Some Skybus employees continued to help travelers
My husband is a pilot for a charter company. We have been discussing the Skybus situation. We had a couple of friends who are now jobless because of Skybus going bankrupt. I have to say that these people were shocked by their immediate termination. One is a desperate pilot searching for a way to support his family. Another is a human resources employee who worked for no pay at one point to get people booked on other flights.
Both of our friends were gracious in their speech about their lack of provision from Skybus and the way Skybus handled the immediate termination. Skybus did have some devoted, valuable employees. My husband (who briefly considered taking a position and thankfully didn't) said he would have finished his flights even if it meant being stranded in another town. He said he would have figured out a way to get back home, and he would have.
There are many people (my husband being one) who are devoted to their jobs as well as their employers. I understand the reasons Skybus employees abandoned their posts. I admire the ones who didn't and respect them for being devoted to their jobs, not just to the employer.
Audrie Keen
Greensboro
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"There are many people (my husband being one) who are devoted to their jobs as well as their employers. "
... for many, however, that devotion seems a one way street.
Posted on April 21, 2008 5:36 AM
Malden Mills being an interesting exception.
You recall when the place burned down in 1995, CEO Aaron Feuerstein rebuild the plant and kept 3,000 employees on the payroll.
With the post 9-11 recession, he had to finally declare bankrupcy. Investors came in and tried to get it going again a few years they failed to make it proffitable. As I recall, Feuerstein then offered $25 million to take it back from them but the investors wanted $40 million. A year or two later the investors finally sold it for $17 million. Since he was 80 years old, I assume Feuerstein had retired into fleecelandia.
Polartec - as they are now called - seems to be doing OK.
2007 Sales (mil.) $49.3 (est.)
2007 Employees 800
http://www.hoovers.com/malden-mills/--ID__46974--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml
Posted on April 21, 2008 5:52 AM