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FiveFingerDiscount.com?

Posted by michael on from the liquid-assets dept.

phillippaxton writes: "According to this link, dot-bomb victims are creating their own severance packages, no doubt walking away with the typical office tchotchkes (staplers, tape dispensers, etc.) but also big ticket items such as plush furniture, copiers, high-powered network servers, etc. One anecdote cites someone who lifted $445,549 of equipment, then tried to sell it on eBay as a company liquidating their assets." On the other hand, the fact that it's illegal to stiff your employees out of wages due them, even in a bankruptcy, isn't mentioned in the article...

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  1. Re:Jeezuz... by sql*kitten · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're right Michael - it's okay to steal and loot because some employers can't afford to make their payroll.

    Uhh, CmdrTaco? Better keep an eye on Michael when Andover starts running out of cash...

  2. Re:exaggerated losses -- by AtariDatacenter · · Score: 5, Funny

    One computer: $2,000
    One oscilloscope: $43,549
    Having your story linked to Slashdot: $PRICELESS

    For some bankrupcies, there are severance checks. And for others, fivefingerdiscount.

    Fivefingerdiscount. It's everything you want to have.

  3. Don't wait around. by AnalogBoy · · Score: 5, Funny

    You've been hired for your intelligence, use it. There are several ways to tell when its time to leave your company.

    1) You work for a DSL Provider thats NOT a bell Leave now.

    2) You see your company on FuckedCompany.com.

    3) Your stock is delisted, OR your IPO Is "Indefinately put on hold".

    4) Your company starts to buy metal folding chairs instead of Areons, saving ~$575.00/ea

    5) You have to start *gasp* PAYING for your cokes.

    6) You work for a dot-com with an unreasonable business model - I.E. Sending a $4 20 Lb bag of furball litter, overnight priority mail.

    7) Your CEO's last job was "PC Technician"

    8) Your company holds "Effective Resume Writing" classes or begins offering discounted copies of "Knock 'em Dead".

    9) You see a copy of "7 Habits of highly unemployed people" laying on your bosses desk.

    Theres more. But if you see any of the above, its a pretty good sign you need to move on.

  4. Re:Getting wages owed you by tswinzig · · Score: 5, Funny

    What has worked for people in the past?

    Apparantly, stealing as much shit on the way out as possible.

    --

    "And like that ... he's gone."
  5. "Take Stuff From Work" by Jamie+Zawinski · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the immortal words of King Missle:

    Take stuff from work.
    It's the best way to feel better about your job.
    Never buy pens or pencils or paper.
    Take 'em from work.
    Rubber bands, paper clips, memo pads, folders -- take 'em from work.
    It's the best way to feel better about your low pay and appalling working conditions.
    Take an ashtray -- they got plenty.
    Take coat hangers.
    Take a, take a trash can.
    Why buy a file cabinet?
    Why buy a phone?
    Why buy a personal computer or word processor?
    Take 'em from work.
    I took a whole desk from the last place I worked.
    They never noticed, and it looks great in my apartment.
    Take an electric pencil sharpener.
    Take a case of white-out; you might need it one day.
    Take some from work.
    It's your duty as an oppressed worker to steal from your exploiters.
    It's gonna be an outstanding day.
    Take stuff from work.
    And goof off on the company time.
    I wrote this at work.
    They're paying me to write about stuff I steal from them.
    Life is good.