Do you know this guy? He looks happy enough, right? Why is he smiling you ask? Is it because he is genuinely happy, or is it because he received good news….
How about this guy?
Or this guy?
No? Not familiar with any of them? Maybe this will help.
No? How about this one then.
I have once again come to the realization that money can’t buy you happiness, and now I believe I have learned the truth of it. LOSING money is where it’s at!
Somehow I don’t think Rudyard Kipling had this in mind, but if you can smile when your company just lost 2.8 billion – I repeat – BILLION dollars (and at the fact that your parachute clause guarantees you will be rewarded for it), then you have a somewhat ‘cushy’ job I should think.
Please, someone, tell them that I bet I can lose money better than any of those CEO’s. Combined. While I don’t have the track record yet to prove that, I am a fast learner and have excellent communication skills. On top of that I can make the data say anything you want it to say with disclaimers of course. So on paper it could look like the company is losing more than it actually is. BONUS!
Thanks to Marketwatch.com for the inspiration.
These are indeed crazy, crazy times.
