Loyalty. Seems like an ancient concept, doesn’t it? The foolish notion that a company would ever give a rat’s ass about an employee or vice versa. How retro. When the subject comes up we always seem to imagine some poor schmuck who slaves away for the man for 10 or[…] Read On
The parents indicted in the sweeping college admissions scam are apparently shell-shocked that federal prosecutors are playing hardball. The first wave of scammers to appear in court were offered plea deals with no prison time, but only in exchange for admissions of guilt and felony convictions. And that could cost[…] Read On
The corporate world is no place for the faint of heart. That’s especially true of marketing and sales where, against all logic, more time and effort are spent selling your ideas and fighting to get things done internally than on winning and keeping customers. Inertia is a tough habit to[…] Read On
Now that the Mueller investigation is over we will hopefully quit hearing about Trump-Russia collusion and all that nonsense … eventually. That said, there is one big gap in the story the American people deserve to understand — how the hoax got started, vis-a-vis the mysterious Steele dossier. Here’s my[…] Read On
Working on Monday’s post (whether Trump’s attacks on McCain are justified or not) I got to thinking about how Trump wears his feelings on his sleeve. How he uses Twitter and the media to amplify the bully pulpit, dominate the news cycle and speak to the people 24×7. Some may[…] Read On
“What was that for?” she said, eyebrows crossed. “What was what for?” I replied, instantly on alert that I’d done something bad. “That laugh,” she said, clearly pissed off. “You laughed at me.” “Nothing,” I said, scrambling for solid ground. “I just walked in and saw you sitting there eating[…] Read On
Over the past decade or so CenturyLink has been on a massive buying spree, acquiring Level 3, Qwest, Embarq and about a dozen other telecom companies for more than $50 billion. Guess what the company is valued at today? $100 billion? $75 billion$ $50 billion? If you said $25 billion[…] Read On