#CEO #ExpensiveCars #OfficeSupplies #Soap
Hey there! 🚗💼 Have you ever experienced a situation where your CEO splurges on expensive cars but gets angry over something as trivial as soap? Well, you’re not alone! Let’s dive into this interesting scenario and discover some actionable steps you can take in dealing with it.
## Understanding the Situation
First things first, let’s break down what happened. Your CEO, who is known for buying luxury cars worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, decided to have a chat with you about purchasing soap for the office. It seems like he believes that such items are beneath the company’s stature, despite the fact that you manage multi-million dollar business operations.
## Actionable Advice
Here are some actionable steps you can take to address this situation:
### 1. Communicate Clearly
When it comes to office supplies, transparency is key. Make sure to keep the communication channels open with your CEO regarding what items are necessary for the office, regardless of their perceived value.
### 2. Provide Context
Help your CEO understand the importance of maintaining a clean and hygienic workspace. Explain how even seemingly small items like soap play a vital role in promoting a healthy work environment for employees.
### 3. Focus on Value
Highlight the value that cost-effective purchases can bring to the company. Show how optimizing expenses on essential items like office supplies can contribute to the overall financial health of the business.
### 4. Set Boundaries
While it’s important to respect your CEO’s preferences, it’s also crucial to set boundaries and maintain professionalism in your interactions. Avoid engaging in passive-aggressive behavior and instead address concerns in a diplomatic manner.
## Final Thoughts
Dealing with contrasting attitudes towards spending can be challenging, but by approaching the situation with patience and understanding, you can navigate through it successfully. Remember, effective communication and clear expectations are key to resolving disparities in priorities within the workplace.
So, next time you find yourself in a similar situation, remember to stay calm, communicate effectively, and focus on driving value for your organization. 📊✨
That unauthorized soap purchase has severely compromised his new car plans. He’ll have to wait minutes – maybe even hours – to earn it back.
Whatever lecture he gave you, it clearly wasn’t sufficient to instill in you the sense of regret and shame that you should be feeling right how.
I think you meant seconds maybe a minute to wait to buy a new car…..
Honestly he may be rich all on paper and in debt up to his eyeballs, not excusing it, thats his stupidity, but ive seen it before.
I once worked for someone who liked nice, expensive cars. When their newest one appeared in the CEO parking space, we’d grown to expect someone getting fired.
He uses the car. He doesn’t use the soap.
If this was soap for his personal bathroom, I doubt he’d have a problem.
I used to work for a douche bag who rented a multi million dollar house but got upset when I order Folgers coffee for the office. Told us if we want coffee, we need to buy for ourselves. SMH…
These are the kinds of guys who will buy 1 ply toilet paper to save money and then wonder why it gets used up so fast
Light bulbs need a talking about. $100k machine they will use once go ahead and buy it
Reminds me of a CEO at a company I used to work at that decided one day he wanted to tackle the cost of milk and cream for the coffee. It was a great use of everyone’s time.
Is this “CEO” also the owner of the business?
Remember, the owner of a business can give themselves any job title they like.
Is there an executive washroom he uses? Find the worst products like toilet paper, water down the soap etc.
I worked at a small family business and the owner bought bar soap for the bathrooms. I eventually got tired of it and started buying bottles of premium liquid soap for the entry level side of the building.
>Makes me promise it won’t ever happen again.
This type of person sounds like they never understood why their parents said no to certain things. Said no to a sleepover? The parents just didn’t trust the other house yet. No to eating too much dessert? They knew you’d get a stomach ache.
So now he’s the adult and says no to random bullshit for a power trip.
You should tell him that they have cars for way less than 100K at Walmart
Haha makes me laugh. These jokers are THE joke. Until We The People take back this land – continue to be screwed. Rise up now!!!!
Money for me not for thee. You aren’t a human with bills to pay and hands to wash, you’re a payroll expense. The boss needs you to generate profit for his company so he can buy shiny new toys, not so you can feed your family and sleep under a roof
Tell him to buy this instead of the car he was looking at: [https://www.walmart.com/ip/Huffy-Disney-Pixar-Cars-3-Lightning-McQueen-6V-Battery-Powered-Ride-on-for-Children-Ages-3-years/118505871](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Huffy-Disney-Pixar-Cars-3-Lightning-McQueen-6V-Battery-Powered-Ride-on-for-Children-Ages-3-years/118505871)
It’s their money!
$5 soap.
$100k cars.
It is their world, you are an ant. What can we do?
Malicious compliance.
“Per our soap discussion I wanted to run this purchase past you.” should be the opening line for every email to him for the rest of your time at this job.
Expense reports are weird. I work for a non profit and they would rather me stand in the check out line for 40 minutes so I can use the tax exempt card to save $2 than use the self check out lane and be done in 5 minutes (please note I get paid by the hour, so the hourly cost is way more than the savings)
CEO: ‘How do you think I got so rich?’
Me: ‘Through your exploitation of workers, wage theft, and refusal to pay your taxes?’
CEO: ‘Well… That too.’
“I guess I need to polish up my resume, because if $10 of soap is gonna break us, we’re circling the drain.”
The owner of the company I work for just bought a brand new F-250, trailer, and a tractor, and then told my direct boss, “I feel bad that he can’t buy himself a new truck,” but then also turns around and gets mad if we waste a $2 label.
Fuck. Off.
“I’ve been pettily emailing him for anything I see Walmart sells and asking if I should buy it or not”
That’s the kind of pettyness and comebsck you have to do haha. One day he will be pissed because you ask him too much. Next day spend 100$ of Wallmart soap at once lol
It’s called spending millions of dollars to save pennies.
The car is a personal item for just him, so it should be luxurious. The soap is for peasants…..err, employees, so they should feel grateful it’s even there.
Rich people don’t get and stay rich by being generous. That’s the issue.
Anyone care to guess how much “dealer market adjustment” on the 100K car?
Keep spamming him for prices on soap.
Then follow up on car prices etc… then revert back to cheaper prices of soap.
Lay it on as thick as you can. Cause he sounds like one of those good micromanagers….s/
I used to order supplies for a tiny office I worked for. We did GOOD business so we were allowed swanky perks like…Tissues WITH lotion. I once bought them and after that everyone in the office demanded it. If I ordered regular soft ply, I got an email about “I understand you’re trying to save the company money but…knock it off.” Then we all got an email about how small creature comforts is what keeps us from going up on the roof ( building had like 30+ floors) and jumping off at the end of a long day, so if we wanted a back cushion, or starbucks coffee for the office, to just put an order in.
Based on his likely hourly, he wasted more money talking to you about soap than the soap itself.
lol, the TP at the factory I work at is horrible. I once submitted a suggestion in the suggestion box that said “Enough with this 1-ply sandpaper bullshit. I’ve used the fancy office bathroom and the nice ultrasoft TP in there and it hurts, literally, to go back to the factory bathrooms. Please think of our poor hardworking butts and stop being cheap!”
A month later we got 2-ply sandpaper TP instead.
Ah well 😑
Never buy soap again. Problem solved
I had a boss like this at Servpro. Fired the cleaners because they, “were too expensive” (they werent, even gave us a huge break because we were business partners) and then tried to make the staff “take turns” cleaning the restrooms.
Thats a no fam. Our job is already shitty enough (literally) we dont need to be your janitor as well.
I had a company owner do similar to me. I ordered the Friday pizza and he flipped out when I forgot to mention the $2 coupon when I ordered it. He scolded me for a bit then made me sit there and watch him do it “the right way”. I went out for lunch, keep your pizza
Waitly finds out about the unauthorized cinnamon
100k is 7 times your salary..?
This is exactly why I left my last job. Worked for a plastic surgeon and we made a lot of money but he was SOOOOO cheap.
This sounds like my last employer. He blew a gasket because his partner suggested getting a bottled water dispenser and service (tap water smelled and tasted like chlorine). It would be for employees and clients. He ranted for days. I was about to jump in and offer to pay for it myself (I think it was $25/mo) when the partner said he would cover it. Cheap bastard drove a brand new BMW 7 series.