The Weirdly Wonderful Seneca Wallace Small Talk Chit Chat Talkin' Topics Thread

[Boo]

Originally Posted by BostonNut

Boo is very incredible.

Agreed

[Boo]

Originally Posted by hairysasquatch

Geez, even I'm able to have a reasonably civil conversation with Moldy and here you come in and dump all over the guy.

I think you are looking for the JBLRDrLadZy thread.

[Boo]

Cloudy again today, maybe some showers.

High 65

[JosieD]

Originally Posted by Boo

I think you are looking for the JBLRDrLadZy thread.

I thought that thread was deleted.

[oldgoldy97]

Originally Posted by hairysasquatch

Will you catch on with the new ownership?

I would think I would. Everyone who comes here from other companies sees the same problems I see. It’s the employees who have only worked here (ever) who have the COO’s ear which leads to a lack of positive change.

I’ll put it this way: we’ve had a plant trainer for over a year. We have no training program. He had just been tasked this past week with putting something together.

We now have two Quality Improvement managers. One has been here 17 years. He recently told me he doesn’t like coming on the floor anymore because problems he’s been trying to solve for years still persist. The other manager is new and immediately started using the items I reviewed with him as points to focus on.

They are owned now by a private equity group. Their only concern is improving profitability so that they can attract a new owner. The end of 2026 will mark five full years of their ownership.

About 8 months ago, an employee had the strong smell of alcohol. We had no GM at that time, i reported to the COO. One person in management refused to be a second opinion before I escalated the situation. The lead she worked with (not my report) said he didn’t notice anything. They are friends outside of work. A quality assurance employee was the only one who would confirm the employee seemed off. The COO finally agreed to meet with her. His first phrase to her was “you smell like a brewery”.

[corndog]

Happy squirrel.

[hairysasquatch]

Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

I would think I would. Everyone who comes here from other companies sees the same problems I see. It’s the employees who have only worked here (ever) who have the COO’s ear which leads to a lack of positive change.

I’ll put it this way: we’ve had a plant trainer for over a year. We have no training program. He had just been tasked this past week with putting something together.

We now have two Quality Improvement managers. One has been here 17 years. He recently told me he doesn’t like coming on the floor anymore because problems he’s been trying to solve for years still persist. The other manager is new and immediately started using the items I reviewed with him as points to focus on.

They are owned now by a private equity group. Their only concern is improving profitability so that they can attract a new owner. The end of 2026 will mark five full years of their ownership.

About 8 months ago, an employee had the strong smell of alcohol. We had no GM at that time, i reported to the COO. One person in management refused to be a second opinion before I escalated the situation. The lead she worked with (not my report) said he didn’t notice anything. They are friends outside of work. A quality assurance employee was the only one who would confirm the employee seemed off. The COO finally agreed to meet with her. His first phrase to her was “you smell like a brewery”.

This is fascinating - it reads like a case study out my old Industrial/Organization Psychology textbook - I almost went into that as a line of work: my professor at the time did consulting on the side and would study dysfunctional companies and offer suggestions on how to make things profitable with reforms/incentives to employees. My favorite case study was one called "Luddites in Lordstown" where workers at an Ohio assembly plant were sabotaging production to prevent mechanization (and job loss) - they would do things like put an empty Coke bottle deep inside the body or exhaust system of a car (with notes saying things like "aha - you found me!") that would not interfere with it running but would clank around and create concern for the driver.

But I'm not sure that the extent of my training would prepare me to deal with the private equity "buy-and-flip strategy" of management.

[glen87]

Boo Sux

[corndog]

Originally Posted by glen87

Boo Sux

[oldgoldy97]

Originally Posted by hairysasquatch

This is fascinating - it reads like a case study out my old Industrial/Organization Psychology textbook - I almost went into that as a line of work: my professor at the time did consulting on the side and would study dysfunctional companies and offer suggestions on how to make things profitable with reforms/incentives to employees. My favorite case study was one called "Luddites in Lordstown" where workers at an Ohio assembly plant were sabotaging production to prevent mechanization (and job loss) - they would do things like put an empty Coke bottle deep inside the body or exhaust system of a car (with notes saying things like "aha - you found me!") that would not interfere with it running but would clank around and create concern for the driver.

But I'm not sure that the extent of my training would prepare me to deal with the private equity "buy-and-flip strategy" of management.

I have people who think others are mildly sabotaging things to ensure they can work overtime. A machine will run great on one shift. The next shift comes in and it can’t do anything. I was standing near an employee I suspect of doing this on the other shift. I was talking to a technician about something else and I noticed her look back at us repeatedly. So I decided to watch her. She would place herself between me and the controls so I couldn’t see. I didn’t know what she was doing. Happens that one of my leads saw her from the other direction and he said she was changing settings. She left and we couldn’t get even half of her total done that day. She works every second of OT available.

If I accuse her of playing games, the COO would most likely say I’m not a team player.

[hairysasquatch]

Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

I have people who think others are mildly sabotaging things to ensure they can work overtime. A machine will run great on one shift. The next shift comes in and it can’t do anything. I was standing near an employee I suspect of doing this on the other shift. I was talking to a technician about something else and I noticed her look back at us repeatedly. So I decided to watch her. She would place herself between me and the controls so I couldn’t see. I didn’t know what she was doing. Happens that one of my leads saw her from the other direction and he said she was changing settings. She left and we couldn’t get even half of her total done that day. She works every second of OT available.

If I accuse her of playing games, the COO would most likely say I’m not a team player.

Would love to see this workplace. Sounds like never-ending fun!

[Boo]

Glen, help your boy again.

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1612839

[glen87]

Originally Posted by Boo

Glen, help your boy again.

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1612839

[corndog]

Giddy-up people!

Crack that whip today!

Assert yourself!

Be somebody!

Make headway!

Push forward towards the goal!
Fire Glen!
Smile!

Blessings to all!

[JosieD]

Good morning, everyone. Today is Monday June 16th.

[hairysasquatch]

Originally Posted by corndog

Giddy-up people!

Crack that whip today!

Assert yourself!

Be somebody!

Make headway!

Push forward towards the goal!
Fire Glen!
Smile!

Blessings to all!

LFGOOO!

[Boo]

Originally Posted by corndog

Giddy-up people!

Crack that whip today!

Assert yourself!

Be somebody!

Make headway!

Push forward towards the goal!
Fire Glen!
Smile!

Blessings to all!

What should moldy do, he has no power?

[Boo]

Originally Posted by hairysasquatch

LFGOOO!

Reported for abbreviating swear words.

[hairysasquatch]

Originally Posted by Boo

Reported for abbreviating swear words.

Found poop in your cornflakes again, eh?

[Boo]

Originally Posted by hairysasquatch

Found poop in your cornflakes again, eh?

Who the heck eats cornflakes?

I've received vacations for abbreviating things before, but that was when the three stupidges were around.

[Whodatiz]

What are you talking about? You’re still here.

[Boo]

Hey Bnut, I saw the CEO of the PGA tour or US Open do his speech yesterday at the awards ceremony. He said he now knew what a "yinzer" is since the US Open was near Pittsburgh.

[BostonNut]

Originally Posted by Whodatiz

What are you talking about? You’re still here.

[corndog]

Originally Posted by Boo

Who the heck eats cornflakes?

I've received vacations for abbreviating things before, but that was when the three stupidges were around.

reported

[Boo]

Originally Posted by corndog

reported

Well they did always try to make friends with you, that just shows that they weren't smart.