Tackle the finance guy!

Been away for a bit…vacation. What a concept!

You’d think that my newly relaxed state of mind would help me deal better with the absurdity of The Company. If you did, you’d be wrong.

I’m back a couple days and already I’m prepared to execute an NFL style take down on one of my coworkers.

To be fair, I outweigh him by A LOT so the takedown shouldn’t be difficult. But it will be satisfying.

Been working on a huge deal. It’s a second source to Big Behomoth Company that’s had the lock on The Company’s business for about ten years.

This wasn’t a problem when it was a couple million concern. Now it’s a tens of millions concern, and it’s a problem.

So we’ve found a young, hungry, scrappy supplier willing to come in and do battle with the thousand pound gorilla.

That’s good! Right?!

Yes, it is. But here we are, Procurement, The Client, Finance and management doing a road show presenting to all who will listen about why they should stop clinging to who they know and come over and try the New Guy.

Leverage! What a kick!

Until today. When our head finance guy decided to up and give Big Behomoth a new, larger commitment to business. Thus crushing all the fragile finances of this deal.

WHAT!!?!?!

Thankfully he didn’t communicate to the supplier yet, so the horse is not entirely out of the barn. It’s just in the pasture eating hay and easily corral-able.

Thing is, I shouldn’t have to.

If you are part of a working team, and especially if you have decision making authority, you don’t make big decisions like this on your own.

Being an old fart, I’d probably better loosen up the hammy’s before I go for the take down…