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Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee

Unfortunately, I had to be present at several "layoff" meetings. At one there was an older man in an overall, quiet and kind of gentle man. The "Advisor" at this meeting asked him what he did - "I take care of all the machines in the machine shop. I oil them, I repair them, I keep them running." "How long have you done this?. "Oh about 30 years." "How do you manage to keep the machines current?" "Oh, I have a little book with all the information in it." She asked if she could see the book, she flipped through the pages of this small spiral bound note pad and handed it back to him. "Go home and burn this, they don't deserve you. There is no one else who will come in here and care for their machinery the way you have."

Nice post that reminds me of the old joke.

A man was laid-off from his job and several co-workers were lamenting his plight. One man stated stated, "poor John, he put in 40 good years with the company".

Another man overheard the comment and said, "John had one good year and repeated 39 times".

I remember when corporations were cutting back on staff so much, they stopped R&D work. Several years later, they found out they lost significant income, because of this decision.

I worked for several corporations who had bean counters, instead of human beings for a CEO. Everything for the almighty bottom line. No people skills.