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In reply to the discussion: Iran is inflicting real damage on Israel. Trump says "sometimes they have to fight it out" [View all]DFW
(58,744 posts)My two co-CEOs look out for all employees who put in their best. Nice bonuses for all, some bonuses for the lowest earners even in bad years. One guy a few years ago got mentally ill (religious fanaticism), started trying to convert everyone to fundamentalist Christianity. We fired him, but in recognition for a decade of prior good work, they kept him on the payroll at minimum wage until he found another job so he wouldnt lose his health insurance. When we opened up in Hong Kong, and started attending conferences there, they rotated the low-level staff that were sent from Dallas, so that a maximum of our employees who could normally not afford a week in Hong Kong would be able to make the trip on the company dime, no reduction in pay or vacation time. As might be expected, we have low turnover, and the same CEOs that were there since 1983. One of them who had immense luck with his investments over the years just bought some land in Dallas and gave it to the city for a park in a low income area. He said, Im over 70 now, what am I gonna do with an extra $20 million, anyway?
In 1983, we were maybe 25-30 people. Now we are 900. You dont get there by being a dictator to the people that work for you. I celebrate 50 years (I worked for one of the co-CEOs before the 1983 merger) working there this August. I wouldnt have lasted 50 weeks with a CEO that I couldnt stand.
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