b3ta.com qotw
You are not logged in. Login or Signup
Home » Question of the Week » Off Topic » Post 2159295 | Search
This is a question Off Topic

Are you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.

(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
Pages: Latest, 836, 835, 834, 833, 832, ... 1

« Go Back | See The Full Thread

Fucken 'ell Batts I thought English was my first language.
I know all those words but I don't understand them in that order.
Can you give me an example of what's wrong when someone calls you in and what you do for them to put it right?
(Not takin the piss here btw)
(, Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:14, 2 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
He goes into struggling businesses, sacks half their staff and then advises them how to use the remaining staff

(, Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:16, Reply)
Typically, a large company that isn't doing well (for one or more reasons) brings people like me in to sort it out.
The problems could be anything, from how the company sells, how it is structured & operates, how & what it advertises, how the company is financed etc. the objective being to make the business profitable (or more profitable than it previously was).
(, Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:19, Reply)
Getting it now thanks.
So how do you know more than they do?
Have you run successful businesses?
(, Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:28, Reply)
Some may say that.

(, Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:33, Reply)
Well good for you.
Anyone who improves other people's lots will do for me.
(, Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:40, Reply)
Doesn't always go well; I was responsible for a few thousand people losing their jobs last year.
Not exactly what I'd consider the better aspect to my career...
(, Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:42, Reply)
Well if they was doing it so wrong wouldn't those people be out of work soon
plus others?
(, Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:51, Reply)

« Go Back | See The Full Thread

Pages: Latest, 836, 835, 834, 833, 832, ... 1