What are some modern bullshit jobs? - eviltoast

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.

  • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Why would we be done? Most of this stuff is public record or easy to determine if you have a head for business finance.

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      1 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.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        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.

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          1 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