"Ned Simmons" wrote in message
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On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:25:59 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
wrote:

Tom Gardner wrote:
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As he's been working, he's been organizing the tooling, fixturing and
materials
to a much more professional degree. His presence has also spurred the
rest of
my engineering staff to a higher level of accomplishment. ...

Look out, he's on his way to taking over. As he becomes more & more
useful, he becomes more & more central to your operation, and you become
more & more dependent upon him. First he'll want raises, then
promotions, then ownership portion. Sooner or later it will be his and
you'll be wondering what the hell happened. VBG

You've just described every small business owner's fondest wish -- an
employee with enough ability and interest in the business to take it
over some day.

--
Ned Simmons

BINGO!