Very interesting...and a sad state of affairs. Our son is a superstar, but that ridiculous centralized planning wears him down and he gets resigned to the futility of it all — “there’s nothing I can do, it’s corporate.” His guys are very unhappy having to stay the extra hour at the end of the day. That means family plans, going to kids ball games, dinners, evening plans...all fouled up for an extra hour of open time at the end of the day. It sounds like everybody is looking to leave.
Don’t those corporate suits ever think about these things?
The holding company dudes who wrecked the venerable old company I had worded for (which had started out as a cherished family company since the 1940s until there was no suitable heir to lead it and it went public), looked to be barely out of their twenties. Several had been fraternity brothers. I don’t know how they made the acquisition of a large number of companies, but over the past decade, three of their nationwide retailers that I know of have gone under. So no, those particular ones didn’t think of anything beyond self-interest.