Plant & Facilities Engineering

There are more aspects to business under duress, subby, than are dreamt of in your worldview.

Apologies to Bill S.

Piedmont Airlines does not exist anymore.

On paper US Air and Piedmont were about equal, and Piedmont may well have had advantages.

Still US Air was able to buy and or take over Piedmont.

I myself consider this event a classic example of the Hang-dog or Shark difference between competing companies.

I was extremely sorry I ever went to work for Piedmont.

I'm not kidding, I mean really really sorry I ever worked for that bunch of jerks.

I mean I am really really sorry they liked my resume`.

I mean it was a huge mistake for me to work for Piedmont.

Lost home, lost family, stuff like that. Huge.

Beware of companies that worry about the color of your socks.

I believe USAIRways decisions were made that were risky that help them out.

One of that they bought fuel just to secure prices before fuel took trastic increases.

Some are sound desisions, but only sound if the future unfold a certain way. So is it sound decision, or a calculated risk.

How can you put that in just 2 catagories.

This was meant for the op.

Who asks such retarded questions? I really would like to know.

Actually, I might, due to my interest in sociology and corporate cultures, -to be honest.

Certainly the question struck a nerve with me, for during the play-out of the company I worked for, being taken over by another company, I got fired.

Truly who you do work with, or for, can be just as important, if not more, than work you do.

I respect those who pick a company they like and do all they can to become a part of that company.

Rochester New York is interesting in relation to how a city can be affected by competition between Corporations. The differences between Xerox Corporate Culture, and Kodak Corporate Culture and their affects on the health of the city are text book stories.

I am also very familiar with Winston Salem NC where of came Piedmont, and Rochester where of came Mohawk, which became US Air.

Though I love Howard Hughes and more closely identify with his personality, some of what I base my theories on is more inspired by Pan Am.

In a very real way it was right that The Aviator was made because both Hughes and Tripp were Titans of their era.

All on this site are likely to love Bill Lear for he both found stuff to put to work, and then would invent something to either make it more fun, or just do something else for awhile.

The LearJet is not a fighter, but it is a hell of a fun ride.

The 8 track music player was specifically invented by Lear, (according to what I remember.)- because record players didn't work out in the plane, and so he invented the 8 track, which we laugh at now, but to this day are the same as the CD player in your car.

Now of course the Title of the Blog Thread is extreme as Shark, and Hang Dog are extremes of adjective, and we mostly prefer a balance.

I'd say that when picking a Company to work for or with, go for those in it for the long haul, with a slightly fierce attitude about it all.

I am a very strong fan of US Grant as a General, for even Lee said on hearing Grant had been put in Command of the Union Army, Lee said, "Oh no, he will not stop."

P.S. The point is that Shark, or Hang Dog, is set by upper management, and that you do need in your career to understand. It will have profound influence on the course of your life experience as a professional.

Russell,

I understood your writing, and agree wholeheartedly with your message!

What gets me is the tone of the OP question. I mean, it isn't journalistic, (informative) It isn't seeking a real answer, it has no point, and I find the tone of the question offensive.. but that is just me. more specifically this line "Is your company a shark or a hang dog in the current economy?" perhaps because I feel it is written by Them... I would like to see a person's name in the byline. maybe I can't explain it... we write to people here at CR4. People enjoy contributing because of the connection they have through writing to other people. I feel this type of OP thread to be very disconnected from humanity. It may not be so, and not be the authors intent, but as a communications person, they should realize that is how it comes across. disconnected... This is a subject that could be fraught with emotion for contributors at this time. More than ever, those people would want to be heard... by other people. to have their opinions matter. so connection is more important than ever, on this type of topic.

Chris

True enough I myself do tend to put my moniker on posts, though every now and then for legal reasons, I post anonymously.

Typically it is true that normally on the Forum Blog Initiators do have names.

P.S. As a point of pride in my viewpoint regardless of risk, I did post a very severe bit that could be traced to me. - sort of.