wrote:

among tool "nuts" there is a lot of discussion of good tool makers who either sell
their company off or get a CEO in there going to run up the bottom line by cranking
out cheap crap and using the good name of the company to sell the cheap crap. that
is apparently what happened with Ryobi. at least with the router table. Ingrid

Sounds like the "Fast track MBA" craze that destroyed so many
companies back 20 yrs ago.

Get hired on the basis of a bunch of glowing reports

Do a bunch of dumb (long term) stuff that gives a great return for now.

Stick it on the resume and get another job as soon as possible.

Be on the fourth or fifth job by the time the chickens come home to
roost.

I hated working for fast trackers. It meant the company was going to
go belly up in a year of so.