The Price of Negligence

Who is this I.T. Company (ITC) who was duped with a huge amount of money? Someone sent purchase orders (P.O.) to this ITC allegedly coming from one of its partners. For whatever reason, this ITC didn’t bother to check the veracity of the transaction and delivered the products. The products were delivered to an address that does not belong to the partner.

The transactions went on for a couple of months and the scheme was only discovered when the partner was put on shipment hold.

My goodness gracious. To this ITC, you have been in the industry for a long time — how can you be so lax and negligent. We are in the age of technology and you are selling hi-tech gadgets and solutions. A simple call, text, or email to your partner will tell you that the purchase orders are invalid. Is this a case of too much trust or a case of extreme stupidity?

The amount of around P 30 million pesos is just too big to ignore that is why your secret is a secret no more.

If the shoe fits

Who is this company who loses their cool and ended up discriminating their own firm? During a product presentation, this company claimed that their offering would help develop society.

One of the attendees suggested if it’s possible to try the product first before buying it. A suggestion that was supported by most of the audience since the price of the product is a bit stiff.

One of the company director answered the suggestion with a question “May I ask you this question — when you go to a mall, do you get to try the products before you buy them?” The statement solicited a loud “woooh” reaction from the audience.

To this director, when you go to a mall and would want to buy something, you can always try the products before you buy it. You can try the clothes, toys, appliance, shoes, jewelry, etc to see if it works, if it fits and if it is to your liking. When was the last time you visited a mall — you moron.

To this company, you claimed that your offering would help develop society. But to my observation, your offering would only help develop your bank account. Your product sucks and money is written all over your product offering.

People who attended your event are laughing and left your event with a lot of story to tell that is why your secret is a secret no more.

By the way, your audience are headed to a nearby mall.

Persona Non Grata

Who are these two colleagues who’s taking the word “coopetition” to another level? Coopetition is short for “cooperative competition” where competitors work together due to advances by other competitive companies, and where cross-over exists between technologies.

These two colleagues cooperate with each other only when they see each other face to face and compete with each other when they’re apart. Colleague#1 will say good things and ask favors from colleague#2 but will bad mouth him/her when he/she is not around.

Despite knowing what colleague#1 is doing, colleague#2 still helps colleague#1 with his/her needs. Colleague#2 knows that colleague#1 is a good for nothing colleague and is bound to fail without the help of people around him/her. A non performing worker in other words. All talk no action.

To colleague#1, stop being a hypocrite, arrogant and a parasite. People know where you’re getting your outputs. People are also saying that you’re a good for nothing colleague because of what you’re doing to colleague#2.

You’ve bad mouth colleague#2 so much that your breath stinks that is why your secret is secret no more.

I wish I am you

Who is this I.T. Executive (ITC) who can’t wait to become boss? Every given opportunity, this ITC will bad mouth his/her current boss. Informing people about how inefficient his/her boss is, and that the only reason his/her boss is occupying the position is due to seniority.

To make matters worst, this ITC claims that most of the work are done by him/her, to the extent that this ITC is saying that the salary of his/her current boss should be given to him/her, and that his/her boss should be out of their company a long time ago.

Whether the claims of this ITC is true or not is not our business. It’s the business of your company’s HR department.

Our concern is if you cannot be a loyal follower, how can you be a good leader? People who heard your stories arrived with one conclusion – you are actually aspiring the position of your current boss. They say that you yourself is not performing. All you do is to delegate. My goodness.

If you hate your boss so much, I would like to tell you that your subordinates hate you as well that is why your secret is a secret no more.