One FTE – impressions of a corporate life

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  • the downside to exceeding expectations

    the downside to exceeding expectations

    original publish date: 6th October, 2011

    decades on …

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    transcript

    FTE #1: We managed to sell 20 times more than we thought possible. How can you be upset?

    FTE #2: Lost margin due to underpricing, no scale discounts on materials, operations impacted by long hours and reputation loss due to delays, how can I not be upset?

    FTE #1: You just hate us for our success.

    FTE #2: I only hate you for your definition of it.

    Caption: Unexpected success has failure written all over it