No, I didn't. I just wanted people to give me their stories so we could go up the ladder and report it to the appropriate people in the company. No demands, no real organization. Just didn't want an unethical bully running his own little private kingdom up here that completely contradicts the core values and practices of the company as a whole. It is a good, family owned company, and one I took a lot of pride in being a leader at. The problem is that it is growing so fast that it is becoming full of cutthroat, corporate, carrion birds who are filling all the bureaucratic positions. It is a company with a good legacy that deserves better. My brother is still employeed in a leadership position in Central Wisconsin where I come from. He has been seeing the same thing: a good company going farther and farther away from its founding values as its founding leader loses more and more control and his business school educated kids and grandkids take over.
But no, I was not trying to form anything like a union. I was looking out as much for the company as the coworkers. I guess they just did not see it that way.
I haven't told my family or friends yet, and probably won't till I get another job. For one, my ma is pretty old and having all sorts of heart troubles. She does not need my stress and worries to be added on to hers. If I tell anyone, I know it will get back to her. The only people I think I am going to tell is my brother who still works for the company (because he will find out anyway) and my married brother because he was fired before and knows what it is like. I think I can trust them to keep it a secret till I am back on my feet.
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