The Fund Cut: The Team's Regret
Our Black Friday sales broke ten million. I allocated a budget of $100,000 and told my deputy to organize a celebration dinner for the team.
However, after the party ended, everyone in the team looked at me in disdain.
I only realized the reason when I heard their complaints in the break room one day.
“Ms. Heaton is such a cheapskate. We made ten million in sales, and she treated us with a $3.99 budget takeout for the celebration.”
“Seriously, I heard from Ms. Reiser that Ms. Heaton kept the money for herself! She just didn’t want to spend it on us.”
My assistant even showed me a post circulating online, accusing me of exploiting employees and lining my own pockets.
I summoned my deputy manager, Casey Reiser, to my office. She fell to her knees in tears and confessed everything.
“I’m so sorry, Ms. Heaton! My daughter needed emergency heart surgery. In a moment of weakness, I misused the funds!”
However, I had clearly seen her daughter sign up for a dance class just yesterday!
Since everyone was so quick to judge without knowing the truth, I would retract the team’s monthly budget of one million then!