Dumb a$$ CEO

**qwikstreet** · July 2nd, 2003, 12:06 AM

So, at work we got this new CEO to help us climb out of Chapter 11. Thats cool and all and hopefully he wouldn't rip us off like our past brass.

Well, that theory was tossed out the window. I found out that our elderly uncomputer savvy dinosaur CEO wants a G5 as his computer. He has no computer exp., someone else does his emails and other dirty work, he does no design, developing, or monitoring. Somehow this does not seem right. Especially when I haven't seen a raise as a NOC monkey in 2 years.

Him having a G5 is like me buying a Porsche to back it to the end of the driveway to pick up my mail. (And, I don't even have a driveway to back down.)

**chemistry_geek** · July 2nd, 2003, 09:57 AM

Hey guy, THAT'S LIFE. When you can figure out how to climb to the top of a company and demand and GET these items you THINK you deserve as compensation for YOUR GRAND MASTERY of management and judicious decision making, in addition to your education, expertise and aggressive behavior that will facilitate a focused and organized plan for a company to soar out of Chapter 11, then you can dictate the raise you THINK you're entitled to. Until you can do THAT, you will remain a little tiny worker bee, a BORG DRONE, if you will, chained to that monotonous day in and day out GRIND that whatever it is you call WORK.

Stop complaining about your life and do something proactive to change it. You're the only one who can. Obviously, this new CEO thinks he'll be more efficient in getting his job done with a new G5 for the betterment of the company.

**serpicolugnut** · July 2nd, 2003, 10:08 AM

Pretty harsh Chemistry Geek, but man - I actually agree with you...

As un-fair as it feels, if he's the CEO, and he feels the expense is warranted, then that's the end of the story.

I understand your frustration though. The clowns here play a similar game, while we are forced to use old crappy Dells...

So, at least you're using a Mac at your job. I have to bring my own (PB15/1ghz)....

**chemistry_geek** · July 2nd, 2003, 10:18 AM

I didn't mean to sound demeaning in any way, but that is how it is. The cold hard truth about business competition, survival of the fittest, so to speak. Businesses that are more efficient than their competitors offer better services and products with higher profits. In some ways, business is like an ecosystem with many biological organisms, sometimes you only get one chance to live and thrive. Eliminating the competition is part of securing resources for the continuation of the organization.

**habilis** · July 2nd, 2003, 10:43 AM

Wow, chem_geek, I had no idea you had it in you, you're my kind of capitalist. Competition is Cool.

**chemistry_geek** · July 2nd, 2003, 11:11 AM

**chemistry_geek** · July 2nd, 2003, 11:19 AM

Yeah, I'm in the middle of launching a little capitalist venture myself. And depending on when the web site and paper work with the state gets completed, things should get moving pretty quickly after that. I hope it really does well for me and the partners involved with launching the company.

**qwikstreet** · July 2nd, 2003, 04:55 PM

I am starting my local web consultant business, as well.

It's just hard to swallow that this CEO who couldn't record a TV show using that VCR Plus or TV Plus. As not only a worker but a stockholder that lost thousands of dollars from the IPO, I just feel it a waste of the company's cash flow and a gross misuse of Apple's power.

It will be funny to see that his new G5 is not compatible with the way our intranet is set up. I have a G3 which is unable to use the exchange server and print.