Finance Mole keeps quiet when the CFO tries to replace his Executive Assistant and his recruitment plan falls flat, Making Tax Difficult suffers a blow, a transatlantic tax-tiff
She looks a bit flaky,’ said John. Several of the finance team were looking up the CFO’s new Executive Assistant on LinkedIn. It looked like the new EA had an 18-month life cycle in each previous role which did not bode well. Having fallen out with a number bosses in my time, I generally try not to judge others too harshly but still, she didn’t inspire confidence.
The CFO had not been having a good run with EAs. Regular readers of the Mole will recall a previous EA who left shortly after a disastrous trip to Berlin. Since her abrupt departure a temporary ‘resource’, as HR like to call people nowadays, had been in place. The CFO had been keen to keep her on but she was unwilling to stay after a joint campaign of terror against her by the other C-suite EAs.
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