3.00 reasons to hate this

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So, there’s precisely 3.00 reasons we shouldn’t be doing this.

1. It’s disingenuous.

We all see what you’re doing…adding your extra noughts to make this look like a big salary.

It’s not a big salary. It’s a distinctly average, frankly underpaid range for a job in Torquay.

In the words of Shania Twain “That don’t impress (er) me much”

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2. It’s irrelevant

I pulled up a member of my team for it last week when they were reporting their savings (yes I’m a tough guy to work for).

The savings calculation they gave me was…

£54,373.22

I honestly couldn’t give a monkey’s about the 22p.

Spend it on a packet of polos if you like*

*_{P.S. the last time a packet of polos was 22p in the UK was 1989 when I was relatively young.}

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3. It’s confusing on a spreadsheet

Those who know me well will know I’m a man of little patience.

I like to view things at a glance.

If you send me a spreadsheet with all the decimal places, how’s that going to help my already confused mind?

And guess what…hide the decimal places in excel and it all still adds up the same (Excel is clever like that!)

So…stop it, please.

Treat numbers with respect and understand the true value of what you’re trying to present.

If you want to recover the 22p in an invoice, go for it.

But if you feel that’s important for me to know, you’re wasting my time.

Right…I’m off for another lie down.

Tom

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