"Ron Cohen" wrote in message
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Mike H,
How long ago with Big Blue? Did you quit or retire? I retired from them in
98 after taking the bridge they offered starting is 92. I'm disappointed
in how they treat the retirees. They turned their back on us and failed to
deliver on all the promises made over the years about our benefits.
Remember the old saying "How can you tell when your manager is lying to
you? Answer: His lips are moving."
--
Ron Cohen


Yo Ron

I quit at the end of 2001.. I was sick of the lies, false promises, cover
ups, management ineptitude.. it seemed to me that the less somebody knew
about anything, the better the chance of promotion.. they didn't want guys
who could fix stuff.. they wanted people who would always say yes to every
half-assed demand made..

We were asked to fix stuff but not allowed to order the parts at times
without written consent of some dummy of a manager.. how the hell can you
make sure that customers are not lost through bad service if your hands are
tied?.. they had enough money to pay out for a cdn$70000 table for Lou to
sit at for half a day, but told me that the budget didn't allow for parts..
they constantly moved departments around, spending untold $$$$, and for
what?.. just to move it all back again the way it was because some dumbass
hadn't thought it out properly.. and still we couldn't get parts..

The best part is that we were sent in to jobs that obviously weren't going
to work out.. Sales people selling companies stuff that just wasn't suitable
for the purpose, and if we couldn't do anything with it, they blamed us.. I
was threatened with being fired on more than one occasion for going above
and beyond to save an account that was going to drop IBM.. only do the
absolute minimum, I was told.. nuts to that..

I worked my heart out for that company, putting up with the crap daily and
just smiling through it.. my last day there, I walked up past security and
one of the dumbass managers asked me for my security badge.. I wanted to
tell him so bad where to put it, but refrained.. I chose to rise above it..

Over the time there, I worked with a few good guys, but we all had
misgivings about company ethics.. one of them decided he would rather be a
scarecrow in a field someplace than continue with what he was doing.. maybe
it's just a sign of the times..

And yes, I remember that saying well.. so true, eh

Mike