My Own Worst Enemy...
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If you were left out of the loop, it isn't your fault. Could you have prevented some higher costs from being an issue? Yes, but ONLY if you knew. If you didn't know, it's nothing you should blame yourself for
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I really think you need to move on to CYOA on this one, now that the CFO has the impression that you approved everything, your ass very well could be on the line, even though it had nothing to do with you. If I were you, I'd set the record straight ASAP.
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@Dominica said:
I really think you need to move on to CYOA on this one, now that the CFO has the impression that you approved everything, your ass very well could be on the line, even though it had nothing to do with you. If I were you, I'd set the record straight ASAP.
Definitely do this.
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@Dominica said:
I really think you need to move on to CYOA on this one, now that the CFO has the impression that you approved everything, your ass very well could be on the line, even though it had nothing to do with you. If I were you, I'd set the record straight ASAP.
Ok, I just did that. I just let the CFO know the conversation happened after the lease was signed and really all I could do was verify the machine would seemingly do the job from a technical standpoint since IT had previously been left out of the process.
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@NetworkNerd said:
@Dominica said:
I really think you need to move on to CYOA on this one, now that the CFO has the impression that you approved everything, your ass very well could be on the line, even though it had nothing to do with you. If I were you, I'd set the record straight ASAP.
Ok, I just did that. I just let the CFO know the conversation happened after the lease was signed and really all I could do was verify the machine would seemingly do the job from a technical standpoint since IT had previously been left out of the process.
As long as you're covered there, you're fine.
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@JaredBusch said:
You always mix too much big business/enterprise concepts into the SMB space. No matter how "things should be," things are much different between the two.
Agree with this. It's a bit like you wouldn't expect the violinist in an orchestra to have any input on the trombonist, but a bass player in a rock band could have input on the drummer.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
@JaredBusch said:
You always mix too much big business/enterprise concepts into the SMB space. No matter how "things should be," things are much different between the two.
Agree with this. It's a bit like you wouldn't expect the violinist in an orchestra to have any input on the trombonist, but a bass player in a rock band could have input on the drummer.
I'm not talking about having input, I'm talking about playing the trombone on his behalf while he watches. Did the CFO have any financial input? It appears that @NetworkNerd was asked to over see all of the financial portions. Maybe I am misreading it, but that is what it sounded like. That the finance department turned over all aspects of finance, even those parts that IT can not know (like the need for capex versus opex) to the IT department.
That is nothing like "getting input" from a concerned department.
