[speedracing944]

Back when I was managing a shift of technicians I gave very detailed reviews and allowed the person's team members to do a "peer review" as well. I did the peer review because we all worked very close together as a group and many times the amount of teamwork put forth either made us or broke us. I strived to make our group a very cohesive force and think I accomplished this goal. Our group made so many improvements to the processes beyond what was spelled out in the job. When review time came around people were reviewed honestly. If they were strong in an area I pointed it out. On the other hand if there was something they needed to work on I would point that out as well and did what I could to assist them in their development.

My team was payed accordingly. I never held back a raise if it was deserved and never feared my boss when it came time to justify it.

3 years ago the decision was made to shut down our facility and move production down south to save costs. Our processes were so lean they were unable to duplicate it even though I fully documented the process and spent time setting everything up and training the southern employees. I worked very hard to have everything transfer down there perfectly.

After 2 years they decided to shut down the southern plant and move the production to another in Texas. This was after losing $15 million the first year and $7.5 million the second year. Everybody who made the decision to shut us down lost their jobs.

I still have my past employees call me to see how I am doing and bounce ideas off me. I was truly blessed to have such a good group work for me.

Speedy