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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNo electricity and bouncing paychecks: What it was like to work for Trump Magazine
In an extensive tell-all written for Politico, a former employee for Trump Magazine documents a cash-strapped and dysfunctional company where paychecks bounced, the power was shut off due to unpaid bills and important health insurance was cancelled after a cancer diagnosis.
One might call it a preview of Trumps America.
One might call it a preview of Trumps America.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/no-electricity-and-bouncing-paychecks-what-it-was-like-to-work-for-trump-magazine/
Link to the "extensive tell-all written for Politico" http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/08/donald-trump-magazine-employee-confessional-bankrupt-2016-214155
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No electricity and bouncing paychecks: What it was like to work for Trump Magazine (Original Post)
Native
Aug 2016
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Didn't Rmoney cancel credit cards the night of the election so staffers could not travel home?
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2016
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SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)1. Oh my, not surprised. Please let the media eat this up
TheBlackAdder
(28,225 posts)2. Didn't Rmoney cancel credit cards the night of the election so staffers could not travel home?
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Hey, you've gotta cut off creditors to force them into taking ten cents on the dollar in concessions.
It's a standard tactic of amoral deadbeats.
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Native
(5,943 posts)3. I loved the part where they paid her salary one time with a bag of cash.
TheBlackAdder
(28,225 posts)5. A SWAG Bag of unmarked non-sequential bills?
Native
(5,943 posts)6. That would be too classy. LOL
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)4. "Bubble? What bubble? Real estate tips from Trump University"
Uhh...
Native
(5,943 posts)7. I can't believe it was actually published for more than one year. Who subscribed to that crap?
underpants
(182,925 posts)8. It may just be me but I'm seeing a trend with the covers