I worked in IT for UPS back in the day. Lining the walls of the building were pictures of charts and graphs of different things they had measured... from sending packages via truck, rail or air based on cost and capacity, making routes with only right turns, to the amount of time the average driver takes to get in and out of the truck. I remember seeing the last one on the wall and wondering how much training they ended up putting into drivers teaching them to get in and out of a truck faster.
On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > I once worked for Rockwell in its heyday before it split into a dozen > parts like Motorola. It was definitely run by the bean counters. Probably > typical of any company that does a lot of government contract work. > > I’m not complaining. A few months ago, I took a one-time $100K > distribution from Boeing for my Rockwell pension (look that word up in the > dictionary, youngsters), and that doesn’t include all the 401K matching > they did when I was a Rockwell employee from 1980-1988. (Oh, and we had > 100% paid insurance and tuition reimbursement.) But Rockwell took a > one-two punch with the cancellation of the B1 bomber and the end of the > cold war. End of the Space Shuttle program didn’t help either. Evidently > my piece of the company ended up going to Boeing. I think Collins Radio > want back to being Collins Radio. Some of the products I worked on are > still sold by Charles Industries. > > > *From:* Chuck McCown <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 05, 2016 11:12 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] New work truck > > There are two types of companies. Those run by the bean counters and > those run by the product subject matter expert(s). I know the type I like > to work for. > > *From:* Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 05, 2016 9:23 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] New work truck > > I thought accountants were supposed to do your bidding, not make trouble. > > There is an old joke about hiring an accountant. Several candidates are > in the waiting room. The first candidate goes in, and the hiring manager > asks “What is 2+2” and he answers “4”. > > Thank you for coming in. Next. > > The second candidate goes in, and is asked “What is 2+2?”. Having seen > the fate of the first candidate, he figures 4 probably was the wrong > answer, so he says “5”. > > Thank you for coming in. Next. > > The third candidate goes in, and is asked “What is 2+2”. He answers “What > would you like it to be?” > > You’re hired. > > > *From:* Sean Heskett <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 05, 2016 9:37 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] New work truck > > Well I probably won't have the accountant write off the snowboard rack > then haha. > > > On Monday, January 4, 2016, Brandon Yuchasz <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Our accountant asked us several different ways last year how much of the >> snowmobile was personal use and how much was work. No matter how we >> answered she didn’t seem to want to accept that it was 100% for work. >> Finally after explaining the location of some towers she got it. I guess >> everyone up here that owns their business must try and write off a >> snowmobile. >> >> >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Brandon Yuchasz >> >> GogebicRange.net >> >> www.gogebicrange.net >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');] *On >> Behalf Of *Josh Luthman >> *Sent:* Monday, January 04, 2016 8:03 PM >> *To:* javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]'); >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] New work truck >> >> >> >> "Work truck" >> >> >> >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 9:02 PM, Sean Heskett < >> javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> wrote: >> >> >> >
