A Boss That Tells it Like it Is (Taxation Letter)

Email | Foward 1/6/09 | Unknown

[Lilpug15]

I just got this email forward and thought it was a nice little summation/rant about what a lot of people are frustrated about!

[MeanWestTexan]

Self-ping. I may have to send that letter myself soon.

[WoofDog123]

how to kill employee morale quickly - tell them if things so beyond their control (taxes) go up at all on the boss, they lose their jobs.

If this were written at a company for real, imagine the instant morale mess that would occur - it would be business suicide.

[Vigilanteman]

He, and everyone like him, should have sent this before November 4, 2008. Of course, those already collecting a government check would never have seen it.

[Lurker]

The owner of the company already has a list of who's going to be laid off first if and when his taxes go up.

He's starting with the ones who had Obama stickers on their cars.

L

[Some hope remaining.]

If this were written at a company for real, imagine the instant morale mess that would occur - it would be business suicide.

Agreed. Also the part about the employees punching in physically at 9 and mentally at noon. No intelligent employer would insult his employees and destroy morale like that and continue to have a successful business. But the overall message itself is pretty good.

[avacado]

" He, and everyone like him, should have sent this before November 4, 2008. Of course, those already collecting a government check would never have seen it. "

I bet Obama got an easy 5 million more voters once McCain started telling everyone that Obama was going to spread the wealth.

[rednek]

"If this were written at a company for real, imagine the instant morale mess that would occur - it would be business suicide"

You consider it business suicide - I consider it the truth. As a business owner, I agree 100%. And by the way, if you worked (and I used the past tense for a reason) for me and had an Obama bumper sticker on your car, good luck finding another job after I fired your ass on Wed. morning after the election...........Happy New Year - Red

[pogo101]

One reason I am a conservative is that, although I am very risk-averse and (thus) not an entrepreneur like the author, I have the utmost appreciation for such people because THEY create the jobs that give ME opportunity.

[WayneS]

Wow.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Should have sent it out before the election. Then again Obama supporters were either too hardheaded or stupid to read.

[Lilpug15]

True - but it still reflects how a lot of people are feeling in this country right now.

[caver]

“how to kill employee morale quickly”

This e-mail may be humor but it is the truth. If your employees can’t handle the truth then they should get in line at the welfare office.

You sound like present day schools where we don’t want to harm their poor little precious self esteem. To hell with morale. You might want to look up the definition of morale. It is defined as confidence in your leadership.

[Non-Sequitur]

So...if he didn’t spend and didn’t save but instead invested every dollar he got back into his company, then if he shuts it down what does he retire on?

[Domandred]

Yep that’s about right. Ranks up there with the other “bosses letter” talking about needing to lay people off soon and couldn’t figure out how to choose....until he walked out into the parking lot and noticed the Obama bumper stickers. Came back in and laid off everyone who had an Obama sticker.

[floozy22]

I've worked for a number of entrepeneurs over the last 30 years, and would never, ever want that responsibility. They were mostly decent, fair people. They ate, slept and breathed their companies, and so did their families. Owners of businesses, regardless of size, deserve all of the rewards their accomplishments, motivations, talents can give them.

Owners of small businesses are the backbone of this country and our economy. And they get screwed every day by big government.

[stevem]

This is an interesting editorial. Obviously, I don't agree that all employees are 40 hour per week leeches. Many are.

I find management (real management) to be an interesting concept. Entrepreneurs generally work like draft horses i.e. long and hard an unappreciated.

I tried to build a business back in the 1980s and failed. I found in those days the freedom such builders have is the freedom to work 100 hour weeks. Among other things it taught me to appreciate builders who succeed.

I also find it interesting that the employees who denigrate the "freedom" of the managers, in the end, look to the managers to do the heavy lifting when heavy lifting is required. This manifests in EVERY organization, EVERY one. I suppose that makes sense because the organization must fail if the heavy lifters are incapable of heavy lifting. I guess that makes organizations symbiotic.

I do know if we make it impossible for the managers to make management worthwhile we will collapse as a civilization.

[Danette]

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[xcamel]

I can’t count the times I have wanted to write that letter... with a few changes based on the economy of scale. (Mostly the 600 employee and $2.7 Million quarterly check part...)

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Yep.