Cheapskate company owner wants to trick consultant into working for free, ending up paying double what he intended

Recently, someone shared an incident from his previous job at a local TV station.

of Post with 4.5k upvotes, the author writes: This man has the money, but he will cheat or lie to do anything to avoid paying the bills. ”

One day, the owner struck a deal with DirectTV to become part of the broadcast package.

Not only was the owner unwilling to pay $15,000 for a necessary system upgrade, but he kept his expenses as low as possible. In the end, things backfired greatly.

Greedy owner did everything to avoid paying for critical system upgrades

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So he ended up paying more than double

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Corporate greed has long been documented as one of the main problems of modern business. Economist Robert Reich book the common good“When the sole purpose of a business is to make as much money as possible in the shortest time frame, the common good is easily sacrificed, regardless of how it is done.”

“In pursuit of high profits, CEOs and the companies they run have ignored or circumvented the law’s intent to protect workers, communities, the environment and consumers,” he said.

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Julian Birkinshaw, professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the London Business School, says he “seven deadly sinsAfter discussing his experience with good and bad management at a seminar with management, he concluded:

One of the first sins, argues Birkinshaw, is greed. “A greedy boss seeks wealth, status, and growth to attract attention to himself.

An example, he said, is Brazilian entrepreneur Eike Batista, who has made EBX Group (Energy, Mining and Logistics) the fastest growing company in Brazil and himself the eighth richest person in the world. can be

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