she may be brining in an outside auditor
I hope the outside auditor's attitude won't be too salty.
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'Conviction (1)'
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Calli - May 09, 2012 10:02:19 am PDT #4282 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Toddson - May 09, 2012 10:04:29 am PDT #4283 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I have a friend who once lost a job - her and about half the staff of a large company - because someone had signed a major contract and no one noticed that there was a penalty payment due if they didn't accomplish something within a set time period. The original signer retired, no one else knew about the penalty, the time period passed ... and something like $30 million down the tubes.
DavidS - May 09, 2012 10:05:19 am PDT #4284 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I hope the outside auditor's attitude won't be too salty.
They'll be in a pickle!
meara - May 09, 2012 10:05:51 am PDT #4285 of 30001
Heh. There are definitely times when I curse randomly upwards towards upper management thinking "Who signed a contract that said THIS!?!?"
msbelle - May 09, 2012 10:06:55 am PDT #4286 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Email to HR was sent and they responded that I need not be freaked out, except you know, more professional.
Mac will be starting the outpatient school on Friday, provided he is discharged today or tomorrow. Unfortunately it is only 9 - 3:30 and no options for before or after care, so that is something to work out.
DavidS - May 09, 2012 10:07:20 am PDT #4287 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
When I worked at Orrick, the managing partner for the Palo Alto office signed an exclusive six month deal with a headhunter without consulting anybody else, including our head of Attorney Recruiting (my boss).
Just insanely stupid and arrogant. And it wound up costing them a six figure fee to said head hunter when they brought in an ex-Judge as a partner with guaranteed partner draw over a million. (Mind, this deal had nothing to do with the head hunter but because of the contract they had to pay out anyway.)
Connie Neil - May 09, 2012 10:12:17 am PDT #4288 of 30001
brillig
And to think I used to wonder where the ideas in Dilbert came from.
brenda m - May 09, 2012 10:12:44 am PDT #4289 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
They'll be in a pickle!
Heh, indeed.
(For a sense of scale, the contract involves more than 50 million s.f. of real estate. Our own account team is more than 700 people. If it's bad - which to be clear, is not yet known - then it could be really, really bad.)
Toddson - May 09, 2012 10:16:29 am PDT #4290 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
As I keep telling people, "I don't have to make this stuff up".
brenda m - May 09, 2012 10:18:38 am PDT #4291 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Right, Toddson? Unbelieveable. If only because I can't imagine not wanting to kick something that big further up the food chain out of pure cowardice.