Originally Posted by
Knotcher
You will find exceptions but for the most part what I said was true. I do want and expect to be respected by the company but steak dinners do not come to mind. I'd rather have my 100% retro instead of the 30% I got, let's start there. In fact I have a whole laundry list of ways the company can show respect, with steak dinners being #99 out of 100. I've got bigger fish to fry.
You really are hung up on this steak dinner thing. It was how they chose to say welcome. Just like having the class pictures taken by the Jeppesen statue at DIA. I and everyone in my class felt fortunate to be there. It was not about being special and entitled. Between that and Kru running the 8-ball show, we all have very fond memories of the new hire experience. What is wrong with that?
There is that wonderful story from Great Lakes Airlines on the other extreme. They had a pizza party for the new hires once in Spencer, Iowa.....sort of. On day one of indoc, the instructor thought he was making an important point by handing out job applications for the local Pizza Hut across the street from the training barn. As the inquisitive looks began, he told everyone that if they didn't like it at GLA, they had another option right in front of them. Pretty classy stuff. No wonder a GLA pilot once told me that the only thing that would be left on earth after a nuclear winter was GLA and cockroaches. First impressions.