Blind to Bleeding- 2015 Chubb Insurance was acquired by Ace Insurance. The promise from the incoming CEO was meritocracy. Fact is, he was less than honest. He brought a culture that was damaging and highly destructive to a workforce that was averaging 30 year veterans. I was reminded of a post I had written in […]
Getting Old & Going Back to Where I Was
I didn’t write last week because I have been struggling with the idea of exposing my frustration. I realized today that many people read my posts here and on LinkedIn and they generally don’t have anything to say or comment on. There are a few people who comment directly and the rest may tell me […]
The Big Skrabibile
Have you ever considered that you go through your entire life without ever actually seeing yourself? Yes, you can see a reflection and yes, you can mirror that reflection but you never actually see yourself as people outside of you see you. At the very same time, no one but you can see or be […]
From C to See Ya Later
I have been working since I was 11 years old. I had a paper route for the Coop city times at the start of it all. They would drop literal bales of papers for me to cover 3 apartment buildings with 12 apartments on each floor and 30+ floors of drop offs. I would get […]
Thank You for Being Candid
People say to me all the time how much they appreciate my transparency. They thank me for my honesty. They thank me for being open. While I appreciate people recognizing that I am being open, it is difficult to understand why this is a thing. Are we in place now where everyone is lying and […]