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[George (ygpz4re]

As Charles knows, I also began my career w/ GE (mid-late 80's) - in Syracuse working T&E for underwater Navy stuff.  In fact, there's a long GE history in my family - Dad spent the last 22 years of his career with them, his mother worked there in Lynn, MA for a number years, his Aunt worked there in the light bulb factory in the 50's and 60's, etc etc....

I don't recall GE being especially "difficult", but as I said, start of my career, so I was pretty far down the food chain.  I do recall one story where a particular program, which was, uh, "struggling", got word that Jack Welch was coming up from Fairfield to see them.  They panicked, put together a dog and pony show detailing the problems, how they planned to address them, when they expected resolution, and so forth.  When they were all done, Welch looked at all the managers and said, "Gee, I didn't know that..."  LOLOLOL!!

I too still own some GE stock (only individual stock I own) and am still, perhaps naively, hoping for the day when they get their act together and bring the stock back to where it once was......  <sigh....>

gp

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From: Anthony Bauco <tbauco [at] gmail.com>
To: Charles Perry <charles [at] carolinasound.com>, The FerrariList
        <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] More UA 328 images

Thanks.  It has been a career touching on a lot of different technologies.
Never hit a stock jackpot but the work was fun.  Got to contribute to a
wide variety of stuff.  The Hellraiser missile, Blackhawk helicopter, Titan
rocket, night vision goggles, mass spectrometers, electron microscopes, the
F22, the F35, jet engine and aircraft component testing (using ultrasound,
lasers and IR and laser ultrasound), optical fiber amplifiers, tunable
lasers, high power lasers for machining, very high power lasers for
directed energy, optical fibers and cables, modeling of radar cross
sections for stealth, optical coatings for stealth.

GE was probably still a tough place to work when your father was there but
it was also a cool place to work at that time.

On Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 11:07 PM Charles Perry <charles [at] carolinasound.com>
wrote:

> Have to say I?ve found your posts and career fascinating! This list
> doesn?t get new blood too often but I?m glad you?re here.
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> My dad?s early career was with GE as well, although he worked in broadcast
> electronics on television equipment. He was smart enough to buy whatever
> stock was offered too him along the way. During the Jack Welch years, that
> made steady growth which made possible the life we have today. He sold a
> bunch of it to buy our business in 1984. Unfortunately he kept the rest out
> of sentimental devotion and pretty much rode it all the way down, but we?re
> still thankful for the good days at GE.
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> -- charles
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