Had a company meeting where they presented a similar sales trending chart (as a preview to justifying upcoming layoffs). When the CIO asked the VP of Sales what he was doing about it, the VP said “there’s plenty of profit in there – you just can’t see it”…
So the executives laid off 80% of the engineering staff and hired more salesmen. Our company provided engineering services… they closed the doors about six months later. But “it was okay” because those executives all had golden parachutes…
bilbrlsn about 2 months ago
Get that hurricane-directing sharpie out!
ferddo about 2 months ago
Had a company meeting where they presented a similar sales trending chart (as a preview to justifying upcoming layoffs). When the CIO asked the VP of Sales what he was doing about it, the VP said “there’s plenty of profit in there – you just can’t see it”…
So the executives laid off 80% of the engineering staff and hired more salesmen. Our company provided engineering services… they closed the doors about six months later. But “it was okay” because those executives all had golden parachutes…
wildlandwaters about 2 months ago
easy… all ya gotta do is rotate the chart 90 degrees to left… problem solved!