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The one that got me, was the German company I was working for was bankrupted by the president of the company as a key sale of the software product fell through.
by awjr 11y ago
The one that got me, was the German company I was working for was bankrupted by the president of the company as a key sale of the software product fell through. He did it on December 23rd, before any of the directors could intervene (A quirk of german company law).
I found out on the phone on the 28th while back in the UK. Fun times.
So my contribution:
"When it appears the directors bet the company on a single sale and failed."
- goldenkey 11y agoHonestly, I think that is what you heard down the grapevine. Sounds like a cover up for something much more heinous. Was this information public/private, how did you find out? (Not attacking your trust, just sounds a bit odd to me)
- awjr 11y agoI flew back and collected my stuff, even going back to the office. The place was dead and I met with some of the people. They were in utter shock. Over 30 people's livelihoods destroyed.
- goldenkey 11y agoReally terrible. Since working at a corporation, I no longer look at Dilbert comics the same way. Man, so much waste, so much lack of backbone, so many of the wrong people in the right positions. I'd really like to read a book that explains why almost every corporation, aside from maybe a select few, have the "oh-thats-just-a-quirk-of-XYZ-leave-it-alone-not-worth-getting-fired-over." You basically end up getting a workforce that does the bare minimum to say they are still working. I mean, I talked to my manager the other day, an abusive one at that, and I told him, just do it already, fucking fire me. But he says he can't. I will just be "purged" by the performance review process.. What a fucking joke.