The AIG Boondoggle, a Missed Opportunity?

Are we really surprised? Yes, the company had the reward meeting booked in advance. If you ever were in charge of a corporate function or any type of meeting, these events are not executed overnight while working with the hotel staff. On that subject, the hotel would have worked with AIG in rebooking the meeting, especially given the circumstance. The worst case scenario, AIG would have lost a deposit. AIG may have lost a deposit. Their bigger loss was a strategic move where they could have utilized the cancellation as a positive PR move making the cancellation made public. The opportunity was presented to display their humbleness, appreciation and concern to the taxpayers that they are the right company to lend a hand to in this situation. “We are in this mess, but we are the best company to trust with your precious loan money you worked hard for.”

What a great, trusting confidence builder we as taxpayers could have had from AIG.

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