• Zwiebel@feddit.org
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    17 hours ago

    Post worthy, satisfying revenge. Flesh it out with some of those clusterfuck stories pls :D

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      9 hours ago

      It’s nuanced due to the nature of the work, so the gravity of the situation would only really stand out to those in the public accounting industry.

      For example, we provided payroll services for dozens of construction companies in the area receiving federal grant money, and that payroll could not be completed in time without me.

      Before I created the database, client contacts, client billing, project status, and client login credentials to reporting portals & financial institutions were being tracked in an unsecured Excel spreadsheet (as is tradition). I built a database in MS Access and it was pretty straightforward. The owner ended up hiring his nephew who was studying CS, but since he didn’t have much experience or an accounting background, he was of little help.

      There was further worsening as my colleagues started leaving for other opportunities, whom he replaced with questionable people until the firm was sold about a year or two later.

      We used to refer to him as detestable Michael Scott, as he was always blundering and blaming others for problems he caused.