Beans Beans BeanI had such great fun today in the office, oh how I danced and flitted about from file to file.
My co-worker, who is responsible for cash applications, cleared about parts of Accounts Receivable this past Friday. Unfortunately, she cleared out the wrong items. My Accounts Receivable is in a huge mess, for reporting purposes, and [...]
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I was informed by my assistant today that she’s been fielding a number of phone calls from Account and Creative people with regards to Purchase Orders and vendor invoices. When my assistant tells these individuals that they need to speak to me, they’d rather not, and would rather deal with the Production Accounting Manager.
Why this [...]
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Oh the joys of working in a department where people only know how to function in their jobs if they follow prescribed steps — may god have mercy on their souls if they actually have to think outside of the box and actually do some analytical work.
I have to number these observations:
Budget Manager – the [...]
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Today was slightly amusing, and it wasn’t due to my assistant’s hijinx.
To make it clear for my mushrooms I am responsible for the Accounts Payable processing for “non-production” vendors. As I work at an advertising company there are vendors who do work which are specific to particular advertising campaigns so they charged to job numbers [...]
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The fun never stops.
My assistant prepared a “Scheduled Payments” list, for me to review and indicate whether or not I agreed with paying a particular vendor. On the list I had indicated that she was going to double pay a particular vendor and to back it out. She either ignored or didn’t pay attention to [...]
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.. she’s a funny little thing.
In July she paid 2 invoices by way of wire – Australian dollars converted to Canadian. So the payments have gone through, which should make the Aussie vendors happy clams. But I am not a happy mushroom about this, and have shared my thoughts with my assistant.
The whole premise of [...]
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