The Bodysnatchers: My Dad was a good manager in a company of good managers. They shared the wealth with employees (associates they called them) and every three months buses took everyone in the company to a "Marion on the Move" meeting at an auditorium in downtown Kansas City.
There my Dad and other executives would explain the direction …
The Bodysnatchers: My Dad was a good manager in a company of good managers. They shared the wealth with employees (associates they called them) and every three months buses took everyone in the company to a "Marion on the Move" meeting at an auditorium in downtown Kansas City.
There my Dad and other executives would explain the direction of the company and share information on how the company was doing. Very few secrets were kept away from the associates. The associates were also given stock in the company as part of their pay. All of the associates had skin in the game.
The company was a huge success. The stock price soared. Janitors who kept their stock until the merger became wealthy.
Yes, I admit it was a generalisation, but has become increasingly common over the last 50 years or so. My father (and his father) were also 'good' managers in a small office cleaning business and were absolutely respected by all of their probably hundreds of employees over the years. His focus was always on the employees welfare and I remember him getting numerous gifts of home-made wine and other produce from employees every christmas. When my grandfather was in charge, an employee - due to having no surviving relatives - actually left his house to him when he died for helping him out pro bono with his taxes over the years (he was an accountant by training). Sadly, this now seems to be the exception.
The Bodysnatchers: My Dad was a good manager in a company of good managers. They shared the wealth with employees (associates they called them) and every three months buses took everyone in the company to a "Marion on the Move" meeting at an auditorium in downtown Kansas City.
There my Dad and other executives would explain the direction of the company and share information on how the company was doing. Very few secrets were kept away from the associates. The associates were also given stock in the company as part of their pay. All of the associates had skin in the game.
The company was a huge success. The stock price soared. Janitors who kept their stock until the merger became wealthy.
Yes, I admit it was a generalisation, but has become increasingly common over the last 50 years or so. My father (and his father) were also 'good' managers in a small office cleaning business and were absolutely respected by all of their probably hundreds of employees over the years. His focus was always on the employees welfare and I remember him getting numerous gifts of home-made wine and other produce from employees every christmas. When my grandfather was in charge, an employee - due to having no surviving relatives - actually left his house to him when he died for helping him out pro bono with his taxes over the years (he was an accountant by training). Sadly, this now seems to be the exception.