'm just sayin man. The CFO, COO, CEO, and CIO of the company I work for (at least) are only concerned with keeping costs down while increasing revenue..

while maybe the CIO and COO should be a little less fiscally conservative for the sake of bettering the operation he is running...



...but if you're agreeing with me, why would I earn that comment this time around?

[PETA]

Originally Posted by MatPec

I'm just sayin man. The CFO, COO, CEO, and CIO of the company I work for (at least) are only concerned with keeping costs down while increasing revenue..

while maybe the CIO and COO should be a little less fiscally conservative for the sake of bettering the operation he is running...



...but if you're agreeing with me, why would I earn that comment this time around?

LOL - yeah - you're in a position to know what's best for the company you work for. Those cats with the MBAs an the pretty letters on the letter head like CFO, CEO etc... they're the dumb asses.

The bottom line is their job ass hat. Controlling costs and maximizing revenues... that's the fucking point. To complain about water being wet is fucking stupid.

[charlie brown]

Originally Posted by xian

:words:

k.

[munkee]

Originally Posted by xian

LOL - yeah - you're in a position to know what's best for the company you work for. Those cats with the MBAs an the pretty letters on the letter head like CFO, CEO etc... they're the dumb asses.

The bottom line is their job ass hat. Controlling costs and maximizing revenues... that's the fucking point. To complain about water being wet is fucking stupid.

Just because you have a Chief title doesn't mean you're good at what you do and/or have an MBA. Then again, it depends on the size of the corporation. I know plenty of people who have their MBA and are as dumb as a rock.

Now, controlling costs and maximizing the revenue in general is a big part in running a successful operation. What some people forget to take into consideration is the actual work force; the people who are doing the actual labor to keep things going.

When you start getting into upper management, not everyone is as concerned about the dollar as much as others. It'll always play a factor in some form or another because it costs money to make money in most cases. If you're trying to keep your employees happy, you have to compensate them in some way; whether it be raises, free lunches, gym memberships or some other sort of perk.

Now, if you want to start comparing private companies verses public companies... let's open a whole new bag of worms!

[PETA]

Originally Posted by munkee

Just because you have a Chief title doesn't mean you're good at what you do and/or have an MBA. Then again, it depends on the size of the corporation. I know plenty of people who have their MBA and are as dumb as a rock.

Now, controlling costs and maximizing the revenue in general is a big part in running a successful operation. What some people forget to take into consideration is the actual work force; the people who are doing the actual labor to keep things going.

When you start getting into upper management, not everyone is as concerned about the dollar as much as others. It'll always play a factor in some form or another because it costs money to make money in most cases. If you're trying to keep your employees happy, you have to compensate them in some way; whether it be raises, free lunches, gym memberships or some other sort of perk.

Now, if you want to start comparing private companies verses public companies... let's open a whole new bag of worms!

For profit businesses exist to make a profit. Not all decisions are focused on immediate bottom line considerations... eg investment in R&D etc etc. But the decision making processes are about how the corporation can best make profit for its shareholders... micro decision making notwithstanding.

MBAs - sure some are dumb. Sure, not all execs have them. However, generally people with MBAs aren't dumb and generally execs have them. Specific exceptions notwithstanding.

[Ray Lek]

Ya know, I never understood why people take business personally. Now, I agree, some high brass are as sharp as a bowling ball. If person A is late 3 times a week, yeah, I think he'd get canned. If the company is making 1 million a year but costing 1.2 million a year to run, yeah, I think some people are gonna get laid off.

[PETA]

Originally Posted by LekBrother

Ya know, I never understood why people take business personally. Now, I agree, some high brass are as sharp as a bowling ball. If person A is late 3 times a week, yeah, I think he'd get canned. If the company is making 1 million a year but costing 1.2 million a year to run, yeah, I think some people are gonna get laid off.

you don't get it man.... it's all about money man.... they don't see anything but $$$. Dey Tookar Jahbsss

[Funkenstein]

Originally Posted by xian

Dey Tookar Jahbsss

("Gung Ho" movie poster with Michael Keaton goes here)

That reference brought about this reference.

[sepania]

Originally Posted by MatPec

I'm just sayin man. The CFO, COO, CEO, and CIO of the company I work for (at least) are only concerned with keeping costs down while increasing revenue...

Are you kidding me? The first two parts of a corporate executive's job description is 1) make money and 2) spend as little money as possible.

Maximzing shareholder wealth is the goal of the firm. Corporate finance 101 dude.

[charlie brown]

I realize for the most part that should be their job... but me being support staff within IT, I see first hand the effect of the lack of spending by our CIO in technology

It may not even be an option for her to spend the money on better hardware. I only complain because it causes critical production applications to go down on a regular basis, which hinder most other employees' ability to make revenue, and it makes IT look like a bunch of fools.

[djetaine]

I can attest to the fact that in the IT industry, caring about ONLY money ALL the time is not always the best way to go. Even if "at the end of the day it's all about money" is true, there are multiple times that I have seen contracts lost and businesses go under because people are too concerned with the bottom line. Take companies like stream for example. Customer service was the last thing on corporates mind and look where they ended up?
What they were more concerned about was "are our calls getting answered? are people having to sit on hold? are calls getting dropped?" NOT "are our issues being resolved? are people satisfied?"
In contract IT support it may seem like a good idea for a while to pay attention to numbers only but in the end it will bite you in the ass. Customer satisfaction is the number one thing that keeps companies like this in business. When the end user is happy, the buyer is happy. when the buyer is happy the vendor keeps making money.