Letter from the Boss

Originally posted by rebeldog
First.. he didn't EARN what his employees worked for..


second...if those employees devote their lives to the BOSS and pour everything into the company, will they have mercedes's in the driveway?

will they have luxuries?

Sure he did. If he had not invested his money into a business, he would not be employing anybody...Duh.

Your second line proves to me (again) that many Americans have such a entitlement mentality. Others think that living through a credit card is ok too.

Try spending on your needs and saving for your wants. You'll get that Mercedes eventually.

I cannot understand the mentality of wanting a job in the first place. Why would you want to be...

Told to be somewhere at a certain time
Told when to go to lunch
Told when you can run errands
Told what you are worth
Told when you can grow
Told what to do

I have never had a "job". I earn 6 figures every year (barely)
I am a "self employed" professional
I get paid ALL the money without a BOSS stealing a cut
I am free
I am 42
I provide professional services to 7 insurance companies
They send me as much work as I need/request
They stop sending me work when I request
I get automatic deposit
I am paid every 2 weeks
I have no employees
I do for me.

Please stop looking for a job...Analyze your strengths, and build a small business, providing what you already do for a boss, but to the community....

You are programmed to be a slave if you do'nt think you are worthy of self employment. A cubicle is a creative persons prison.

Screw the boss in the letter...If I even worked there for a second, I would have read the writing on the wall, and started stealing his customers, to form a company supplying his service....All a workplace should be for you is a training ground to become a competitor....Not a place to slave for 40 years just to get screwed over by a selfish bastard as the author of the letter.

Some of you people really amaze me. Why is a guy the villain who clearly, and honestly states the position he is in? Such a hand-out mentality of Americans permeates this site. If you don't like your situation, change it! You are not required to work for someone. Why is he the villain if he clearly states he can at anytime close the doors and retire? He sacrificed, not you. He did without, not you. It was his commitment and sacrifice that allowed him to "share" the wealth by hiring them and giving them wages. Walk a mile in someones shoes before you judge them. And for you Jesus freaks, judge not lest ye be judged!

Funny. It's actually attitudes like this boss that drove the nails in the coffin. Of course, he's just a product of the entire system but still, his opinions on "the business world" are parasitic and the real reason for our decline. It's notions like this that are the problem - "if you made the sacrifices like I did and put the time in like I did, then you'll be rewarded for all your hard work". Oh really Mr Boss? You mean rewarded with all the disgusting affluences of luxury that you mentioned? Because I wouldn't have any of it. I'm not interested in it. I'm not interested in your Mercedes Bens or your pathetic mansion. I'm interested in authenticity and people like this are interested in commoditizing the entire planet if it benefits them in some type of monetized way. ...thinking that this "life" is up for grabs for everyone if they just "worked hard enough". If resources like the ones used to support lifestyles like this boss described were suddenly extracted from the earth and provided to the entire population then this planet and all life on it would cease to exist. Is that what we have to look forward to if we all "work really hard to get ahead"? Global poisoning and environmental destruction to the point where life couldn't be supported? Sounds like progress. And by the way, this is where we are headed pretty much according to plan. Economic success is an illusion and a trap and we are falling hook, line and sinker.

Originally posted by MentalGiant

Screw the boss in the letter...If I even worked there for a second, I would have read the writing on the wall, and started stealing his customers, to form a company supplying his service....All a workplace should be for you is a training ground to become a competitor....Not a place to slave for 40 years just to get screwed over by a selfish bastard as the author of the letter.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

reply to post by TDawgRex


Partnerships...duh...do you understand a partneship?


that ensures all have an equal stake, and all fail or prosper equally..

and, where would he invest his money...

employing others is NO DIFFERENT than serfdom..

reply to post by MentalGiant


AWESOME DUDE>...


never make a nickel off another man's sweat.... employing others, and then PROFITING off of them is SOOOOOOOO detestable

Further reading for the Boss who wrote this letter :


Deming, W. Edwards. Out of the Crisis (1986)
Ishikawa, Kaoru. What is Total Quality Control? The Japanese Way (1985)
Feigenbaum, A.V. Total Quality Control (1991)
Juran, J.M. Juran on Leadership for Quality: An Executive Handbook (1989)

Originally posted by TDawgRex

Originally posted by MentalGiant

Screw the boss in the letter...If I even worked there for a second, I would have read the writing on the wall, and started stealing his customers, to form a company supplying his service....All a workplace should be for you is a training ground to become a competitor....Not a place to slave for 40 years just to get screwed over by a selfish bastard as the author of the letter.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

Except I would hire everyone as an independent contractor (1099 them all)...pay them a % of profits for their effort, build a unified team of independent consultants, working from a shared office or even from homme, lower overhead, get a private group insurance plan through an association, and streamline everything, unifying all ex employees into "business partners" who share in the expenses as well as the profits....id skim 20% net profit and the 30% would directly go back into the business on my end to support the growth....

You see, the other boss is doing business the old way with "burdens", "employees", "overhead"...alll that crap that does NOT matter...what matters is focusing all physical activities into revenue generating activities....all other activities can be contracted out Human resources", "administrative" etc...

You see...I would have a quick meeting, ask everyone a few simple questions about what they hope to achieve at this new company, fire all the employee minded folks, and keep the entrepreneurial minded folks who want a chance to be a business person, accountable, and in control of their destiny (as long as their destiny fits my destiny, we all win) I would teach them to think for them selves, and to make decisions on their own, I would empower them to grow each of their own areas (everyone wins here)

This boss is just a dinosaur begging for the status quo, and not progressive enough to evolve with the times...

reply to post by MentalGiant


Congratulations are your successes.

While just about everyone in America has the opportunity to succeed in the same fashion as "the Boss" and you, not very many have either the capital, skill, resources, drive, ability, etc.

So they settle for "slave," albeit with much more comfort that those of the traditional definition.

The KEY here is that the US is taking on a new posture to punish success. This can only deter entrepreneuralism, research & development, small business...you know, people like you (and, in essence, our economy).

There is only one product of such function - and I don't want to go there.

reply to post by MentalGiant


Yep, and the first time one of your "contractors" complains to the government you will be audited. Have set start/stop times? They are then employees. A contractor cannot have set start/stop times. There are a myriad of other considerations that distinguish between contractor and employee. Anyone going down that road had better be well versed in the intricacies of such a move. Otherwise, you do not pass go without some serious fines!

reply to post by MentalGiant


I have tried to contract my services as a Logistical Specialist to various companies. Limited term2-4 years contract, or further upon renegotiation, they don’t need to provide any health benefits as I have my own plan.

1099 me and get a great service I tell them indirectly. And they would too. No takers yet. Maybe I need to refine my selling skills?

If things go according to plan with no life changing events though, by this time next year I will be a small business myself, towing cars, and plowing snow/lawn maintenance. Things I actually like to do.

Once again the debate has been watered down to "sacrifice and hard work get you lots of material goods" vs. "gimme gimme gimme"

You know, if you want to be materialistic, then fine, be materialistic.. get all the goodies, but if you did so well fighting and scraping your way up, then why stop now, just because the playing field tipped a bit. A saavy business person looks for an advantage they can use when the rules change.. they don't whine about it.

As for the folks working 40+ hours a day to afford the "luxuries", take a second and see if you are really happy. If you are doing something you absolutely love and will be happy doing for the rest of your life, you are in good shape. If you want to be doing something else, then make a plan to get to that point.

As for me and my household, we strive to be happy in our own skin first. Any luxuries we acquire are just that luxuries, and we work to always keep that in mind. I am not "the boss" where I work, but I am in a position of responsibility over others. I don't even care what their political views are. I train them and mentor them and challenge them to make them better at what they do. My passion is to help other people enjoy their lives more by being truly good at something they love to do.

Originally posted by haarvik
reply to post by MentalGiant

 

Yep, and the first time one of your "contractors" complains to the government you will be audited. Have set start/stop times? They are then employees. A contractor cannot have set start/stop times. There are a myriad of other considerations that distinguish between contractor and employee. Anyone going down that road had better be well versed in the intricacies of such a move. Otherwise, you do not pass go without some serious fines!

I am well versed, you do not seem to be. If you are too afraid to get out of the car in fear of the view from the top...it is your fault, not mine.

I have never been in the situation you describe, I have decided long ago that advise from people afraid to do things for them self, it not good advise for me. Thank You though, for bringing up things that are not relevant.

Originally posted by TDawgRex
reply to post by MentalGiant

 

I have tried to contract my services as a Logistical Specialist to various companies. Limited term2-4 years contract, or further upon renegotiation, they don’t need to provide any health benefits as I have my own plan.

1099 me and get a great service I tell them indirectly. And they would too. No takers yet. Maybe I need to refine my selling skills?

If things go according to plan with no life changing events though, by this time next year I will be a small business myself, towing cars, and plowing snow/lawn maintenance. Things I actually like to do.

You are a Rock Star T Dawg....Regardless of money, do what you like to do, and adjust your finances around the income. I am not rich by any means...

Take your logistical background and contacts to a company larger than yours....sell yourself as an "overflow expert"...tell the you want to take on the times when they are "pressed"...tell them you can add revenue to their bottom line without creating a "burden" against their budget...

Tell them you want an independent status with them, just like an independent driver...It does not cost them to use you...they just receive less profit when you utilize them, but they still make profit....

Get on with 2-3 different large logistical companies that do what you do as an "overflow contractor". Once your foot is in the door part time as 1099, just slowly grow your network of clients to provide logistical services to through the major supplier....Let them provide the licensing, bonding, etc...you just operate under their "umbrella" until you get big enough to break out in 5 years or so....

I would rather make $40,000 on my own terms, feel free...then to take home $100K and suck the ....of a boss.

Did any of those ideas spark a thought? I have more. Self Employment is only for those strong/creative enough to deserve it.

reply to post by rebeldog


I was a partner in a painting business back in the day, there were three of us and we did employ teenagers during the summer months, but paid them well. One of the partners cleaned us out. And we had to close it up. What once was profitable was wiped out in one day.

I'll never have a partner again.

Originally posted by TDawgRex
reply to post by rebeldog

 

I was a partner in a painting business back in the day, there were three of us and we did employ teenagers during the summer months, but paid them well. One of the partners cleaned us out.

And we had to close it up. What once was profitable was wiped out in one day.

I'll never have a partner again.

So Sorry, man. You NEED 51% to protect assets. You need bank accounts that require All Principles Signatures over say $1,000 to protect your assets. You need signatures in places that make you uncomfortable with partners...if they "push back" on that sort of thing..."run away"..that experience has made you stronger .You are a much more educated guy this time around....

I think the guy should up and retire immediately. He doesn't need the money any longer. Someone will come in and fill the void, reemploy the workers and make themselves wealthy also. Once you have what you need, move on and let someone else share the spoils. I don't begrudge the plumber who monopolizes the business in his city. I do have a problem with that plumber, with his newfound wealth going into to all the other cities, and monopolizing their business as well. Leave that to the plumbers in the other city.

The guy is a liar though. He is still making $1 million+ a year based on the quarterly check for taxes. So if he now only makes $950,000 he is just going to give it up and walk away? I call major BS on this and all the others who insinuate the same thing. at the very least he will be able to sell the business to someone who will keep it going.

This guy also compains about the minimum wage. He is making a million plus and bitching about having to pay $8/hr instead of $7 an hour even though he claims elsewhere he pays well above that. If i was his employee and I got this letter I would quit at the first opportunity. When all his employees quit he will have little or no business left.

I don't believe that this letter is factual at all. No one who managed to get to such a position is going to write something so stupid. This guy doesn't even realize that his current taxes are the lowest in modern history. We had our greatest economic growth in the USA when the top tax rate was 90%.

reply to post by sligtlyskeptical


I was thinking the same thing. This is either completely made up or written by a moron that has bigger morons working for him currently.

reply to post by sligtlyskeptical


The letter is one I saw back in 2008, another said they saw it in 2007. I look at it though as something to make you think, even though you realize it's fake.

nowhere in the letter though does it satate what the company makes or the wage his 12 employees are making.