#business working capital

[elftwink]

to preface this post i am anti-advertising i think we should explode the entire industry but it's sooo funny when you people make posts like "and they don't even work!!" like. sorry to be the bearer of bad news but yes they do. that's why we have to put up with so many despite everyone hating them and thinking its annoying. because they actually work really well and make a shit load of money

#it actually would be way better if they didnt work and made no money bc businesses would abandon them #this isnt like stocks where everythings abstract and is essentially gambling (i dont understand stocks) #like ppl in the ad industry create things. that make a tangible and quantifiable impact on the business #which is then used in further ad planning. it is NOT all smoke and mirrors #like its fake in that the industry is not providing a necessary service the way like. grocery stores are #but its not the level of fake where everything is abstract like theres deliverables #moreover there is an extensive body of academic work specifically on how to make ads more effective #ALSO i think some of u views ads like. as if they have a win condition. which is you buy product #but in current advertising this is pretty rare and comparatively ineffective #which is why you see MANY ads which dont seem to be selling anything in particular. or which have nothing all to do with the product #the 'win' condition for THAT kind of ad is something more like 'viewers remember our name' #like. ex i would say ads for temu have not been effective on me bc i havent bought anything from them #but temu probably thinks they were SUPER effective on me because i talked abt them like 5 different times at work #and i do in fact know exactly what the company does and what they sell #and they were able to capitalize on the reputations of existing companies (wish shein etc) to build their own brand #good idea generator

[capitalism-and-analytics]

IRS needs their fair share of that....crime money :P

#Finance #Business #Work Meme #Work Humor #Excel #Hilarious #funny meme #funny #capitalism #socialism #accounting #office humor #consulting #dark humor #politics #anticapitalism

[byler-alarmist]

Do people know most paper receipts are harmful to their health?

I'm going to get up on my soapbox for a minute, but do people realize how pretty much everyone is being overloaded with endocrine disruptors like BPA/BPS on a near-daily basis??

I don't think many people understand that ever since most of the world transitioned to thermal paper receipts (cheaper than ink), almost every receipt you handle from the gas station to the grocery store to the Square terminal printer at the local co-op is coated with Bisphenol-A (BPA) or its chemical cousin Bisphenol-S (BPS).

These chemicals have not only been proven to cause reproductive harm to human and animals, they've also been linked to obesity and attention disorders.

Not sure if your receipt is a thermal receipt? If you scratch it with a coin and it turns dark, it's thermal.

BPA/BPS can enter the skin to a depth such that it is no longer removable by washing hands. When taking hold of a receipt consisting of thermal printing paper for five seconds, roughly 1 μg BPA is transferred to the forefinger and the middle finger. If the skin is dry or greasy, it is about ten times more. 

Think of how many receipts you handle every day. It's even worse for cashiers and tellers, who may handle hundreds in a single shift. It is also a class issue, since many people who work retail and food service are lower-income and will suffer worse health consequences over time from the near-constant exposure.

Not only that, receipts printed with thermal ink are NOT recyclable, as they pollute the rest of the paper products with the chemicals.

People don't know this and recycle them anyway, so when you buy that "green" toilet paper that says "100% recycled"? Yup, you are probably wiping your most sensitive areas with those same chemicals (for this reason, I buy bamboo or sugarcane toilet paper as a sustainable alternative to recycled paper).

This page from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has some good links if you want to learn more.

As consumers, we need to demand better from our businesses and from our governments. We need regulation of these chemicals yesterday.

If you are a buyer or decision-maker for a business, the link above also contains a shortlist of receipt paper manufacturers that are phenol-free.

If you work at a register, ask customers if they want a receipt. If they don't and you can end the transaction without printing one, don't print one!

As a consumer, fold receipts with the ink on the inside, since that's where the coating is. Some more good tips here.

And whatever you do, DO NOT RECYCLE THERMAL RECEIPTS

#i realized the other day that lots of ppl i talked to had no idea this was even a thing #important psa #demand more from your retailers and governments #environment #bisphenols #bpa free #bpa/bps #retail #food service #shopping #working class #capitalism #endocrine disruptors #endocrine disorders #adhd #eco lifestyle #environmental pollution #pollution #toxic chemicals #reproductive health #science #health #environmentalism #eco conscious #human health #consumer goods #consumer awareness #green living #green business #ecofriendly

[twilight-deviant]

Watcher fans sure are entitled and a little insane, ngl. "No one is going to sign up for your service! We're all poor! You've made the worst decision, and you'll be back in no time!" Saying this directly to the creators really reminds you of how low the respect for people you don't personally know has gone. I miss the forth wall between creator and audience.

I get and fully understand not having the money to support them, but... Watcher does have fans with money. A lot of them actually. They have merch sales. Their live tour sells out most venues. They have thousands of supporters on Patreon, where the cheapest tier is $5. They're able to gauge the rough finances of their staunchest supporters; that's how they landed on the subscription price. Yes, this move will reduce their viewership in sheer numbers, but to say all of their fans are broke and none will follow/support is factually incorrect.

It may not be a decision everyone agrees with, but severing the limitations of advertisers and youtube in favor of artistic freedom is a good thing. Yes, even if it comes with a loss of revenue. They understand that risk.

Also, I'm begging people to stop treating this like "another Netflix" or something and instead look at it as, "I am supporting a creator I like, similar to Patreon." They literally said in the video that they don't care if you share accounts. Get five friends, and you'll pay $1/mo.

I hate feeling compelled to rant in favor of their decision because I have my own reservations about whether it's the best move. However, I know it's not a choice they made lightly, and I like to think they understand that they'll need to branch out like crazy to entice subscribers.

#Fair-weather fans #I speak as someone currently undecided if I'll sign up for their service or not #I have my own budget to consider #But the waves of people poor-mouthing AT Watcher directly is ridiculous and embarrassing #“They're underestimating how many of us are poor” #Okay but that's not how business works #They just need enough people who aren't poor #and they may well have those numbers #Do you think they would have made such a drastic decision if they didn't??? #If they want to focus on fans who support them even if their hard work isn't free that's their choice #People are trying to be so anti-capitalism on this they've actually circled back around to saying #“Just take ad revenue from these companies so they can profit off your content and I don't have to pay out of MY pocket.” #That's... that's not the anti-capitalism stance you think it is #Maybe (and this is crazy) asking for a few dollars directly instead of through the vehicle of youtube‚ google‚ and all its advertisers is #... not spitting on the fans? #Please stop trying to guilt small content creators to their face while simping for large corporations #Watcher

[tikkunolamresistance]

CALL TO ACTION!

MONDAY 11TH DECEMBER. REQUESTING IMMEDIATE STRIKE.

DO NOT MAKE ANY UNNECESSARY PURCHASES, DO NOT POST ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN PALESTINE.

PLEASE SHARE ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND INFORM YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND COMMUNITIES.

THIS IS A CALL FOR UNIFICATION, WE ARE STRONGEST TOGETHER.

DO YOUR PART! HOWEVER YOU CAN!

MAKE NOISE FOR PALESTINE!

#general strike now #strike #call to action #free palestine #palestine #anti capitalism #anti imperialism #jumblr #israel #strike now #work strike #business strike #organise #get organised #educate yourself #please repost #reblog #share these images

[thegoodmorningman]

The *real* emergency is profitability! Good Morning!!!

#good #morning #good morning #good morning message #good morning image #good morning images #good morning man #the good morning man #the entire morning #gif #good morning messages #gm #morning vibes #morning motivation #office #work #job #business #career #capitalism #boss #let me know if I can help #help #family #emergency #family emergency #no #every day #no matter what #or else...

[360degreesasthecrowflies]

Right sorry but I don't understand why some people, even people that seem otherwise reasonable, seem to have absolutely internalised corporate capitalism talk to the extent that it completely subsumes their own personality and (class) interests???

At work today we had what's supposed to be an evaluation where as a department we, about 40 people, talked about things that have been difficult this year and what we'd hope will improve next year.

So I talked about how this year I have worked a lot of cover, including for managers (2 pay bands above me) and for multiple colleagues at once who have been off, essentially doubling and at some times even tripling my workload - for extra stress and no extra money. I said (using corporate language to hint) that I wasn't always good at asking for help, meaning, undertone, none of you offered to help me out and just expected me to sit and take it because I need my existing salary.

So this was in small groups, in which the focus was firstly giving feedback, and secondly remembering to praise each other for our achievements.

Well the nominated speaker for our group comes on and immediately my story of struggling to do a large amount of extra tasks that are essentially literally taking advantage of someone in a position of little power, actively causing stress to myself at work, for no extra money or any kind of reward but 'helping out the team' is told to the group as "sometimes we had to take on extra responsibilities but that was good because it let us learn about our inner strength and learn more about the business, increasing our skills for the future".

Excuse me! That was not AT ALL what I was talking about!

I already work a valuable job in healthcare. I ALREADY have skills - HENCE I was able to cover for senior team members and keep everything running and going literally at the cost of my social life, mental and physical health. And you aren't even going to say thanks or well done?! In the meeting where that is meant to be the focus?? In fact you're actually going to remove my agency and reframe the story of my own struggle and sacrifice to help out that I told you into some kind of heartwarming Disney ending where the servant felt that the work was its own reward?!

No sorry, get to fuck with that.

Ironically as a result of the teambuilding, feedback, evaluation and celebrating success meeting, I've come out feeling absolutely disheartened. They were like robots. I wasn't the only one that's made sacrifices like this this year, but I was the only one who didn't try and reframe it into a positive, with a neat learning experience and lesson for the group at the end of it.

This is the same workplace that asked us what we would like to add to the workplace to improve our own wellbeing (I reiterate, working in a stressful healthcare provider) and then shot down everything we suggested, even those things that wouldn't involve paying us more or giving us more time off. We were told that we could work longer hours in order to be able to 'earn' a team 'lunch out' during the work day (that of course we would also pay for), or that we could do a 'wellbeing walk' while also having a meeting, so... not exactly an opportunity to de-stress during the work day!

Honestly, I don't understand why these people don't pick up that they are becoming the architects of their own misery, constructing cages of their own making around themselves - and me! We don't have to play the game and turn everything into a positive. That isn't good for mental health OR morale overall either - it's just, ironically for the health background, putting a sticking plaster over a bigger wound. We need to grow up and actually address the issues we have as adults otherwise experienced and valuable staff are just going to end up burning out - which then increases the workload on everyone else and risks bringing the whole system back to square 1.

#nhs #uk nhs #nhs staff #healthcare #capitalism #work #antiwork #mental health #text post #business speak #2023 #real life #cost of living crisis

[reasonsforhope]

It has often been dismissed as utopian thinking, a pie-in-the-sky idea that wouldn’t survive contact with reality. But the four-day week has once again quietened critics, as the results of the world’s trial suggest that it’s a win-win for employees and their bosses. 

Workers who adopted a shorter week with no loss of pay were found to be happier, more productive, took fewer sick days and generated more revenue for their employers, a landmark study has found. 

The Study

Led by researchers at the University of Cambridge, England, the study assessed the impact of a pioneering four-day week trial, which took place in the UK between June and December 2022. Of the 61 firms that took part – among them online retailers, financial service providers and restaurants – 56 pledged to make the move permanent. [Note: That's 91% of the firms!!]

The Results

Researchers found that 71% of participants reported lower levels of burnout, with 39% saying they were less stressed than before the trial. What’s more, 60% found that they were better able to combine paid work with care responsibilities, while 62% said it was easier to combine work with their social lives.

Unsurprisingly, this translated into a 65% reduction in sick days, and a 57% drop in the number of staff leaving compared with the same six-month period the previous year. 

Concerns that switching workers to a four-day week would impact profits did not materialise. In fact, when compared to a similar period from previous years, organisations reported revenue increases of 35 per cent on average.

Trials have continually proved successful

"We feel really encouraged by the results, which showed the many ways companies were turning the four-day week from a dream into a realistic policy, with multiple benefits,” said Dr David Frayne, research associate at University of Cambridge. “We think there is a lot here that ought to motivate other companies and industries to give it a try.”

The trial involved two months of preparation, with workshops, coaching, mentoring and peer support for participants. Resisting the idea that the trial must be ‘one-size-fits-all’, each firm designed a policy tailored to its particular needs.

Some academics have questioned the merits of a four-day week, arguing that it can create more stress for employees because they have the same amount of work to do in fewer hours.

Nevertheless, with trials taking place around the world, often with positive results, the shorter working week appears finally to be going mainstream.

Of the UK trial, Joe Ryle, director of the 4 Day Week Campaign, said: “This is a major breakthrough moment for the movement towards a four-day working week. Across a wide variety of different sectors of the economy, these incredible results show that the four-day week with no loss of pay really works.

“Surely the time has now come to begin rolling it out across the country.”

-via Positive News, 2/21/23

#four day work week #antiwork #anti work #psychology #business #workers rights #labor #capitalism #good news #hope #accessibility #workplace #work life #work life balance

[dreamlandiasims]

Hi! Updated post is here! Transcript and more under the cut:

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Transcript:

Cahill: You kids are messing everything up, I hope you know that. I’m done, I’m retired, I don’t get involved anymore. But… access to alien tech, knowledge, resources, in the hands of Agnos… shit.

Frankie: What is so special about this one company?

Cahill: Agnos is… more than just a company. They have a frightening amount of influence in the business world. Agnos is a matriarchy, captained by Oasis Springs’ very own Nancy Landgraab. Maybe you’ve heard of her?

Frankie: I thought she was in real estate.

Cahill: She’s got a lot of fingers in a lot of pies, let’s say.

Saf [reading from her computer]: “Landgraab founded Agnos with her business partner Nick Altos, but eventually forced him out and took over the helm solo. To protect her claim on the company, she recruited her closest friends and allies to the board, including other prominent celebrities and champions of business, like Katrina Caliente, Lily Feng, and Mortimer and Bella Goth. They claims to be “pushing the limits of scientific advancements” for the “good of all Simkind”, but it’s all bullshit.”

Cahill: They don’t care what new medicine or technology they discover, only that they do it before anyone else.

Frankie: Ok, I’m getting the picture. But what does this have to do with us?

Cahill: Well, Agnos has a history of looking the other way while their subsidiaries and contractors conduct research in a… less than ethical fashion.

Saf: Shit, Frankie… You might’ve been right…

Cahill: I imagine we’ve got such a situation here, with BioSim Tech.

Erwin: So when people in town go missing, they become the lab’s unwilling research subjects.

Cahill: Well, that’s my hunch at least. But I—what are you doing?

Frankie: Answering a phone call?

Cahill: Wrong. You’re exposing us all to the possibility of being compromised. From now on we need to operate as if they are listening to every conversation. That means no texts, no calls, no emails… nothing.

Frankie: Are you kidding me? No way.

Erwin: Frankie, he’s right.

Frankie: … Ugh, fine. [under her breath] I’m sorry, Saf…

[Frankie’s Voicemail]: Hi, this is Frankie’s phone…

Saf: What the hell?

Frankie: So… what now?

Cahill: Now… I suppose I help you kids get back into that goddamn lab.

#apologies in advance for my made up explanation of how agnos works as a company #i have a very limited understanding of how businesses work lol #again i'm really not trying to make this like a commentary on capitalism #agnos as a “character” doesn't even have a huge role going forward #i just needed to create some backstory for characters that will be introduced in the future!! #anyways #sims 4 #sims 4 story #ts4 #ts4 story #pla #frankie mitchell #safiya nasiri #george cahill #erwin pries #jill smith

[thyandrawrites]

@ reo writers who seem to think Reo hates the idea of working at his dad's company because he hates business and/or finds it soulless, soft reminder that he canonically reads the nikkei magazine and business books for fun, discusses the stock market on a casual outing with friends, has his own stocks, his favourite app is the stocks app, talks about investments like he's already done it before, and literally plans out his future career as a soccer player as a businessman would set up a 5 years plan.

He clearly doesn't hate the field. In fact, I'd say the opposite is true—he enjoys business a lot, clearly read and practiced it to an extent, and knows what he's talking about. In other words, he's good at it, and that's why he doesn't want a career in it. The whole field represents exactly what he loathes, things that are easy to obtain. Not only does the field lack the thrill of a real challenge to him cause he already mastered it easily, but it's also something he would just as easily step into by virtue of being born into the Mikage bloodline, as the heir of an empire handed down to him, and thus not something he'd earn with his own hands

#I wish there were more fanworks that explored this side of him #Honestly he goes on an on about Nagi's genius but reo is very much out of the ordinary too. Just in a different field #He gives shit to nagi for acing his testa without listening a word in class but Reo is a bit of a freak himself tbh #That ability to just... Absorb everything like a sponge and replicating it immediately after learning it exists isn't normal at all #I think he's a bit of a genius himself tbh #What's that saying? Jack of all trades master of none #Well reo is more of a master of all trades jack of none #Ok I'll shut up now. Just. Please don't write reo as a white collar hater. He's a freak he likes office work #In a different world where he's not stupidly rich he starts his own business in his garage and makes it big #Like all those capitalism success stories used for propaganda lol #Ok I'll shut up for real now bye

[thehecklingmouse]

Alhaitham dies and the only thing left of him Is the house and his headphones

#the cycle repeats!!! kaveh is destroyed just like faranak was!!! #everyone trys to comfort him but he is catatonic!!! #just like his mom :) he goes through the motions and then he leaves sumeru after a bit #i do not see him going to fontaine bc of his mom so maybe liyue? business capital of tevayt so he could probably find work there #haikaveh #kavetham #kaveh #alhaitham #bones screams into the void

[stephpotterart]

I just got two separate $50 fees for bouncing my phone bill, despite having the money for it... and now I'm suuuuper deep in overdraft, by $355, and I really need help.

Emergency sketch commissions

Commissions info

Patreon

Ko-fi

PayPal

Any help is much appreciated, including reblogging.

#artists on tumblr #small art business #i need some help #urgent financial shit #paypal #patreon #kofi support #emergency #emergency commissions #artist is exhausted by capitalism #I'm so tired of working my ass off and inflation taking everything and more

[capitalism-and-analytics]

#capitalism #anticapitalism #Finance #Business #Work Meme #Work Humor #Excel #Hilarious #funny meme #funny #socialism #accounting #office humor #consulting #dark humor #politics #eat the rich #wage #wages #living wage #wage gap #minimum wage

[aibidil]

Current situation where I live in a “great” school district in the US of A in 2023:

School cannot hire bus drivers. No one will take the job. (Honestly GOOD FOR HER!) (Pay a living wage!)

Whenever a bus driver calls out sick, a busload of kids isn’t getting to/from school on time. I know someone whose kid’s school ended at 2:30 and they got home at 5, hours late. This kid is like 7.

School district hired a consulting firm to come up with ideas about out how to solve this problem. (Pay a living wage.)

Now they’re all “Here are our options. We can make half the schools start early so that the buses can make two trips.” (This option would put the bus arrival time before 6am for some kids.) “We could require all teaching assistants to obtain a commercial driving license before we will hire them.” (?!?!?!?) “We could allow people as young as 18 to drive the school bus.” “We could stop driving some kids (magnet schools and expanded walk zones) to school.”

Pay bus drivers a living wage.

PAY 📢 THEM 📢 A 📢 LIVING 📢 WAGE

Ask a fucking toddler on the street and they will say PAY THEM MORE. Raise the taxes, pay them more.

I just—

#this is everything in the us right now #vet hospitals shut down despite having tons of business because no one will accept their pitiful wages #like this isn’t even anticapitalist #this is just pure capitalism #you need to pay them more #that is how capitalism is meant to work #even that has tons of problems! but putting that aside for a moment!! #pay them more!!!! #I fucking cannot #these ppl sitting around talking about this like there is no solution #absolute buffoonery #I would poke my eyeballs out if I had to sit through one of these meetings #if we can’t figure this out how is there hope for anything actually complicated

[demonsandpieohmy]

Job hunting is so much fun

#love capitalism #no interest in working in the war business #job search #unemployment #linkedin #military industrial complex #personal #lilly rants

[anarchonist]

I don't know who needs to hear this today, but having your own business isn't "working for yourself". Unless you literally grow your own food and live in a debt-free house not connected to electricity networks etc, you're working for your clients. You're dependent on their business to make an income. If they lack the money to pay for your products or services, you're shit outta luck. Having a business doesn't give you the magical ability to conjure money out of thin air, you're floating on the same current of economic instability as anyone taking a paycheck, you've just convinced yourself that you're independent when you're anything but.

But here's the thing: we're all dependent on each other, and there's nothing wrong with that. That reality has to be accounted for in your worldview. Capitalist individualism is a lie, there are no self-sufficient people. Rich people in particular are more dependent on others than anyone to maintain their lifestyle.

#capitalism #small businesses #by all means 'work for yourself' but don't lie to yourself and think you'll be fine when the next recession hits