Jonesy
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For those of you that aren't friends with me on Facebook, this is a post I made after my first day of work at CCBCC in Charlotte on Thursday. It gives you a peons insight of upper management.
"I started my job at Coca-Cola Bottling C.C. headquarters in Charlotte on Thursday (Coke MFG is headquartered in Atlanta). It was a nervous day because I didn't know anyone, the plant is absolutely huge, people everywhere, and I didn't know a thing about their lab. About 2 hours into my shift, a man walks up to me, asks if I'm Brian Jones, shakes my hand and introduces himself as Carlon Smith, the Charlotte Plant Manager, proceeds to ask how my day is going, shows me around a little and tells me he's glad I'm on his team and looks forward to good things from me and if I ever need anything, his door is always open. From that point on, I didn't wonder why people seemed happy doing their jobs or at least in a good mood for the most part. It's amazing what can be done for morale when management walks around and talks to the common folk and this is being done in one of the largest companies in the world. I worked for Clariant for 19 years and the majority of the last 13 Jim Covill was Plant Mgr. and never once did he ever walk up to me to shake my hand or even care who I was. No wonder morale was so much different there. So, in parting, thanks for not giving me that final handshake Jim, it was the best thing you've ever done for me".
"I started my job at Coca-Cola Bottling C.C. headquarters in Charlotte on Thursday (Coke MFG is headquartered in Atlanta). It was a nervous day because I didn't know anyone, the plant is absolutely huge, people everywhere, and I didn't know a thing about their lab. About 2 hours into my shift, a man walks up to me, asks if I'm Brian Jones, shakes my hand and introduces himself as Carlon Smith, the Charlotte Plant Manager, proceeds to ask how my day is going, shows me around a little and tells me he's glad I'm on his team and looks forward to good things from me and if I ever need anything, his door is always open. From that point on, I didn't wonder why people seemed happy doing their jobs or at least in a good mood for the most part. It's amazing what can be done for morale when management walks around and talks to the common folk and this is being done in one of the largest companies in the world. I worked for Clariant for 19 years and the majority of the last 13 Jim Covill was Plant Mgr. and never once did he ever walk up to me to shake my hand or even care who I was. No wonder morale was so much different there. So, in parting, thanks for not giving me that final handshake Jim, it was the best thing you've ever done for me".
