It was exactly 15 years ago this week that my boss Wally called me into his office and fired me. It had been two years of “Perry is a sales guy just waiting to happen.” Wally waited. And waited. And waited. Eventually push came to shove. Two days later a company I’d interviewed at, hired me, and I managed to … Read More
Breakfast Club at the Factory of Dysfunctions
One summer, the company lost a major project from Ford, immediately slashing revenue by tens of millions of dollars. I got spit out in the first inevitable layoff.
Then months later, another layoff… a plant closes, then another… the rounds of layoffs were like cutting your leg off an inch at a time.
Three years later, the whole thing collapsed and the Original Equipment division shut down.
Now here’s what’s interesting, the thing I wanna zero in on today: