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It was the clown makeup wasn't it?
In a sense, in one way it was the clown makeup that helped my termination occur - LOL. Being in QC, you can bet yer boo-boo that you're going to get into arguments with the various production people. I got along great with all of the ladies in the through-hole/hand-soldering area. They were real sweet to me and were always bringing me all kinds of goodies to eat - LOL. The surface mount department, however, was ran by a bunch of dicks. They tried to cut as many corners as possible to get things out. You wouldn't believe some of the junk they tried to get passed QC. They literally cost the company hundreds and thousands of dollars!!! I mean, we built a lot of expensive assmeblies for the medical and military industries. We built one series of prototype boards that each had a surface mounted QFP that cost $1500 a chip!!! The manager of this department was a horse's ass incarnate. All he cared about was getting jobs out as fast as could, quality be damned. He was very agressive, in a very negative way. He would openly harass every department that was responsible for getting job materials for his jobs. He harassed the manager of the parts department so much that he made her cry and she walked out. Mind you, this girl was very tough. Many people complained about this guy and nothing was ever done about him. Management would just look at his production numbers and blow off the complaints. The thing is, anybody who behaved this way and happened to be of a minority race, would be fired immediatley. Although not a racial myself, I was very outspoken about this guy, and as correct as I was about him, I probably should've kept my mouth shut. I ended up switching to 3rd shift to get away from this asshole. We went through a period where business was slow and naturally, I was laid off. These people where such morons that they had security on stand-by just in case I decided to flip. I heard one time a guy punched out one of the owners when he got fired - LOL. he only thing I did was e-mail everyone in management a picture of my kids with the caption "Thanks for firing me and making it more difficult to feed my kids!". That was a real immature thing to do, but it seemed so right at the time. Needless to say, I can honestly say that I would not recommend anyone to pursue a career in QC. Everything wrong is almost always your fault - LOL. The funny thing is, every time I build a pedal, I feel like I'm getting back at them. I had to go so many classes and certifications that acquired a vast knowledge of parts, soldering, and processes. I even aced the IPC-A610 course, which is a real bitch - LOL. This company was literally the Abyss, but at the same time, I wouldn't be nearly as good of a builder as I am today if it weren't for spending four years working for these Satanists - LOL
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