I Won The Lottery, and Your Fired
Here's a terrifying thought. I work at a small company. We have three principle workers who generate income for the company, including myself, and two support workers. We crunch Data for multi-million dollar companies and are a small company in our own right. The two other principle workers are both brothers, one is the owner.
Now we are talking about the lottery. A group of 8 people, in an office pool at a meat packing plant, recently won the Powerball. After taxes, each pulled in about $15 Million. Now I gotta think that when all eight of them quit their job, that the owner is probably having some issues replacing them on such a short notice. This topic came up here at work. One of the brothers here, not the owner, plays the lottery often. Every week is gonna be his week according to him. So I tell my boss, "If he wins this thing, we are gonna be screwed." He then replies, "I'm hoping he take me with him." Then I realize, if either of them receive any good fortunes, no matter how unlikely it is, I'm out of a job. Scary.
posted by Mikey at 3:40 PM
2 Comments:
That would stink for a small company if that happend. Im wondering though if theres anybody who would stick around after winning about 15 million just to have something to do.
My boss is a fairly generous man. He does mission work in 3rd world countries, and home building for the impoverished mining towns of America. With that said, he is also very frugal. Should my boss come into a large enough stash of cash to subsequently close up shop, I might see a small severance. It wouldn't be enough to live off of for the rest of my life though, most likely enough to get me going until I find another job.
And no, this shop would close up for sure.
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