Seen somewhere: If companies told prospective employees how this company really makes its profit, the employees would be able to do a better job. (Or just skip the interview if it isn’t what they expected.)
Excellent idea. Most companies get paid by customers, but only small businesses make their profit that way. Most areas have an open secret that you learn after you’ve been around for a while. Movie theaters make their profit on food, not tickets. Several big corporations (General Electric, General Motors) made their profit from financing, not from sales. Others gain by tax evasion. Life insurance gains because many people quit paying before they get a chance to use the benefit. IPOs make their money from swindling venture capitalists. Universities make a large part of their profit from athletics, and another large part from the 40% overhead automatically tacked onto every research grant.
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