Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun said:
A friend of mine worked at a place that rewarded their employees with
$50 for submitting a suggestion that saved the company money. That's
the way it should be, some reward for improving the company. Your story
above makes one wonder why you would still be working for them after
they threatened to fire you. If I were you, I would have been looking
for another job, since it's doubtful they would remain in business with
that attitude.
Unfortunately, it's these true stories, sadly, that give so much meaning
to the Dilbert cartoons, with thier PHBs.
Cincinnati Electronics had a program like that. I wrote an improved
test method and was informed that the test procedures were NATO approved
and couldn't be changed. A month later my boss got a $5000 dollar bonus
for my idea, and I was fired a couple weeks later so I couldn't say
anything about it.
Of course, he was a real "Company man" The engine in my truck blew on
the way to work in Cincinnati on I-75. It took me an hour and a half to
walk the rest of the way, and I was 15 minutes late, after wading
through snow drifts to my waist. It was around zero Fharenhit outside
and I was soaking wet and exhausted while he called everyone in the
dept. together to read me the riot act for being late, even though other
companies were shutting down because of the bad weather. He was yelling
that i should have climbed one of the snow fences and slide down to the
road below to call them and tell them that I would be late. What an
ass! When he said that were were going to go see HIS boss I laughed and
told him I insisted, because I couldn't wait to report his conduct.
Because of the severe weather I caught a sever case of the flu and was
unconscious for five days I lost over 20 pounds and couldn't walk for
months. One of my co workers managed to wake me for a couple minutes
the first day and I asked him to tell them i was sick, because my phone
was out. They fired me because I didn't report it personally. They
sent Western Union with a telegram to inform me that I was fired,
because my phone was still out, yet they still insisted that I should
have called them on the same phone, or walked a couple miles to the
nearest pay phone. The fact that my truck never ran again was beside
the point.
BTW a couple months before that I called a local country music radio
station from my RF screened room to request they play "Take this job and
shove it" and dedicate it to the second shift at CE. I dialed the PA
system as they started the intro and laid the radio on the mouthpiece.
The dedication went out, followed by a loud cheer all the way through
the half mile long production floor. The phone's extension number, if
that check, belonged to my boss. ;-)
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Link to my "Computers for disabled Veterans" project website deleted
after threats were telephoned to my church.
Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
