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An employee whose job was to be sacked (2010)

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Re: An employee whose job was to be sacked (2010)

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Post by markvdb »

Maxious wrote: post #45
whoisjuan wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I also heard the story of a digital agency that rented a huge space, painted the walls with bright colors and hired a bunch of actors to pose as employees. The idea was to deceive and close a deal with a potential big client that insisted in visiting their offices.

Villain du jour, Cambridge Analytica changed their name and rented a office in Cambridge filled with London based employees to win over the intellectual Steve Bannon https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/data-war-whistl...

> the intellectual Steve Bannon

Even within this well-educated microclimate, the irony in that statement might not be clear enough to everyone.

May I suggest either crystal clear irony ("the most eminent intellectual of our times Steve Bannon") or a more accurate description ("the racist firebrand Steve Bannon")?

Re: An employee whose job was to be sacked (2010)

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Post by kthejoker2 »

chris11 wrote: post #62
tzs wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That reminds me of a 19th century con man I read about in the wonderful book "Bloodletters and Badmen: A Narrative Encyclopedia of American Criminals from the Pilgrims to the Present" [1]. He came to some big city posing as a successful businessman seeking investors for some new enterprise. He would give as a reference the president of a local bank located on the other side of town. When the potential investors went…

That sounds like something out of Hustle a TV show the BBC produced about a group of contract artists.

It is essentially the plot of 1973's Best Picture The Sting, if you sub a horseracing OTB for the bank.

Re: An employee whose job was to be sacked (2010)

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Post by PMan74 »

jstanley wrote: post #66
wolfspider wrote: post #18

Yes, while working a telemarketing job for quick cash secretly I encountered just this sort of thing. I had spent all of my graduation gift money meant for my first apartment right after high school and had to take a night shift somewhere. I found this telemarketing place and they had a dead simple test they used for prospective hires. My friends told me they would hire anyone no matter what. Surprisingly, someone fa…

Sorry if this should be obvious, I've read it 3 times and still don't understand this bit: > They also did this because they cashed every last check of every employee that left and there were a lot of those. "They also did this" - Who also did what? The candidates accepted the job? The company hired the fake guy to get sacked? And who cashed whose checks? Did they cash them before or after they left? And why does tha…

This is also confusing.

> Made my money back and then some

Made what money back?

My guess is that this is some sort of a shady company where 1. Employees pay something for e.g. training ("check of every employee") 2. Employees make it back over time on commission 3. If an employee quits early the employee's check is cashed by the company. ("they cashed every last check of every employee that left")

A guess however, difficult to understand what is doing on.

Re: An employee whose job was to be sacked (2010)

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Post by jstanley »

PMan74 wrote: post #73
jstanley wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry if this should be obvious, I've read it 3 times and still don't understand this bit: > They also did this because they cashed every last check of every employee that left and there were a lot of those. "They also did this" - Who also did what? The candidates accepted the job? The company hired the fake guy to get sacked? And who cashed whose checks? Did they cash them before or after they left? And why does tha…

This is also confusing. > Made my money back and then some Made what money back? My guess is that this is some sort of a shady company where 1. Employees pay something for e.g. training ("check of every employee") 2. Employees make it back over time on commission 3. If an employee quits early the employee's check is cashed by the company. ("they cashed every last check of every employee that left") A guess however, d…

In the first place he was given some money as a graduation gift, which he then spent, which is why he needed the job, so I assumed that was the money he made back.

Re: An employee whose job was to be sacked (2010)

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Post by [deleted] »

PMan74 wrote: post #73
jstanley wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry if this should be obvious, I've read it 3 times and still don't understand this bit: > They also did this because they cashed every last check of every employee that left and there were a lot of those. "They also did this" - Who also did what? The candidates accepted the job? The company hired the fake guy to get sacked? And who cashed whose checks? Did they cash them before or after they left? And why does tha…

This is also confusing. > Made my money back and then some Made what money back? My guess is that this is some sort of a shady company where 1. Employees pay something for e.g. training ("check of every employee") 2. Employees make it back over time on commission 3. If an employee quits early the employee's check is cashed by the company. ("they cashed every last check of every employee that left") A guess however, d…

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Re: An employee whose job was to be sacked (2010)

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Post by ajeet_dhaliwal »

SteveGerencser wrote: post #31

Many years ago I delivered pizza while in college. When it was time to move on my manager and I decided to have some fun. For the last three days I was there I delivered to every terrible customer we had, then had a little fun at their expense. Like the guy that routinely refused to tip a single penny and said 10 pennies make a dime. I handed him a dime and told him now he didn't have to wait for 9 more pizzas. It wa…

Every employee who has given their notice should be used for this purpose!

Re: An employee whose job was to be sacked (2010)

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Post by jstanley »

SteveGerencser wrote: post #31

Many years ago I delivered pizza while in college. When it was time to move on my manager and I decided to have some fun. For the last three days I was there I delivered to every terrible customer we had, then had a little fun at their expense. Like the guy that routinely refused to tip a single penny and said 10 pennies make a dime. I handed him a dime and told him now he didn't have to wait for 9 more pizzas. It wa…

I understand that it's a bit impolite not to tip, but surely it's much more impolite to hold a grudge against someone for not tipping.

If you want more money, put your prices up.

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