Sentences with phrase «as the bean counters»

There's a great moment where Pellington kicks his office door after the studio shaves $ 2M from his budget, but he's such an ostentatious personality here it's difficult to muster sympathy for him as the bean counters close in.

We hope that even as the bean counters are clamoring about diminishing profit margins, Mazda continues to develop this engine.

Or as the bean counters upstairs quickly realized, we could just do three times as many jobs in the same amount of time, and make them three times as much money.

Not exact matches

Too often, internal control gets typecast as a «bean counter» thing, relegated to the CFOs, accountants and tax people.

While do I not argue with you about accounts as I think you know your way and maybe you are a bean counter, the examples provided makes a mockery of FPP.

The debate over Scotland's future has, especially recently, served up the incongruous (and unromantic) image of a nation of «bean - counters» basing its decision about independence on the expected profitability of either outcome, yet calculating this expectation (on either side) off the back of political and economic assumptions that resemble nothing so much as declarations of blind fear or faith.

The Ben & Jerry's decision, unless (as my NMS colleague Soren Dayton pointed out) it's being driven by some kind of U.K. - specific restrictions that make email marketing less effective, seems to reflect one of two things: either a bean - counter followed the instinct to cut costs in the short term regardless of the long - term consequences, or a marketing executive took a big drink of the social media Kool Aid.

However, 49 percent said they didn't know if DiNapoli should be re-elected, and 52 percent couldn't say if they approve or disapprove of the way he's handling his job as the state's chief bean counter.

These are heady days for bean counters in Albany as the Legislature heads into one of the busiest weeks of the year for the state budget.

The announcement news was accompanied by a round of high - profile endorsements of Stringer from former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, who said Stringer has «the skills, the smarts and the integrity» to be the city's top bean counter; as well as:

If this lesson is not learned, if news and media brush this off as the normal politicing, then very soon it will be an American parent facing off against Government bean counters that have already written off their child.

The proposal comes from DOD's bean counters, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), as part of a sweeping review of defense spending launched by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Seed companies can counter this by engineering new crops that are resistant to additional herbicides — such as a new soya bean developed by Dow AgroSciences of Indianapolis, Indiana — something that Benbrook argues will actually increase herbicide use.

«As a Mexican - American am I supposed to bristle if someone uses the term «bean counters»?»

Get More Potassium: Eat more foods containing the mineral — such as bananas, sweet potatoes, leafy greens, beans, and lentils — to help balance out any bloat - causing sodium in your diet; potassium helps counter fluid retention.

I think it would be fantastic if the Avalanche team could release a final update that unlocks all the existing toys and any unreleased characters, toy box toys, skies or textures that have been developed - as an appreciation for the loyal community that the corporate bean counters stepped on.

Seibei Iguchi (Hiroyuki Sanada) is a low - ranking Samurai working as a bean - counter for the village food warehouse in 19th Century Japan.

Obviously, special edition models tend to sell roughly twice as quickly as standard pickups, so it's no doubt why Chevys bean counters are happy to offer the blacked - out packages.

Surviving big name publishers, if they can get divorced from the bean - counters who are killing them, may do something along those lines as well.

Because, as sure as I'm sitting here typing this this morning, I guaran - damn - tee you there is some bean counter sitting in an ivory tower in the publishing industry who is trying to figure out a way to limit the number of times we can read an e-book before we have to buy a new license or something equally as silly.

Some corporate bean - counters have taken aim at those new and improved business class seats in recent years, especially as fares have increased; but they still had no problem with economy seating — and increasingly, premium economy seating (which, after all, still has «economy» in its name).

As I said before why do we have to wait for the climate change induced natural disaster that could happen that will make the bean counters put the climate before the cost instead of the other way round.

Until we have uniform hardware (with software) that operate as seamlessly as a book, and provides the durability and readability over centuries, rather than half decades, we really need to defy the bean counters and be as brave as the Melbourne City Council has been, and continue to invest in libraries, and envisage an ongoing bright, and certainly broader based, future for them.

Keeping the number of stressed out employees of remote bean counters to a low and manageable number is one way to do that; i.e., keeping the number of independent lawyers as high as possible.

Using the «rule - of - thumb» method to calculate value, bean counters assign a variable (also known as a multiple).

The bean counters will see to it especially as their jobs depend on it.

I think it would be fantastic if the Avalanche team could release a final update that unlocks all the existing toys and any unreleased characters, toy box toys, skies or textures that have been developed - as an appreciation for the loyal community that the corporate bean counters stepped on.

• Introduced the concept of a customized coffee cup, wherein the customer gets to choose all preferences starting from the choice of coffee bean to the cup • Delivered impeccable and exceptional service to patrons • Managed service beverage and coffee bean counters simultaneously • Checked taste of coffee to ensure quality • Kept track of customer preferences and offered customized cups of warm and cold coffee as per taste • Maintained adequate stock of materials at the coffee bar • Developed professional relationships with guests and coworkers

And of course the tension and distrust between child care staff and the financial department (disparagingly known as the «bean counters») is well known.

It's all politics as usual practiced by bureacratic bean counters who have no hands - on experience with the stuff that beans buy.