On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:08:43 -0600, RogerN wrote:

"Tim Wescott" wrote in message
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On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:13:59 -0600, RogerN wrote:

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And -- if they're such d***wads, why are you still there, or at least
not actively looking for other work? If they're not otherwise perfect,
you should vote with your feet.

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Tim Wescott
Control system and signal processing consulting www.wescottdesign.com


There are the local people that are pretty good people all seem to be
trying to do their job making the company run. Then there is the
corporate dictating how we do things, it seems more like they are trying
to make us unsuccessful, probably in their own ignorance. It's a German
owned company and when we get new manufacturing equipment, they specify
that we have to buy this from the German manufacturer of their choice.
So we get equipment from Germany and many of the parts are only
available from Germany, not even stocked in the USA.

So we end up trying to manufacture ~35,000 tires per day with every
machine pushed near the max. Something breaks and we end up needing
parts that are not in stock because corporate doesn't want to give us
the money to buy spares for the equipment they specify and there is a
6-12 week lead time to get the part from Germany. Basically we (local
company) are in a battle with the corporate trying to keep the place
producing.

There are the "difficult to deal with" that control the company but the
local people I work with every day are also in a battle with the
d***wads to try to keep things going. My other reason for staying is
that sometimes, with overtime, a one week paycheck can be 4X my mortgage
payment, that's pretty good pay for this line of work in this area.

Sounds like the good is outweighing the bad.

Good luck with your discussion with Payroll -- I hope it stays at the
"discussion" level, and doesn't evolve into "battle".

--
Tim Wescott
Control system and signal processing consulting
www.wescottdesign.com