Popular Post Further Posted August 15, 2020 Popular Post Share #1 Posted August 15, 2020 Too lazy to track down the thread But I am working under a new 3 year contract 200 and some for and 122 misguided individuals 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #2 Posted August 15, 2020 Glad it worked oot for you! Very cool! Are you Mott? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #3 Posted August 15, 2020 The Forge was sold to a company that is going to close it down. They got a good contract, a lot of good it’s going to do them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #4 Posted August 15, 2020 29 minutes ago, Longjohn said: The Forge was sold to a company that is going to close it down. They got a good contract, a lot of good it’s going to do them. Why did they buy it if they are going to close it down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc2000 Posted August 15, 2020 Share #5 Posted August 15, 2020 37 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: Why did they buy it if they are going to close it down? Eliminate the competition. It is the Microsoft way. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #6 Posted August 15, 2020 45 minutes ago, jdc2000 said: Eliminate the competition. It is the Microsoft way. And Oracle and Cisco and Amazon and ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted August 15, 2020 Share #7 Posted August 15, 2020 Yay, I like the fact that you got a contract and you are good for a while yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #8 Posted August 15, 2020 7 hours ago, Philander Seabury said: Why did they buy it if they are going to close it down? They want the contracts, tooling, equipment. Move stuff to Wisconsin where their other forge shops are. I don’t know if they will actually move presses. It cost millions to move press lines and set them up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share #9 Posted August 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Longjohn said: They want the contracts, tooling, equipment. Move stuff to Wisconsin where their other forge shops are. I don’t know if they will actually move presses. It cost millions to move press lines and set them up. Corporations do not value their people, they get rid of the experience people because they cost more and then wonder why things don’t work right So they institute a new program with another form to fill out, cause paperwork will fix everything 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #10 Posted August 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Further said: Corporations do not value their people, they get rid of the experience people because they cost more and then wonder why things don’t work right So they institute a new program with another form to fill out, cause paperwork will fix everything I actually felt valued when I worked there. They even seemed to value my opinions. There were other opinions coming from foundry management. They were really clueless about how to run a forge shop. They came up with a few things that seemed to work ok but so many blunders, the writing was on the wall before I retired. I’m surprised they lasted this long without competent management. When they bought the forge shop many years ago they wisely decided to leave our management in place. We were making money while the foundry business was struggling. Eventually our CEO wanted to retire and go fishing and spend time with his grandkids. They made the decision rather than move someone up to take his place they would bring in their own management. That began a downward spiral. They spent millions of dollars on stupid stuff and promoted all kinds of stupid plans. They kept expanding the size of management with more clueless people. It was a shame because it was actually a pretty nice place to work when they bought it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #11 Posted August 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Longjohn said: It was a shame because it was actually a pretty nice place to work when they bought it. Something that northwestern PA really needs too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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