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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy
Saw parts of this post elsewhere. Though the operations staff is unionized, there is a possibility of a union perspective, wanting to oust the current CEO, or at least want to make a case for mgmt change or a union bargaining position at the next contract renewal.
My only comment is that my undergraduate is in operations, and i worked in operations for 8 years prior to going "corporate". Over 30 years in corporate, its obvious who has a worked the front lines and understands operations and who has accounting skills, and just looks at numbers. ..
At my current employer, they have hundreds of corporate conceptual theory goals PowerPoints, and zero actual execution improvements, and so our comprehensive reporting systems are literally non existent, meaning 10 years old, very similar to the SWA comprehensive scheduling system. . .
I feel the operations pain, and the corporate grift is very high these days. . .
future former finance guy
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"...there is a possibility of a union perspective wanting to oust the current CEO, or at least want to make a case for mgmt change or a union bargaining position at the next contract renewal."
If you read it again, the person writing it is happy with the current CEO and is claiming that the previous one, who had no operational experience, is the one who only looked at the immediate financial bottom line and not operations overall.
Having spent 45+ years working my way up, from the very bottom in a tough industry, I have been on both sides of the CBA table, as well as a union rep and eventual Vice President - so I have truly seen it from all sides.
I totally agree that the best leaders are those that have been on the "front lines," have done a plethora of the positions in the company and spend the time/effort/budgeting to try and make the employees safer, more productive AND appreciated.