[GreenKeys] Model 28/35 mainshaft doweling procedure

[Bruce Gentry]

This is very similar to my experiences.  I worked for, and loved, 
Midstate Elevator Co. here in Syracuse. The big companies regarded 
anyone who worked there for any time to be tainted and unmanagable. We 
had some service managers who tried to use that against us, but with 
standing invitations and constant job offers from two other companies,  
I was able to ignore a lot of their rants. In the twenty three years I 
worked there I  endured, cursed, and survived seven service managers.  I 
got along well with them when they recognized the priority of safety and 
quality over short term profit, and clashed furiously with them when 
they tried to change from that model. The owners of the company 
supported me fully, but asked me to try to "get along" with mangement 
types so they could keep the  position filled.

      Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY        IUEC Local 62, retired

On 6/28/14 1:15 AM, Larry DeSoto wrote:
> When I was working at Western Electric, management assumed anyone 
> there over 10 years wasn’t hirable by anyone else.  This tended to 
> make them somewhat heavy handed.  Anyway, one of the engineers would 
> spend his vacation time interviewing for other jobs.  He would take 
> acceptance letters and job offers from other companies and post them 
> on the walls of his cube.  Whenever management types came over to 
> harass him, he would lean back in his chair, put his feet on his desk 
> and stare pointedly at the job offers taped to his walls.   This 
> really unnerved lower level management types.  Some of the upper level 
> managers got a laugh out of it but pretty much left him alone.
> Larry – WA5MLH
> *From:* Bruce Gentry <mailto:ka2ivy at verizon.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, June 27, 2014 7:21 PM
> *To:* GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net <mailto:GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [GreenKeys] Model 28/35 mainshaft doweling procedure
>
>
> On 6/27/14 9:33 PM, Don Robert House wrote:
>> Yes,
>> As Teletype repairmen for Bell, we were expected to repair the 
>> machines in less than two hours.
>> Sometimes this was impossible... made worse by AT&T calling to "see 
>> how you are doing.
>       As a 32 year veteran of the elevator business, I would always 
> tell those calling me for a "progress" report that they had just set 
> me back two hours, and if they called me again, it
>       could easily be tomorrow before it was repaired. Saying that to 
> a mangement type at AT&T was probably not survivable.
>>
>> It takes a bit of dexterity and patience.  It also helps to have good
>> lighting and good eyesight.  No phone calls or other distractions 
>> (visit the MENs before starting)
>
>
>     That brings up a question- were there any women  working as 
> Teletype repair people?
>
>
>          Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY
>>
>>
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