Hey 2ndVivisionVet, thanks for your service to our country and to our veterans.
I do what Bob does, but in Riverside County, California.
My company had an ex-Marine “John” who was working on the production line. The company got an audit finding during an ISO-9000 audit at his station. During a huge management meeting, including the plant manager and visiting VP’s it was decided to call him in. I said, “That’s not a good idea.” I was overruled as they wanted to get to the bottom of it RIGHT NOW. I said, “I’ll get him,” and immediately left the room. I found “John” and told him, “Listen, they just want to ask you a few questions about how you were trained. You are not in trouble.”
He stood at rigid attention, dripping sweat and loudly answered with “YES SIR, NO SIR.” Nobody seemed to catch on that he was really wrapped around the axel, so their questions contained a lot of “you did this, you did that.” I tried to reassure John when he left, but I don’t think he believed me. He really wasn’t in trouble and I’m sure it ruined his day or maybe even a week because they didn’t take even a moment to put him at ease.
I had car probs a couple of years back and a young vet, fresh back from Iraq helped me get set and back running. I wished above all else to have been able to hire him, or at least be able to give him a really good referral. These guys don't deserve what they're getting with this crappy economy..
Nam Vet
anybody have a good site for finding vets? I own a commercial RE company in Orlando and we’re looking for agents we can train.
The best vet employment is with employers who already have lots of vets. Not too common, but when they happen, that company usually leaves skid marks on the competition.
Of course, USAA comes to mind, but that is too extreme an example, because not just their employees, but their customers are active duty and veterans, so it is very hard to compare them to anyone.
The most common veteran small businesses are in machine maintenance and production of boring but profitable things that everyone uses but are never an issue, like wallboard and industrial air filters. They never make waves, are never in the news, and their sales and production are pretty much the same year to year.
I agreed with most of what the speaker was saying but the big WTF moment was when he said that vets are used to making top or above average wage.
2 year PFC makes 38.000! I was a Buck Sargent when I got out in 72 and my last check was less than 450 dollars.
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