Bad Bookkeeper Tell Tale Signs
They know you're reponsible for taxes, fines, penalties and interest; so this is where they get even
They have side jobs working for other companies or an entire bookkeeping business on the side
They decide how much integrity, if any, your company has and they tell everyone who will listen
They create a miserable work environment causing turnover in your staff which costs you money
They make your customers and clients feel unwelcome and unappreciated which costs you money
They act as if they are serving time in jail and do the minimum required to keep their job
They say things to suggest businesses are bad and construction company owners are the worst
They don't learn anything new, whys should they, nobody is reviewing the QuickBooks
They never learn anything new unless the company pays for the training and it is on the clock
They quit when the tax return is being prepared because QuickBooks is a mess and they're caught
They come in a little bit late every morning and leave a little bit early to make up for it
They bait you with drama, nasty comments and minor actions to find your tolerance limit
They get even with you for every perceived injustice against themselves and society as a whole
They keep you busy with lots of mindless crap to divert attention from why the books are a mess
They let you think you are in control of the bookkeeping and the bookkeeper until it is too late
They make you think they are looking out the best interest of the company, LOL!
They let the work expand to fill whatever time you are willing to pay them to get it done
When they quit or get fired expect to hear: “Chaos, panic and disorder...my work here is done”
They negotiates for additional perks, benefits, changes, and elimination of personal accountability
They network for a better job with your clients, suppliers, vendors and your competitors
They represent themselves to outsiders as the owner or manager with decision making authority
They text, message, e-mail, web surfi, chat on cell phones and socialize on company time
They train you to leave them alone by getting upset or angry whenever you want anything
They work hard at causing just enough chaos so owner does not earn more than the bookkeeper
When your business fails they tell everyone you were incompetent and they saw it coming
They live in a chaotic, neurotic, psychotic, selfish, disorganized, blame game environment
They work through lunch to leave earlier in the day (At the office for 7 hours and get paid for 8)
Question - What happens when the person in control of QuickBooks is unhappy with you?
Answer - The same thing that happens when the person who cooks your food is unhappy with you!
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In The End - Bad Bookkeepers will leave you with unfiled and unpaid taxes, gasping, upset, with tear stained checks, wide-eyed, stupid, mouth open, standing in the middle of the highway of business success staring at the remains of your business, crashed, rolled over, upside down, in the ditch, on fire, with flames belching from all sides with no hope in sight.
And then things get real ugly as you recall reading The General Contractor And The River Of Construction Commerce and realize all of this could have been avoided!
Please forgive the graphic nature of this picture. In some ways I relate to the men and women of the highway patrol who have seen to many traffic wrecks where people were hurt or lost their lives because they did not wear a seat belt.
I have seen bad bookkeepers ruin too many businesses, especially construction businesses. In most cases it was incompetence and in other cases it appears to have been deliberate. All I know for sure is that I have witnessed business failures that have led to divorce, families destroyed, finances wiped out and people living on the streets. In a few extreme cases I know of contractors that have taken their own lives.
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