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Things in Bentonville definitely started going downhill around 2004, and by the time I was laid off in 2009, most of the magic had been lost. My contacts over
by Diederich 7y ago
Things in Bentonville definitely started going downhill around 2004, and by the time I was laid off in 2009, most of the magic had been lost.
My contacts over the past 11 years have said that the division has continued its slide into bullshit.
Given how fantastic things were, it makes me very sad.
- ncmncm 7y agoThat's life in a cost center. It is hard to contemplate just how destructive the "cost center" / "profit center" distinction has turned out to be. For us, though, it means we had better stay the hell out of cost centers. A business performing the duties of another's cost center, where costs may be amortized over multiple customers, can shift identically same tasks into a profit center.