Re: Chairman Lee

From: Tom Byrne (kerib@ptd.net)
Date: Sat Feb 09 2008 - 10:29:19 EST


Saved the company though.
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From: "Azie L. Magnusson" <maggie11@mchsi.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 6:36 PM
Subject: DML: Chairman Lee

>
> Jon writes: >> I recently finished reading a book written
> by a former Chrysler engineer, and in it he mentions that Lee was
> basically treated like royalty. You did not speak to him (avert your
> eyes!), and whenever he visited a plant, they would basically cordon
> off the hallways where he would be walking; bizzare stuff. I don't
> know if any of that was exaggerated, but that is what he wrote. <<
>
> I don't know about any of the Vehicle Assy plants, but he visited
> the Huntsville Electronics Plant only 2ce. Both times he was
> treated just as you say... We were forbidden to even speak to
> him for fear of being fired for some obscure reason or another.
>
> Local upper management was scared to death of him...
>
> I've learned.... That one should keep his
> words both soft and tender, because
> tomorrow he may have to eat them.
>
> Azie
>
>
>



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