Archive for January, 2009

Flight 1549 flight crew…a raise?

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Friday morning, less than 24 hours after Captain Sullenberger and his crew astonished the nation by landing in the Hudson River and getting everyone to safety, someone said to me……”they ought to give that guy a raise!” A raise, sounds sensible, seems appropriate, can anyone doubt they did a helluva job out there? A raise [...]

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Layoffs

Monday, January 19th, 2009

To my valued employees, customers and suppliers: As the CFO of a business that employees 140 people, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama will be our next President, and that our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, I figure that our customers [...]

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Monday, January 19th, 2009

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Ten Billion Dollars

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

Seems like a nice, tidy sum, does it not? And what, you ask, does it represent? Well, in big, round numbers, it is the decline in the value of Warren Buffett’s personal shareholdings in his Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., from its 2007 peak at about $150,000 a share to its recent trough at $84,000. Now, take [...]

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Thursday, January 15th, 2009

To All My Valued Employees, There have been some rumblings around the office about the future of this company, and more specifically, your job. As you know, the economy has changed for the worse and presents many challenges. However, the good news is this: The economy doesn’t pose a threat to your job. What does [...]

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