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Post by The Captain on Jul 20, 2015 12:38:11 GMT -5
Ummm, wow. Ok - go back and re-read what you just posted. When I read it I saw a run-on paragraph with a lot of (being realistic here) unrealistic hopes and no action plan on how to even begin to achieve them, so... 1. Take a deep breath. 2. Assess your strengths. 3. Figure out how you can play to your strengths while being satisfied with your chosen career. 4. Be realistic - princesses only get rescued and live happily ever after in fairy tales. Am I being a little harsh? On point #4 maybe; but you have to realize that you and you alone can take control of your life. And - sorry being honest here - the mythical, fulfilling well paying job that lets you work from home and set your own hours is rarer than a $5K used car with low mileage. You can't have it all, but you can decide what is important to you and go for that. So, start by listing what you are good at and how you can market that to potential employers. Thank you. I need harshness. I need to make some kind of progress. I prefer to not work at home but I have the space so if I owned my own business, it could be out of my home. I want interaction with people. The exact salary is not all that important but I think ti would help my self esteem issues. I don't even know what I'm good at, sadly.. in terms of what could be useful for a new career. I want to be busy.. my old position was not busy enough and it drove me crazy, hence leaving. I don't want a desk job where I simply sit all day long and have no real interactions and can surf the web a few hours a day. That is not me. I am great with people, so customer service is okay but I feel most customer service jobs won't get me anywhere and I admit it would feel like a huge step down from what I've done in the past. I just feel really lost. Ok. You're going to find that I love to alternate between being a cheerleader and a drill sergeant, so here goes... You don't know what you're good at? I'm gonna guess that with a small child, household to run, and doing volunteering that you have to have some good time management and organization skills. Believe it or not, that's a good skillset to have. Is your home a well oiled, smooth running machine? Are you able to assess a situation and determine what task gets the priority? Can you triage conflicting priorities and smartly set the order of importance? If so, you would make a good office manager. Don't know what your degree is in, but at every place I've ever worked this is the person who keeps things ticking behind the scenes. Not a bad gig either. Work in an air conditioned office, little to no overtime, and if it is for a smaller company maybe don't even need to do full time. No degree required, just the right mad skill set. Also, if you're not busy engough - ask for more work. That's how our receptionist got promoted to the admin for one of our SVP's.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 20, 2015 12:10:45 GMT -5
Ummm, wow.
Ok - go back and re-read what you just posted. When I read it I saw a run-on paragraph with a lot of (being realistic here) unrealistic hopes and no action plan on how to even begin to achieve them, so...
1. Take a deep breath. 2. Assess your strengths. 3. Figure out how you can play to your strengths while being satisfied with your chosen career. 4. Be realistic - princesses only get rescued and live happily ever after in fairy tales.
Am I being a little harsh? On point #4 maybe; but you have to realize that you and you alone can take control of your life.
And - sorry being honest here - the mythical, fulfilling well paying job that lets you work from home and set your own hours is rarer than a $5K used car with low mileage.
You can't have it all, but you can decide what is important to you and go for that.
So, start by listing what you are good at and how you can market that to potential employers.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 20, 2015 11:50:52 GMT -5
Any of you guys ever worked as a cashier? I have at several jobs.
You don't mess with register totals. He would have been better off turning in short and owning the mistake rather than trying to cover it up.
He didn't pay someone else's toll. He undercharged and didn't balance. Then tried to cover it up.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 20, 2015 9:13:08 GMT -5
I think the EFC calculation assumes you've saved up to that time or are going to take out loans. I don't think it is meant to be the amount you're expected to cash flow. It doesn't matter how the EFC is paid. I have never met anyone who thought their personal EFC was accurate or reasonable. I won't say anything about reasonable. But DH and I have always known DD would get zero need based aid. Which is why we've been saving heavily (and having a lower standard of living then we could otherwise) since she was born. Count me in with those who think that government meddling in the higher education funding business has created an "arms race" among the colleges to build bigger, shinier new building with amenities to attract students who will take on piles of debt to have the college "experience of their dreams".
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Post by The Captain on Jul 20, 2015 8:50:16 GMT -5
Bonny - wow! is all I can say. Keep us updated! Knee Deep in Water Chloe - sorry about the BIL - there's at least one in every family, isn't there? Over the weekend I made some more progress on the pile of doom. Got the grocery shopping done and had MIL over for a simple appetizers and dinner. That took up most of Saturday. Sunday I cleaned out a magazine rack (had some catalogues back to 1995 ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/shucks2.png) ) that wasn't really messy, but not used that much. Got three loads of laundry done (with help from DH) and made breakfast. Did some work from home for about 2.5 hours. All this was before noon. When I got my work done DH and I decided to go to our private community pool. The day was perfect for it. I've been in this house for a year now, and this was the first time I was able to go during the day. The first time people! Just wanted to kick back and relax for a few hours. Someone in the association decided to have a party at the pool and invite 30+ of their closest friends and kids. Complete with pizza delivery men coming in, taking over the picnic tables and grills, and pulling all the side tables to their area. Now, the kids were well behaved but it was NOT quiet and relaxing. DH and I left after 1.5 hours. There had to be over 60 people at the pool and normally there is less than 30 according to DH. So, yea, not really happy about that. I thought there was supposed to be a guest limit. DH's gonna ask about it. BUT I have a four day weekend coming up and plan on spending some time Friday and Monday at the pool just chillin out. Tonight - more time on the pile of doom and restoring data.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 17, 2015 16:22:54 GMT -5
If I was her parent, I wouldn't give her another dime, either. It's time for her to grow up! And seriously, would any of you want to hire a 22-year-old who has never worked a job? I'm constantly stunned by how many resumes come across my desk with no work history. Those get screened out automatically. Not even a job in HS? No way, nope, not doing it.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 17, 2015 13:27:30 GMT -5
I've looked at five more companies and the calculations were wrong on two more of them. It is only by sheer luck that the amount booked is correct and we don't have to re-open those ledgers as well. What we're doing is a liquidity test of sorts where you get credit for deferred tax assets on you balance sheet only if you meet certain ratios. If you don't meet the ratios you have to put up a valuation allowance on your deferred taxes. I've told my staff that we will make reviewing these calculations part of our up front (as opposed to back end) review process from now on. It will slow down everything but I can't risk earnings release going out with incorrect numbers. What it will mean in reality is that my staff will have to work two weekends out of three for every close, which really sucks but I can't think of any way to avoid it because education apparently isn't working. So yea, I will have staff with 1-5 years of experience reviewing calculations that CFO's couldn't get right. Make accuracy of those inbound reports part of the CFO incentive bonus calculation. Never failed to work anywhere I worked before Heh. You sound like you think I have some actual power ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/tongue.png) . In my function and for my numbers, yes - I do have absolute authority. Anything beyond that - ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/rofl.gif) .
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Post by The Captain on Jul 17, 2015 13:03:40 GMT -5
ODS heads off to college in about 5 weeks. He needs a laptop. His school has adequate computer labs, but ODS has always been a "study in his room" kind of kid. His high school gives its students Apple Macbook Airs for use during the school year. We have an iMac desk top at home, iPhones, and a family iPad. His school says that they can support either pcs or Macs. We will go with a Mac because ODS is comfortable with them. But, how much memory/storage/processing speed does the average college student need? He is undecided but leaning towards Environmental Science/Business/Exercise Science, so not computer programming or graphic arts. He'll most likely be taking notes/writing papers/using the online foreign language lab/typing up lab reports/running Excel spreadsheets/occasional Power Point presentations. He's not a gamer, but does watch Youtube videos and online lacrosse games. The hope is that this one laptop could carry him through 4 years of college. (Is that a realistic expectation with the speed technology becomes obsolete these days?) So, help me configure a laptop for him that doesn't lead me to overbuy on specs he doesn't need. Thank you in advance for your wise and knowledgeable counsel. I know nothing is carved in stone, but what is your son thinking about studying? An accounting major will have different computing requirements than would a CAD Engineering major.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 17, 2015 10:54:28 GMT -5
Get in an extra workout (ducks to avoid incoming blunt objects being thrown by EE'ers at me). ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/rofl.gif) You were kidding, right?
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Post by The Captain on Jul 17, 2015 10:54:05 GMT -5
The community where I work has been experienced pretty severe power outages for the past three days (so the office is closed) and my 6 pm physical therapy appointment was moved up to yesterday, so I unexpectedly (but not sadly ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/wink.png) ) find myself with an entire free day on my hands. Other than sleeping in (which I already did), what would you do if you suddenly had a whole day to yourself with no obligations? Looking for fun ideas. ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/raspberries.png) But seriously...I'm on a major purge/organization kick right now. Got anything that you can pack up and take to Goodwill? It's amazing how much of a drag a cluttered/dis-organized space can be on you menally.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 17, 2015 10:08:23 GMT -5
That's just my guess Bonny, I could be wrong of course. But he did give an extended explanation of how it all fell apart in his email. If he wasn't upset about that, I don't think he would have bothered to mention it. Again, I could be wrong. We are all getting older and only you can decide what you're willing to do or take on for any given person. Enjoy LL, give her a big hug from me. Enjoy your time together at Yosemite and take a break from everything. ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/heart.png) ETA: I told her months ago she needed to buy a pair of hiking shoes and suggested Merrells. But I can't remember if she ever bought them or not. ... My brother and his family are SLOBS + his wife runs a daycare out of the house. My father feels like a stranger in the house he's lived in for nearly 40 years. My brother's credit is so bad (400s) that it takes a year to find someone who will loan him the money. And apparently he complained about being ripped off. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/shocked.gif)
Oh yeah, my family is a special kind of crazy.
Yes, I'm looking forward to seeing my BFF and sharing a few days in Yosemite with her. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/cool.png)
To put this in some perspective... The mgmt. company we're hiring to manage our rentals uses a score of 575 to screen out perspective tenants. Anything below that and the application won't even be considered even with good job history.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 17, 2015 9:40:15 GMT -5
Maybe we should send her this link:http://ymam.proboards.com/thread/46090/ways-make-extra-money
Oh wait, that might be embarrassing! ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/tongue.png) ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/angry.png) I started in the dish room and worked either in the cafeteria or snack bar all four years! Sorry, didn't realize I was supposed to be embarrassed.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 17, 2015 8:24:57 GMT -5
Bonny I'd say come over and I'll pour you a glass of wine, but hopefully things will have settled down by the time you'd get here. Men. Just ugg. Had to work late yesterday. Was absolutely wiped when I got home. Then we had to meet with one of our contractors for the rentals on some city permit issues so I didn't get anything I wanted to do, done. Won't happen today either. Tomorrow is already shot to hell and I'll be in at work on Sunday. Wimper.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 17, 2015 8:16:36 GMT -5
I know I'm somewhat strange being a guy who loves jewelry, but I say take any of the old rings and have them made into something you or your kids will wear. I ended up with my moms diamond because I was the only one out of three boys and a girl who would wear it. Something deep down inside loves those sparkly things... I have also been blessed with two boys and a wife who only likes cheap jewelry. I can't wait until I get a grand daughter who will let me buy her nice things, I've started to stock up on loose stones already. Nothing wrong with liking a little bling. Except for the one wedding set with the diamond, most of the rings are sliver with marcasite and semi-precious stones. It would probably cost me more to get them sized then they are (honestly) worth, let alone re-cast into something else. They're still pretty and it seems a shame they're just sitting in a jewelry box. Sissy could wear them (she's got the same tiny fingers) but they are simply not her style. I'm trying to de-clutter my life and am purging and giving away a lot of stuff we don't use or need. Maybe I'll pick out the one I like the best, get that sized and give the rest to goodwill so someone else can enjoy them.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 16, 2015 16:00:23 GMT -5
Captian the EFC is the artifical number the Fed makes up that it says your family can afford to contribute to the student's education. In a lot of ways it is a total fantasy. But it is the number most colleges use to decide if you "need" help paying for college and how much. So the numbers work like this. College A costs $28,000 a year with room and board. Your families EFC is $38,000. There for since your efc is higher you have no financial need. Most states schools wouldn't give any aid at that point even merit scholarships except in extreme circumstances. College M costs $52,000 a year and your EFC is still $38,000. There for your financial need is $14K a year. In this case the school might, and I really mean might!, give some aid. To get a clue as to your EFC try this link. www.finaid.org/calculators/finaidestimate.phtmlThis is so true - our EFC for this year is 53K and we have only 1 kid. ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/yikes.png) Ok, you win...err I mean lose umm. ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/faint.gif)
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Post by The Captain on Jul 16, 2015 15:59:06 GMT -5
Captian the EFC is the artifical number the Fed makes up that it says your family can afford to contribute to the student's education. In a lot of ways it is a total fantasy. But it is the number most colleges use to decide if you "need" help paying for college and how much. So the numbers work like this. College A costs $28,000 a year with room and board. Your families EFC is $38,000. There for since your efc is higher you have no financial need. Most states schools wouldn't give any aid at that point even merit scholarships except in extreme circumstances. College M costs $52,000 a year and your EFC is still $38,000. There for your financial need is $14K a year. In this case the school might, and I really mean might!, give some aid. To get a clue as to your EFC try this link. www.finaid.org/calculators/finaidestimate.phtml...and I thought you knew me...I've been filling out that calculator since DD was about 5. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/cry.gif) That's why I have no illusions. I have no complaints, but DH and I seem to have done very well shooting ourselves in the foot here. There are very few schools that cost more than our EFC. We have a decent amount of equity in our primary home and our rentals. That's one killer. Like I said, no complaints but it smarts to have that counted against you.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 16, 2015 15:48:50 GMT -5
Didn't get anything done during lunch yesterday or today. This quarterly close is kicking my ass. However, I did plow through about another inch or more last night. So the pile of doom is starting to look like...I might be able to tackle it. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/undecided.png) First I have to get through and sort: 1. House filing 2. Rental filing/tax form profit and loss reconstruction 3. Bills, follow up required, etc. 4. Taxes Most of what I'm doing is sorting and doing the action items that need to be taken care of now! Once the pile is broken down into manageable categories, each one of those will need to be tackled as well. DH can do the house filing once I'm done sorting everything. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/angry.png) Yea, taxes and rental bookkeeping is on me as well as the data reconstruction.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 16, 2015 15:36:16 GMT -5
DH and I were one and done so we only have DD to worry about. As long as keep my job we actually should have enough saved to cover an undergrad at a (gulp) reasonably priced in state school. That is, if the cost doesn't grow by more than 4-5% a year in the next 6 years. If DD starts off at a CC so much the better - then we could help with a masters if that's what she wants. I have no illusions. Kiddo will not qualify for one need based cent. I'm hoping she gets some academic scholarships, though, cause every bit will help. She'll still take out SL's because, like others here, I think she should have some skin in the game. Paying them off would be the graduation present. Anyone here have any experience with how much is given in scholarships on average that is not need based? Judging by my sons experience this year, very little. I know it depends on what state you live in and where you go to college, but in general, most of the money flows towards need based kids. Our EFC was $38,000+, and our son had very good grades and high test scores. Total scholarships = $0 EEP! OMG please tell me I haven't miscalculated that much. I'm figuring $28K a year (roughly) all in. Am I way out of line in terms of costs? I've been using this: money.cnn.com/tools/collegecost/collegecost.htmlAs a side note - (and to you point it differs) I found it very interesting to note that my alma matter (private non profit) had a four year graduation rate that's more than double than one of our state flagship schools and has 100% of the students receiving scholarships or grants. Kiddo may be keeping some of the loans after all...
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Post by The Captain on Jul 16, 2015 15:11:12 GMT -5
DH and I were one and done so we only have DD to worry about.
As long as keep my job we actually should have enough saved to cover an undergrad at a (gulp) reasonably priced in state school. That is, if the cost doesn't grow by more than 4-5% a year in the next 6 years.
If DD starts off at a CC so much the better - then we could help with a masters if that's what she wants.
I have no illusions. Kiddo will not qualify for one need based cent. I'm hoping she gets some academic scholarships, though, cause every bit will help.
She'll still take out SL's because, like others here, I think she should have some skin in the game. Paying them off would be the graduation present.
Anyone here have any experience with how much is given in scholarships on average that is not need based?
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Post by The Captain on Jul 16, 2015 14:54:34 GMT -5
Huh. This just reminded me. When my mom passed she had two wedding sets (don't ask me why). Sissy and I actually fought over who got what ("you take it, I don't need it" - "yea but you have the daughter to pass it on to"). Neither set was what mom got married with. Since I got most of Mom's and Grandma's jewelry (I'm the only breeder) I told sissy it was only fair she got the bigger diamond. She used that as a trade in when she got an anniversary band to go with her wedding ring. So I have a bunch of Mom's jewelry that I can't wear (woman wore a size 4 ring - where the hell did I come from ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/angry.png) ). It's been sitting in my jewelry box for almost 6 years now. Do I get the rings resized for myself? Wait to pass them on to DD (who may not even like them - some are already starting to look dated). Huh.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 16, 2015 14:04:19 GMT -5
So, who's diamond is bigger, yours or your spouses? May seem like a stupid question, but my diamond is bigger than my wife's, and after 22 years it doesn't seem to bother her. Here's the quick story, about two years before I got engaged, my mom decided she needed a bigger diamond for her 25th wedding anniversary. She went ahead and bought a big rock, and gave me her original stone, which I had put into my wedding band when I got married. I couldn't afford much when we got married so Mrs Tractor got what I could pay for, a much better cut, but a smaller stone. Footnote: needing a larger stone was only a symptom of my parents failing marriage, they were divorced shortly after they made 27 years. Her 1 1/2 carat stone now sits in her safety deposit box waiting to go to my sister, who has made it very clear that she will be donating the stone to charity as soon as is she inherits it. DH's ring is a solid gold band. My stone is small by today's standards but I really couldn't care less. It was what DH could afford when he decided to marry me and it's what I'll wear to the grave. Or maybe not. It doesn't bother me but every few years or so DH tells me he want to upgrade the main stone. I usually find something that makes far more sense for us to spend the money on and put it off again. Yes, I do like my bling. BUT I like having money in the bank even more.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 16, 2015 13:24:14 GMT -5
When I first got out of college I used to babysit on weekends and Friday night.
DH and I have both done some of the surveys but we're kinda out of that now. The ROI on those is stupid low and our time is more valuable to us than $6-7 an hour.
Don't know what the babysitter demand is like in the new area. Guess we'll find out soon.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 16, 2015 12:42:02 GMT -5
Okay. I didn't realize your line of reasoning had gone to the polar opposite of your earlier replies on this subject! Sorry. Because I have a terrible habit of wanting to be helpful and then doing the ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/doh.gif)
I need you all to give me a good head smack BEFORE I do something stupid! ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/grin.png)
How did I miss this earlier? If you even THINK about getting caught up in this let me help you... ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/doh.gif)
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Post by The Captain on Jul 16, 2015 12:34:42 GMT -5
Maybe not possible but can you deal one on one with those who screwed up the calculation? Remedial training for them of sorts? That's a great suggestion. I've had a web based session that I've held twice. It's recorded and available for viewing whenever anyone wants. I've walked at least six people through this separately. Problem is, this calc is so stupidly convoluted that you really need to do/fix it dozens of times before all the permutations click. At least that's how it was for me (and the staff I'm training now) . It is not intuitive. So the people out in the field look at this one calc, four times a year. I look at over two dozen versions of this calc each quarter, four times a year so, yea - I should be rock solid on it. We've already had some of the units ask if my team could do this calc for them, which so far top management has resisted (we are not centralized that way). It would make the most sense from a knowledge/process viewpoint - but my team simply does not have the capacity to do this and hit all our other quarterly deadlines. And, the truth of it is some of the folks out in the field count on HQ to be their safety net so they don't focus as much as they should Ugg.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 16, 2015 11:31:08 GMT -5
Ok. Just breath.
Two more companies have to re-open...and I still have 10 more companies to look at.
Lunch most certainly will not be a salad today.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 16, 2015 10:57:22 GMT -5
I went two years ago to mine. Now found out they have a mini reunion the end of the month. I'm going to that, too. I find it an interesting character study. Plus, I wonder if the guy's memories are more colorful because I aged well. Most of the women who were big shots in high school are either losers or have led very sad lives. But I always my one friend's date so I'm there. Plus I deserve a night out. For those of you that were less than hot shots in school, I hope you find you turned out better than the kings and queens did. While I don't wish ill on anyone, I find personal success to be the best - affirmation - there is.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 16, 2015 10:52:27 GMT -5
As I'm going through an admittedly painful, but important, calculation it is becoming increasingly apparent to me you either don't understand this, or don't even bother to look at it. Probably both. That is why they have you! ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/wink.png) I've looked at five more companies and the calculations were wrong on two more of them. It is only by sheer luck that the amount booked is correct and we don't have to re-open those ledgers as well. What we're doing is a liquidity test of sorts where you get credit for deferred tax assets on you balance sheet only if you meet certain ratios. If you don't meet the ratios you have to put up a valuation allowance on your deferred taxes. I've told my staff that we will make reviewing these calculations part of our up front (as opposed to back end) review process from now on. It will slow down everything but I can't risk earnings release going out with incorrect numbers. What it will mean in reality is that my staff will have to work two weekends out of three for every close, which really sucks but I can't think of any way to avoid it because education apparently isn't working. So yea, I will have staff with 1-5 years of experience reviewing calculations that CFO's couldn't get right.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 16, 2015 10:09:40 GMT -5
Dear CFO's in the field, As I'm going through an admittedly painful, but important, calculation it is becoming increasingly apparent to me you either don't understand this, or don't even bother to look at it. I am one person and cannot catch all the errors in the time frame we have. I've had two training webinars on this and have said if you have questions CALL ME!!! Do NOT wait until a quarter close where I have over two dozen of these things to sign off on. Signed - I've already found three errors that we will have to reopen ledgers on - The Captain. ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/headbang.gif)
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Post by The Captain on Jul 16, 2015 9:22:11 GMT -5
I'm with minnesotapaintlady and NomoreDramaQ1015. Except for a very small core group of friends I don't really have any interest in getting together with people that made my crew's life hell on earth at times. I haven't attended, nor do I plan to, ever attend any HS reunions.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 16, 2015 8:55:16 GMT -5
I don't trust Trump and believe he will say whatever he thinks will get him to most votes. He seems to fit my understanding of the classic sociopath. He had declared bankruptcy 4 times stating: phoenixbankruptcynews.com/2011/04/the-history-of-donald-trumps-bankruptcy-filings.htmlPerhaps the Trump bankruptcies can be seen as a strategic business decision and not necessarily a financial failure. As Trump said to ABC News, " I've used the laws of this country to pare debt. ... We'll have the company. We'll throw it into a chapter. We'll negotiate with the banks. We'll make a fantastic deal."
A person who considers forcing others to cover his spending a "deal", while sounding positively gleeful about it, is not someone I want running this country. I'm embarrassed he's a fellow American and would be mortified if he were elected our leader.
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