like my daddy used to say "it's only good if you both get your cookies in the end"

i'm not totally ignorant. the toy business is a seasonal industry. you can make collectibles and trading cards and try to convince me that you have evergreen products, but you're a liar. because the toy business is a seasonal industry. all you have to do is look at everyone's Q1 totals. they're down. usually. and they generally pick up over the course of the year when a .23 Q1 return turns into a .85 Q4 return. more toys are bought for the holiday season. you don't have to be the amazing kreskin to figure that out.

but taking a note from one of the greatest corporate-based films of our generation if not all time, if we produce a few extra units or sell a little more or i get costs to come down a few cents here and there which translates to thousands and in some cases millions of dollars, do i get to see any of it? no. do i get any sort of reward or compensation other than my regular paycheck? not really. our company has an employee of the week parking spot. yeah. except it's not really "employee of the week." it's more along the lines of "employee of the week that works for whichever department's turn it is to give someone the employee of the week parking spot." it kinda cheapens the whole thing.

feedback's an easy thing to give. and it's free. more people should give it.
- posted by yeah...about that... @ 3:35 PM