In the early nineties I was recruited by a high technology manufacturing firm to help relocate their operations from Southern California to their new home in Southern Oregon. The owner of the company had a young son that was approaching school age and he and his wife didn’t want the child growing up in an environment they believed was deteriorating due to population growth, gang violence, and the high cost of living. I was involved in the setup of manufacturing equipment and inventory on the Oregon side, and after a couple of weeks we were in a position where the company could begin production and start fulfilling order commitments. The position I held was temporary and upon completion of the move I expected I would make my departure, …show more content…
I was given more responsibilities to include company travel to purchase new equipment, the training of new employees, and the development of new materials for organizations such as Boeing, NASA and JPL. The company was small and close knit and we all knew each other’s family members. The owner of the company was very generous and we all received handsome Christmas bonuses dependent on company performance. It also wasn’t uncommon to open your pay envelope during the year to find an additional bonus check.
During the holidays my wife and I would attend 5-6 holiday social functions. I remember at one of these functions explaining to a guest who worked for the Harry and David Corporation that I worked for a small company. She told me that that could be a good thing or a bad thing. I assured her it was a good thing, and I remember thinking at the time, how could it be a bad thing? I didn’t have too long to wait before I would be presented with an example.
The owner of the company’s son was getting older and he was very involved in his son’s activities. He truly was a wonderful father. He also began to spend more and more time developing a vineyard on his property and became involved in a lengthy litigation over an easement on this property which took its toll on his health which culminated in a cardiac event in his early 50’s. The owner recovered and via some small lifestyle changes was expected to live to full life
In this employment vignette, two best friend (BFF) name Steve Addington and Jason Keller, who were acquainted with each other since high school, start creating a business together before Steve became a professional racer. After becoming a NASCAR driver, Steve hired Jason to be NASCAR crew chief. Jason gave his all and he was determined, hard-working, and professional chief crew. However, do to the response from the Sponsors of the Nascar’s Car Team performance, Steve fired Jason without any reason relating to his work ethics.
During the summer after ninth grade, I worked at my father’s company, AAE, located in Livonia. There I took leadership in starting a new project. In 2011, my father’s business received 8A certification. Which is given to a select few small businesses certifying them to receive and complete government contracts. In summer of 2015, the company received the largest order it had ever seen. It was a 3-year contract for 5 million lanyards. My father had the choice to sub-contract the order to another company, but this would result in decreased profit. I encouraged my father to complete the order in house because this would nearly double profit. While my father and other employees completed the technical and procedural
Facts: Based on the facts presented, the family was vacationing at the Wildhorn Ranch during August of 1986. William and Jared Geringer was involved in a paddle boating accident that the resort offered as an amenity, that resulted in the death of William and Jared Geringer. The facts in the case focused on the duties of the owners, the involvement each defendant had in the operations of the ranch and if their actions resulted in negligence. The courts focused on the maintenance and conditions of paddleboats used at the resort. In this case it was determined that the defendant Les Bretzke was the independent contractor that was responsible for the construction and repairs of items throughout Wildhorn Ranch which included the paddleboats used by William and Jerad Granger.
I graduated high school back in 1994. I was engaged to be married in just two years, and even though I joined the Pennsylvania Air National Guard right after graduation it was only one weekend a month and two weeks out of the year. So I needed a full-time job. A friend of the family knew a guy who was opening a second store, and was going to need a store manager. I took the job and got started. What I didn’t know was the guy I was just hired to work for was a little confused as to what he wanted. I hung onto the job for a little over a year hoping it would turn around but, no dice.
The intended audience for this piece of writing is struggling entrepreneurs. These employers or owners can belong to either big business or
against his will for nearly 15 years for “care, maintenance and treatment” based on the diagnosis
In some companies who are not highly set in their ways this can lead to necessary changes being made in those companies. For others who are set in their ways may give a the case a positive vote.(Book)
Acquiring a job, whether it be in a doctor’s office or a fast-food restaurant, can transform a person. Jobs tend to educate employees, both about themselves and life in general, either indirectly or directly. In Climbing the Golden Arches, nineteen year-old Marissa Nuñez discusses the work ethics she gained while being employed at her McDonalds. Within her essay, Nuñez mentioned how she faced both pleasant and unpleasant circumstances at her work, all which prepared her for her future career. As an individual who worked at McDonald’s, Nuñez learned how to fulfill her role of being an employee by becoming an expert at all the placed stations, dealing with the various types of customers she encountered on a daily basis, and by acting as an efficient team member. When Marissa Nuñez, who was a high schooler at the time, first applied for this job at McDonald’s, she probably did not apply with the intent of becoming a more responsible and efficient individual. However, as time went on and she utilized the skills she obtained from working long and hard at McDonald’s, Marissa Nuñez found herself transitioning from a high school student to a
I was making a lot more money on the floor then at the front registers, especially with the commission checks rolling in on special orders. I was making a solid figure and decided to take a road trip with two of my best friends, however the road trip ended up going for about 4 weeks. I only had enough vacation for 2 weeks, but we didn’t want to return, so I decided to call out, but that only lasted so long. Upon my return, I was let go from my job, since I failed to abide to the company’s attendance policy. I was unemployed for about 2 months, when I was referred to Best Western International Corporate office. During my unemployment period, I felt miserable and was extremely disappointed in my decision. I didn’t want my family to find out, so I would go out and hang out at my friend’s place and return after an 8-hour shift. I was hired on to Best Western in 2008, where I was a reservations agent taking inbound calls for hotel reservations. I quickly moved around departments getting crossed trained in a number of different fields, which included Rewards and Customer Service and worked on the Language team helping Spanish callers. I then became promoted to a Lead and Customer Care Fulfillment
A service company that was contracted by Air Jamaica to handle baggage and cargo for the airline, the owners of this company were transactional, they didn’t believe in empowering workers, as a matter of fact they made it quite clear that it as there way or the high way, and they would regularly fire whole shifts and teams of workers, to get rid of one trouble maker, the message became clearly emblazoned in my mind do not rock the boat, don’t speak out in meetings especially when they ask for your opinion.
As stated above, in this case the form of business organization used by the deceased father is a sole proprietorship. A sole proprietor is someone who owns an unincorporated business by himself or herself (Sole Proprietorship, 2015). This form of business organization is a business in which one person is in control of the management and profits. A sole proprietorship has its disadvantages and advantages. With sole proprietorship, you
Macy's paid me better than my other job even though I was a seasonal cashier. I think I valued this job more than any other. When I opened an account and was it approved, or not I got rewarded for that which at my previous job that was not even a chance. I also like how co-workers treated me. I was family to them and that meant a lot. The pay may have been a few dollars more, but I sure appreciated the way I was treated it was worth the pay.
Another example of the company, and therefore business world, being rightfully portrayed in a negative light was when an assumed employee from PG&E actually calls to threaten the safety of Erin and her children. Erin is threatened by this person because PG&E know that she has valuable information that could prove their fault in the health issues of Hinckley community members. Clearly, this act portrays the business world in a damaging way, and I believe we would all hope that our companies would never act in a way to threaten an innocent mother and her family.
There were many pros of this job, the prominent ones being the learning inside and outside of the lab, the exceedingly supportive environment, and the independence and responsibility I was given while working there. I began learning about AST and the work they do even before I arrived in Seattle. I was assigned some preliminary research regarding not only the company, but the key terms and the history behind the science going on
This case study begins with Paul Kennedy on a slow morning commute in Cleveland. During his drive, he’s worried about his wife and family, his boss, his associate, a stranger in a nearby vehicle, and even about the state of the Cleveland Browns. He is also excited about his plans to expand Daner Associates into the European market and his impending promotion to CEO. But when Paul meets with his boss, Larry, that afternoon, he discovers that he has been misreading signals. Larry is actually considering Paul for the number two role in the company and considering promoting another Daner executive, George, into the CEO position.