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Sorry but does anyone from Corp ever have a conversation with FSS? Nader has big lofty goals but according to RG-financial goals are non negotiable -how are these goals supposed to be met with no staff, no support and a huge bill after buying B&T
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To answer the original poster ...ummm a big fat "no" or it appears so. NQ sends out emails direct to customers with promises that current FSS infrastructure can't support and Follett can't afford. TH cares about $$ and not using it or wants to hang onto it. Do there you go
Shouldn't financial goals follow strategic goals based on sound business strategy. I am interested in hearing what the financial or business/strategy goals are.
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So RG is under a little pressure. Boo hoo! How much money does this guy get paid to be under that pressure. I am sure the $ to pressure ratio is much better than the rest of ours. So what...he made some promises to his bosses that he is finding hard to keep. Still no excuse for being horrible leader. Buying our competition, to me, is not an investment in the company. An investment is creating better systems, providing better tools, developing our employees and it's about finding a better way. Let's think about those who where truly successesful. They changed or created an industry. Carnegie- steel, Vanderbelt - railroad, Rockefeller- oil, Gates- software....I think you are getting the point. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results.
We are way too top heavy. This company has a EVP, SVP, and VP for every freakin dept yet all of us do the jobs of 3 people.
RG is in a difficult position. When you guarantee a return to the family, they will hold you to that number.
He also has to offset the interest expense for the debt for Baker and Taylor and make debt payments.
Maybe if we all buy some corporate apparel from the new website that will help.
Almost every dept at Corp is short staffed also.
I believe the only fully staffed depts in finance are payroll and tax.
Treasury has one worker bee and 2 managers, legal is down 3 people.
The place is looking pretty scary with all the empty work spaces.
Doubtful...seems like competing efforts and no strategy...timing always sucks for everything they do