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All I've got is your word that he's crooked. There are totally reasonable ways that people can have a fancy looking Aston Martin and be dead broke at the same t

All I've got is your word that he's crooked. There are totally reasonable ways that people can have a fancy looking Aston Martin and be dead broke at the same time (used cars, financing, underwater on loan, etc). Estimates are guesses by nature, and it's not surprising you know nothing about them. If you hate your job that much, what are you doing about it? It's weird to see the top post on HN be an immature and empathy-barren rant that is completely irrelevant to the article.

castlecrasher2 9y ago
>It's weird to see the top post on HN be an immature and empathy-barren rant that is completely irrelevant to the article. That sense of entitlement is endemic across the internet, honestly.
ouid 9y ago
The problem with the scenario described above isn't that the CEO's situation is implausible, it's that it's presented entirely without evidence, and none was additionally demanded. The whole reason for having accountants is because it makes lying much harder to have to have a story for where every dollar goes. You can track it down if you're skeptical.
philbarr 9y ago
Yes it's a rant. It's born entirely out of frustration on a bad day. I called him crooked because he dealt drugs to his favourite staff, or gave them coke as a reward. He was eventually on Crime Watch UK for fraud. The pay rise was to get people up to minimum wage. Not that that matters - it was still a rant. I'm not going to apologise for that, though. Sometimes it happens.
- philbarr 9y ago
  For anyone interested: https://www.mirror.co.uk/opinion/money-opinion/p-s-investigates/fury-over-graham-ross-ross-534412 https://www.mirror.co.uk/opinion/money-opinion/p-s-investiga...
unclebucknasty 9y ago
Exactly. That Aston Martin could be part of why he is broke. You never know what someone is going through. In fact, odds are the more you percieve a person has having "it all together", the further off the mark you likely are. This is true for the simple reason that everyone struggles with something. "Empathy" is a good word here. I think we tend to decide how much of our empathy we believe a person deserves based on our own perception of "how well they're doing", particularly relative to ourselves. The truth is, we should always start with empathy and grace, though that's often easier said than done. So, thanks for inserting that word. Needed the reminder myself.

castlecrasher2 9y ago

>It's weird to see the top post on HN be an immature and empathy-barren rant that is completely irrelevant to the article. That sense of entitlement is endemic across the internet, honestly.

ouid 9y ago

The problem with the scenario described above isn't that the CEO's situation is implausible, it's that it's presented entirely without evidence, and none was additionally demanded. The whole reason for having accountants is because it makes lying much harder to have to have a story for where every dollar goes. You can track it down if you're skeptical.

philbarr 9y ago

Yes it's a rant. It's born entirely out of frustration on a bad day. I called him crooked because he dealt drugs to his favourite staff, or gave them coke as a reward. He was eventually on Crime Watch UK for fraud. The pay rise was to get people up to minimum wage. Not that that matters - it was still a rant. I'm not going to apologise for that, though. Sometimes it happens.

philbarr 9y ago
For anyone interested: https://www.mirror.co.uk/opinion/money-opinion/p-s-investigates/fury-over-graham-ross-ross-534412 https://www.mirror.co.uk/opinion/money-opinion/p-s-investiga...

unclebucknasty 9y ago

Exactly. That Aston Martin could be part of why he is broke. You never know what someone is going through. In fact, odds are the more you percieve a person has having "it all together", the further off the mark you likely are. This is true for the simple reason that everyone struggles with something. "Empathy" is a good word here. I think we tend to decide how much of our empathy we believe a person deserves based on our own perception of "how well they're doing", particularly relative to ourselves. The truth is, we should always start with empathy and grace, though that's often easier said than done. So, thanks for inserting that word. Needed the reminder myself.