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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 672478" data-attributes="member: 1940"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Back in the humble beginnings of the BrownCafe (1999) I was a management person working at UPS. I must say that initially I was concerned with how upper management and others might react to the BrownCafe. Although UPS stock had just gone public the culture was still strong and a website exposing some of that culture seemed like a wild card to me. However, the BrownCafe caught on fast. It was no secret who I was and that Cheryl, the creator of BrownCafe, was my wife. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">These initial concerns were soon put to rest as people started asking me about the BrownCafe in a friendly and positive way. The TSG manager in our district would often chat with me about it. The Region offices were only a couple of miles away from the building I worked in and our building would receive visits from them all the time. On more than one occasion a group from the region TSG staff would approach me with accolades about the site and tell me how some of them were members that had conversations with Cheryl by email. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Our district offices were in our building as well and when I was up there I frequently saw the BrownCafe up on various computer monitors and also on the district I.E. manager’s computer. We actually talked about how he liked to look at it every morning to get an update on things. When I went in to visit our district manager to get my MIP he would ask me how the BrownCafe and Cheryl were doing and we would talk about it. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Even in the young stages of the BrownCafe you could tell that people from corporate on down were curious about it. It was an outside, non UPS sponsored website that was not influenced or controlled by Corporate. I remember being at a management report back meeting in those early days where part of a presentation included recommending the BrownCafe as a reference point and source of information. Also at that time we had what we called Town hall meetings where our division’s, drivers, management and district staff would share new things about the company, the direction, concerns, ect. Spouses were encouraged to come to those meetings so Cheryl came to a couple of them with me. There were always a few people that would come up to her with questions or comments about the BrownCafe.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">This all took place in the early 2000’s. I left the company early in December, 2003, after working for UPS for over 26 years. My identity was always known and no one ever said anything negative to me about this website… </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">CYA... Staying anonymous is probably the best idea for regular members that are currently employed by UPS. Cheryl really didn't give me a choice!!<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" /></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 672478, member: 1940"] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]Back in the humble beginnings of the BrownCafe (1999) I was a management person working at UPS. I must say that initially I was concerned with how upper management and others might react to the BrownCafe. Although UPS stock had just gone public the culture was still strong and a website exposing some of that culture seemed like a wild card to me. However, the BrownCafe caught on fast. It was no secret who I was and that Cheryl, the creator of BrownCafe, was my wife. [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]These initial concerns were soon put to rest as people started asking me about the BrownCafe in a friendly and positive way. The TSG manager in our district would often chat with me about it. The Region offices were only a couple of miles away from the building I worked in and our building would receive visits from them all the time. On more than one occasion a group from the region TSG staff would approach me with accolades about the site and tell me how some of them were members that had conversations with Cheryl by email. [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]Our district offices were in our building as well and when I was up there I frequently saw the BrownCafe up on various computer monitors and also on the district I.E. manager’s computer. We actually talked about how he liked to look at it every morning to get an update on things. When I went in to visit our district manager to get my MIP he would ask me how the BrownCafe and Cheryl were doing and we would talk about it. [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]Even in the young stages of the BrownCafe you could tell that people from corporate on down were curious about it. It was an outside, non UPS sponsored website that was not influenced or controlled by Corporate. I remember being at a management report back meeting in those early days where part of a presentation included recommending the BrownCafe as a reference point and source of information. Also at that time we had what we called Town hall meetings where our division’s, drivers, management and district staff would share new things about the company, the direction, concerns, ect. Spouses were encouraged to come to those meetings so Cheryl came to a couple of them with me. There were always a few people that would come up to her with questions or comments about the BrownCafe.[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]This all took place in the early 2000’s. I left the company early in December, 2003, after working for UPS for over 26 years. My identity was always known and no one ever said anything negative to me about this website… [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]CYA... Staying anonymous is probably the best idea for regular members that are currently employed by UPS. Cheryl really didn't give me a choice!!:wink2:[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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