[blackdog]

My company formed a new manufacturing group which operates separate from the existing products group. They got federal money to build the facility and a tax break for ten years. They hired only veterans recently out of the service. They got their salaries subsidized, training grant monies, and reimbursed for relocation expenses to bring them to us.

Now we have a bunch of people who call our vendors morning, noon, and night to fix their problems. They constantly in-fight. They withold and do not share important information in favor of keeping it to themselves so they can step in and play the hero syndrome. It's a mess.

The existing manufacturing lines and processes operate just fine and without problems.

Just a real case example I've experienced. Some of the veterans are great and I would retain them if it was my call. The rest you could put on the first thing making smoke which leaves town. They are no different than regular pools of employees.

[spokeshave]

There was an article in WSJ awhile back....about a software company that only hired Vets....

And descriptions of their competitive attitude....

like racing up stairs to beat the elevator.

great work attitude and attention to detail....and not "passing the buck."