May 1st, 2002



The Top 7 Ways to Tell Your
Company Has Financial Problems


7> After you explain where the financial data is stored, the VP actually shreds a hard disk.

6> Turnaround expert is some guy named Ponzi.

5> Payroll issues post-dated third-party checks drawn on a bank in Uzbekistan, valid only at their counter.

4> Sales force supplements income by pushing Amway and Herbalife.

3> I didn’t even know there were diesel-powered turbo-shredders.

2> During weekly staff meetings, they’ve started passing the collection plate.

and the Number 1 Way to Tell Your Company Has Financial
Problems…

1> Corporate bailout plan involves helping Nigerians move money out of their country.




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Credits:

Selected from 19 submissions from 1 contributor (with 4 other
competing contributors).
Today’s Top 5 List author is:

Richard W. Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
(Employee of the week!)
(Hat trick!)
William Wickart, Hillsboro, OR — topic
K.W. Wyckham, Youngstown, OH — banner tag
Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — President & CEO