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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

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That Undercover Boss thing is interesting. While no one should be shocked an American corporation treats their employees like dirt, it's always depressing to see it in action with a company you formerly held in high esteem. Kind of like when you find out a musician/actor/athlete/celebrity you like is actually a very crappy human being.
 
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Lazarus.Bird said:
That Undercover Boss thing is interesting. While no one should be shocked an American corporation treats their employees like dirt, it's always depressing to see it in action with a company you formerly held in high esteem. Kind of like when you find out a musician/actor/athlete/celebrity you like is actually a very crappy human being.
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Yeah my thoughts exactly.
That arrogant attitude while being oblivious to your employees rings so true to all the "family business" I worked for in the south.
Sucks it's Peavey. Starting to change my mind about my next amp purchase.
 
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The "unfortunate thing" was Peavey shutting down the factory in Meridian and laying off all of their manufacturing employees. I haven't seen the episode either, but it sounds like it was tagged at the end with a quick update about the factory shutting down - which came after the somewhat rosier original ending. Someone that saw it can chime in if I'm wrong.

It's a bummer for sure, I heard about the closings, etc several months ago - it's sad and I feel for all of those folks that have lost jobs in Meridian. I'm sure that Hartley held out as long as he could before dropping the hammer, but it seems like they way they went about it (including filming an Undercover Boss episode in the middle of this massive shift in business operations) was ill-advised to say the least. Now they have a PR nightmare coming off of one of the worst years in the 50 year history of the company. I don't know who thought that filming that stupid reality TV show at that particular time, with all sorts of poopie hitting the fan, was a good idea.

They're an international company, so I think they'll get over this hump, but it certainly isn't going to help sales in the U.S.
 
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I'm planning on scoring a fuzz soon. Probably a Muff. I don't even mess with the "bass Muffs" as I've used regular ol' guitar Muffs before to good effect.

The other thing I need, though, is some multi-FX pedal. Something pretty inexpensive but which has a decent array of effects built in. Sure, I wish I had the $ to go all analog and/or boutique and have a pedalboard the size of a swimming pool, but I'm just knocking around having fun at this point.

Anyone got recommendations for a good-ish multi-FX unit?
 
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Lazarus.Bird said:
I didn't watch the whole thing but apparently there's an employee featured in the episode that had the opportunity to leave Peavey for a higher paying job and Peavey convinced him to stay. Then 4 months later they shut down that plant and he was jobless.
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There's a thread talking about this and Bobby commented about the rest of the company and how shutting down one plant can save allot of other jobs...
I just don't see how keeping that cabinet maker kept the company afloat.
Treating the vocal "minority"like crap shows some serious contempt for employee moral.
That dude loved his job and talked real good before the plant got shut down.
Keeping him happy would have been easy damage control.
 
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mbelue said:
There's a thread talking about this and Bobby commented about the rest of the company and how shutting down one plant can save allot of other jobs...
I just don't see how keeping that cabinet maker kept the company afloat.
Treating the vocal "minority"like crap shows some serious contempt for employee moral.
That dude loved his job and talked real good before the plant got shut down.
Keeping him happy would have been easy damage control.
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Yep. How many employees were actually let go? 20? 40? 100? Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. I know that sounds harsh, but that is business.

It would have been smart to continue to take care of those three individuals that were singled out for the show. Let them keep praising the company.

What it really boils down to, is how many people that have seen the episode, or are talking about it have ever run a multi million dollar, international corporation? The only ones that can make meaningful decisions on what was right to do for the business, are those with all the information. It sucks that some people lost their jobs. I would have hoped that the company could have prevented that all together, but Bobby did say they moved a ton of jobs out of that facility already. Those preserved jobs will be more meaningful to the community as a whole, and to the company as well.
 
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The_Janitor said:
200+ jobs cut.

I'll just reiterate my previous point - who the hell thought it was a good idea to film an episode of undercover boss?

I don't have much else to say about it.
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This is the real take away.


Even at 200 jobs lost, that isnt as big as it sounds. That sucks for those people no doubt, and the town as it is kind of built up around the company, but in the grand scheme of things its not that big. GC just fired 100+ people out of their corporate office, and will probably be loosing all of its staff domestically as they go out of business. No one cares as it is a bunch of musicians, and not "families depending on the money". The outrage is based on visibility, so why advertise it? Peavey also isnt singular in their movement overseas. It is a sad fact, and is in a large way due to the regulations and taxes of goods in this country. I am all for big business doing its part and paying taxes, but I am against farming out work to cheap labor, and then not applying the same taxes on those goods as they enter this country, as are imposed on good manufactured and shipped over there.

It is all a mess of people not working for the middle class, and just trying to make a buck off of it.
 
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dozicusmaximus said:
How about that new Torche?!

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More of a chug-n-sludge affair this time. I dig it, sounds like what I imagined the new Floor album would sound like but didn't. That one still isn't clicking with me for whatever reason.

It's interesting to hear Torche simplify things a bit, Harmonicraft and Meanderthal were a little more complex, a little busier. I'm glad that they have another guitarist to do the lead/sound effect/not-sludge guitar parts again, though I think they were back to a 4-piece for Harmonicraft.

So far so good!
 
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Lazarus.Bird said:
I listened to the whole album. I enjoyed it, but it didn't stick with me very much. That goes for a lot of Torche albums though. I think they're the kind of band I don't mind listening to but would just prefer to see them live. They killed it last time I saw them.
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Yeah, I still have yet to see them, but I'll be going to Milwaukee next month to catch their show. Should be a good one.
 

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