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Yeah I think something was missed. My wild speculation is that the person thats "causing issues" has a privileged position with the owners. The owners are unw

by kentm 1y ago

Yeah I think something was missed. My wild speculation is that the person thats "causing issues" has a privileged position with the owners. The owners are unwilling to completely cut this person out of the business, and that is what he means when he says that the owners won't provide the tools he needed.

hengheng 1y ago
My mind immediately went to organized crime. Money laundering for people who he rather didn't know his name.
- lisper 1y ago
  This looks like a clue: "I even worked on translating Archivista’s interface into Italian, since it wasn’t yet localized, just to make it easier for users."
  - draga79 1y ago
    No, that's not a clue :-) I've just replied, clarifying this part, to the previous comment
    - bombcar 1y ago
      Got it, it was disorganized crime, not organized. ;)
      - draga79 1y ago
        Yes, exactly :-D
        sgtnoodle 1y ago
        It wasn't a laminates company, was it?
- draga79 1y ago
  I’m the author of the post. I hinted, in a cryptic sentence near the end, that I necessarily had to leave out the worst parts of the story. No, no organized crime. But yes, there were people who appropriated resources that weren’t theirs and used every tool at their disposal to avoid scrutiny. To keep it vague, let’s just say some of the people involved had means that could seriously harm the businesses and their owners. And since these were primary businesses, that would have been a serious problem. The owners, knowing this, tried to find solutions but couldn’t really “afford” to remove the people involved. To be specific, in the end the owners themselves were aware of what was happening, but hoped to resolve it with a few more checks. Eventually, I realized that as long as there was enough money for everyone, they were okay with the ongoing theft.
  - Aloha 1y ago
    Its better to know who is stealing from you (and how much) than not - sometimes the evil you know is better than the evil you dont.
  - sidewndr46 1y ago
    if you weren't getting paid for this - why get involved in the first place?
    - draga79 1y ago
      I've been paid for doing my job: creating the infrastructure, configuring stuff, etc.
      - sidewndr46 1y ago
        Alright, I was thinking this was just the case of helping a friend
  - woah 1y ago
    Sounds like very straightforward tax evasion. The business brings in lots of cash, doesn't pay taxes, obscures the books enough so that there's no smoking gun. Some of the people participating in the scheme are skimming, but maybe less than the taxes would be, or maybe the owners are also implicated and would face criminal penalties themselves, so it's better for everyone just to keep it going and keep the books messy. Don't need mafiosos from TV for that.

by kentm 1y ago

hengheng 1y ago

My mind immediately went to organized crime. Money laundering for people who he rather didn't know his name.

lisper 1y ago
This looks like a clue: "I even worked on translating Archivista’s interface into Italian, since it wasn’t yet localized, just to make it easier for users."
- draga79 1y ago
  No, that's not a clue :-) I've just replied, clarifying this part, to the previous comment
  - bombcar 1y ago
    Got it, it was disorganized crime, not organized. ;)
    - draga79 1y ago
      Yes, exactly :-D
      - sgtnoodle 1y ago
        It wasn't a laminates company, was it?
draga79 1y ago
I’m the author of the post. I hinted, in a cryptic sentence near the end, that I necessarily had to leave out the worst parts of the story. No, no organized crime. But yes, there were people who appropriated resources that weren’t theirs and used every tool at their disposal to avoid scrutiny. To keep it vague, let’s just say some of the people involved had means that could seriously harm the businesses and their owners. And since these were primary businesses, that would have been a serious problem. The owners, knowing this, tried to find solutions but couldn’t really “afford” to remove the people involved. To be specific, in the end the owners themselves were aware of what was happening, but hoped to resolve it with a few more checks. Eventually, I realized that as long as there was enough money for everyone, they were okay with the ongoing theft.
- Aloha 1y ago
  Its better to know who is stealing from you (and how much) than not - sometimes the evil you know is better than the evil you dont.
- sidewndr46 1y ago
  if you weren't getting paid for this - why get involved in the first place?
  - draga79 1y ago
    I've been paid for doing my job: creating the infrastructure, configuring stuff, etc.
    - sidewndr46 1y ago
      Alright, I was thinking this was just the case of helping a friend
- woah 1y ago
  Sounds like very straightforward tax evasion. The business brings in lots of cash, doesn't pay taxes, obscures the books enough so that there's no smoking gun. Some of the people participating in the scheme are skimming, but maybe less than the taxes would be, or maybe the owners are also implicated and would face criminal penalties themselves, so it's better for everyone just to keep it going and keep the books messy. Don't need mafiosos from TV for that.