Tax avoiding, bizarre sports, IRS agents, and 10-years-old fraud are only a couple of the things we’ll be deep diving into in our very first accounting horror story, with the one and only Liz Farr.
If the person that’s interviewing you for a job opens the door wearing flip flops and having no idea who you are, get out of there. A tale that leaves us valuable tips on trusting your gut, asking for second opinions, and not letting people push you to the edge.
Every now and then there comes a project we believe in so much that we just can’t let it go, regardless of the acres we burn down. Mark’s tale teaches us important lessons on the chances we take when we are young, and how they can affect other people too.
Sometimes the horror doesn’t come only from clients, but actually from your boss himself. No matter how tempting it is, having your company paying for all the fancy wine you drink with your clients is probably not worth more than your mental health.
A story on how sometimes you do everything right and you still fail due to factors that could never have been managed by you.
A very entertaining and interesting story that leaves us 3 key lessons: Choose your mentors wisely, don’t take advice from just anyone, and learn how to say “no”.
The horror story that ends up with the client coming back with an apology and a job offer decades later.
Doing the proper background check and finding out who actually makes the decisions goes a long way, and so does trusting your instincts.
When going out of your way to help someone does not pay off as you expected it to: a tale that includes a human moral debate, and also a lot of drama.
That time your client-win-of-the-year sues you for most of the contract’s value (with Jason Pittock)
A story specially made for our superstitious audience: if your PM leaves right before the start, the elevators fail and/or the storage basement floods on the delivery day, you might as well get out of there before you have stalkers chasing you on the beach.
