Jobs that either don’t contribute in any meaningful way or jobs where one would be better off if they were paid to be on call.

  • @Lancoian@lemmy.world
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    11 year ago

    not really… even for publically traded companies the you cannot tell much about their suppliers and customers. Most of the customers of the Firm I work for have NDAs stating we cannot openly advertise.

    Only in services/tech sector where product differentiation is large you are a bit isolated form these concerns.

    • Oh please my competitors are often using the same suppliers and they have the same type of beancounters we have. Especially in my industry where we have a bunch of overlap. Just recently I had a corporate partner put together a quote for something we normally buy but wanted them to buy it. They came back with a price within a few percent of what we normally pay.

      There is a reason why the three letter agencies are so good at catching money laundering. They have data on what X type of business should be buying and selling at what markup.

      I bet you can do it. Just start looking at your numbers.

      • @Lancoian@lemmy.world
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        11 year ago

        so you agree that numbers aren’t currently in the public domain. You just think they can be and it wouldn’t hurt.

        Also this isn’t the only problem I outlined. it’s one of them.

        also people are often disinterested and unqualified to even understand a balance sheet. let alone deciding on company direction.

        I just find it fascinating that many people are convinced that they can run a company while they aren’t even able to manage their own finances