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What came first, disgruntled hourly’s or management?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sammie" data-source="post: 497297" data-attributes="member: 8657"><p><em><span style="color: darkgreen">King,</span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="color: darkgreen">I started there in the mid 70's and left in 2005, a few months shy of 30</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: darkgreen">years. As the company grew, it became more impersonal. And it has a</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: darkgreen">culture unique unto itself. After working for the govt. and a family owned</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: darkgreen">business, I was always amazed at the dissention within Brown. Even tho it takes the sum of all parts to get a job done, anything that went wrong</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: darkgreen">resulted in the package centers who blamed the hub who blamed feeders who blamed I.E. who blamed the airport. Crazy. </span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="color: darkgreen">And as far as being a happy/ unhappy employee? With a few mgmt exceptions along the way who had the common sense not to, Brown rules with an iron fist. That is how they feel they can get the work out of you. But I've got some news. That only worked in the days of slave labor. We're in the service industry, folks. Content employees + satisfied customers = Financial Performance. Happy drivers/sales people who feel good when they come to work and go face to face with hundreds of daily customers, having millions of happy conversations that lead to thousands of happy sales. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/fan.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":fan:" title="Fan :fan:" data-shortname=":fan:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/fan.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":fan:" title="Fan :fan:" data-shortname=":fan:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/fan.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":fan:" title="Fan :fan:" data-shortname=":fan:" /></span></em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><span style="color: darkgreen">Now how do we feel about the company again? Sorry I asked. Tell me one more time how to answer all those questions on the ERI. </span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="color: darkgreen">Unlike state govt, where mgmt is tested every year to see if they</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: darkgreen">have kept up with information and can therefore do the work</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: darkgreen">(or face a demotion or dismissal), inept mgrs do not come with expiration dates stamped on their heads. They remain irregardless. </span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="color: darkgreen">Another big problem is Corporate Governance (which happened when we went public in 1999 and what Jim Casey wanted to avoid. He went public in 1929 but bought all the stock back in 1933). </span></em><em><span style="color: darkgreen">Going public gave us extra cash, but we've become so anal about profits. We have to be. We've got shareholders to answer to and our finances are public record. How efficiently a pkg can be delivered affects profits so run your ***** off. Rising overhead costs hurt earnings so bring your own TP to work and proudly wear that Made In China uniform. </span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="color: darkgreen">Hey, you asked!!!!!!!!!!</span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sammie, post: 497297, member: 8657"] [I][COLOR=darkgreen]King,[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=darkgreen]I started there in the mid 70's and left in 2005, a few months shy of 30[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=darkgreen]years. As the company grew, it became more impersonal. And it has a[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=darkgreen]culture unique unto itself. After working for the govt. and a family owned[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=darkgreen]business, I was always amazed at the dissention within Brown. Even tho it takes the sum of all parts to get a job done, anything that went wrong[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=darkgreen]resulted in the package centers who blamed the hub who blamed feeders who blamed I.E. who blamed the airport. Crazy. [/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=darkgreen]And as far as being a happy/ unhappy employee? With a few mgmt exceptions along the way who had the common sense not to, Brown rules with an iron fist. That is how they feel they can get the work out of you. But I've got some news. That only worked in the days of slave labor. We're in the service industry, folks. Content employees + satisfied customers = Financial Performance. Happy drivers/sales people who feel good when they come to work and go face to face with hundreds of daily customers, having millions of happy conversations that lead to thousands of happy sales. :fan::fan::fan:[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=darkgreen]Now how do we feel about the company again? Sorry I asked. Tell me one more time how to answer all those questions on the ERI. [/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=darkgreen]Unlike state govt, where mgmt is tested every year to see if they[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=darkgreen]have kept up with information and can therefore do the work[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=darkgreen](or face a demotion or dismissal), inept mgrs do not come with expiration dates stamped on their heads. They remain irregardless. [/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=darkgreen]Another big problem is Corporate Governance (which happened when we went public in 1999 and what Jim Casey wanted to avoid. He went public in 1929 but bought all the stock back in 1933). [/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=darkgreen]Going public gave us extra cash, but we've become so anal about profits. We have to be. We've got shareholders to answer to and our finances are public record. How efficiently a pkg can be delivered affects profits so run your ***** off. Rising overhead costs hurt earnings so bring your own TP to work and proudly wear that Made In China uniform. [/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=darkgreen]Hey, you asked!!!!!!!!!![/COLOR][/I] [/QUOTE]
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