Heh, I interned at EDS in college. I still have the gold Cross pen they gave me at the end of the Summer. I'm sure I had a moustache, but there was no chin hair allowed.eCat wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 1:07 pm Ross Perot died today
When I got out of college I went to work for EDS.
By today's standards it was a concentration camp of a company to work for - no facial hair, no hair below the collar, cap toe or wing tip black leather shoes, suits must be worn at all times unless when going to the bathroom, no informal relationship with customer (no bowling league, softball..drinking after work sort of thing). They brought us all in for training for 6 weeks. By week 2 they had fired 30% of our class.
Still, I credit Perot and that mentality for making me grow up and get serious about being an adult - as I sit here at my desk wearing jeans, a polo shirt and hiking boots. What I learned from his company has carried me throughout my adult life and I feel indebted to him to some degree.
Here is a glowing article about what he did in his life. I'm sure many people didn't agree with him but few questioned his motives.
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/bus ... st-dies-89
(Now, back to my self-imposed exile)
