Defrauding USAid in the 2010s? The guy was a vanguard in skullduggery. You were riding the crest of a wave there.
One of my best boss-as-asshole stories took place when I was working at an early cell phone provider start-up, in the nineties. We had a team of salespeople who truly did toil hard, unlike a lot of sales departments. It was an uphill business, convincing companies that yes, this cell phone nonsense was here to stay, and you needed to jump in. They were all in their thirties, family-types mostly.
Our drunk, disgusting marketing manager decided the best time to schedule a haranguing motivational meeting was from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm on October 31. Yep, Halloween night in an office of parents with young kids. It caused a flat-out uprising until it was rescheduled for the next Saturday, when they opened the office at 7:00 am and had everyone come in for two hours.
Well, yes, it was indeed among, if not the, funniest post of the year. However, the post also could have been an example of serious journalism if only it had been accompanied by documentary photo evidence of the accounting department staffed with "The Hottest Latin Women Who Ever Lived."
The fact that you made us hunt via links for the fact that the guy's name was Derish Wolff (!!!!) is fantastic stuff. It was funnier discovering that comically villainous name on my own than if you had added it to the article. Nice touch.
The lede to one of your linked stories describes your former boss as “A CEO of a New Jersey-based construction contractor.” I stopped right there, as there was no need to read further. My home state: it never disappoints.
"scamming USAID"? Say it's not so. I have been reliably informed by my betters that USAID was only ever involved in feeding starving children and lactating persons around the world.
Defrauding USAid in the 2010s? The guy was a vanguard in skullduggery. You were riding the crest of a wave there.
One of my best boss-as-asshole stories took place when I was working at an early cell phone provider start-up, in the nineties. We had a team of salespeople who truly did toil hard, unlike a lot of sales departments. It was an uphill business, convincing companies that yes, this cell phone nonsense was here to stay, and you needed to jump in. They were all in their thirties, family-types mostly.
Our drunk, disgusting marketing manager decided the best time to schedule a haranguing motivational meeting was from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm on October 31. Yep, Halloween night in an office of parents with young kids. It caused a flat-out uprising until it was rescheduled for the next Saturday, when they opened the office at 7:00 am and had everyone come in for two hours.
Maybe I'm just super jetlagged, but this is one of the funniest posts of the year.
Well, yes, it was indeed among, if not the, funniest post of the year. However, the post also could have been an example of serious journalism if only it had been accompanied by documentary photo evidence of the accounting department staffed with "The Hottest Latin Women Who Ever Lived."
It's not the jetlag!
Sorta like the impromptu meeting before xmas to announce $300MM dollars in layoffs.
Nothing says holiday spirit like Santa outsourcing the elves to Bangladesh.
It's actually a piece about a whistling duel while taking a shit on corporate commodes.
We had no shits to give - https://darby687.substack.com/p/no-shits-to-give
I used the link to read the story about the company you used to work for.
Hey, they were a New Jersey based company. Must be something in the water but the overwhelming possibility of grift is a given.
And yes, something was going on with
Slippery Seal Team Six. I wonder if even they had to do their part to "assassinate the overhead"
(an actual quote from your ex boss).
Sigh, negative reinforcement rarely works. I think some psychos just like to use it.....
The fact that you made us hunt via links for the fact that the guy's name was Derish Wolff (!!!!) is fantastic stuff. It was funnier discovering that comically villainous name on my own than if you had added it to the article. Nice touch.
The lede to one of your linked stories describes your former boss as “A CEO of a New Jersey-based construction contractor.” I stopped right there, as there was no need to read further. My home state: it never disappoints.
Clapping. For the excellence of the piece. Not for meetings at 9am on the 23rd of December. (I have 2 today.)
"scamming USAID"? Say it's not so. I have been reliably informed by my betters that USAID was only ever involved in feeding starving children and lactating persons around the world.