On 25 Nov 2009, at 09:22, roger_millin wrote:
> Beeky wrote:
>
>> On 23 Nov 2009, at 16:14, roger_millin extracted from his CV:
>>
>>> worked for a brief period for Lister at Dursley (it was a very brief
>>> aberration)
>>
>> It may have been a brief aberration for you but, sadly, they never
>> got
>> over it {;>)
>
> That was exactly my point. Having arrived there as a contract
> engineer where one of my functions was to look at Lister's methods
> with a fresh eye, I rapidly realised that it was a company (and
> employees) set in its/their ways. It also gave the strong appearance
> of going rapidly downhill.
> It took me about 2.5 months to realise that it had no long term
> future so I got out by the end of the fourth. My chief engineer did
> the same soon after, and my manager left for Isuzu about the same
> time. Sure enough, the company went down the pan not too long
> afterwards. It was a shame but the 'We've always done it this way'
> attitude of some of the work force and the inept very senior
> management meant that its fate was sealed IMO.
I'm looking forward to your autobiography "Britain's diesel heritage -
my part in its downfall"
Is it to be published by Green, Wobbly & Chuggs ?
{;>)
Beeky
