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Originally Posted by lkasjdflkjdafs  Love him or Hate him, you have to respect the dedication he showed to ERAC for years. He was one of the hardest workers that place has seen. His attention to detail was second to none, and he expected that from his crew. He was able to build great relationships with his accounts, many of his employees, (not all obviously, he was tough) and his numbers reflected it. People that didn't like him couldn't handle his management style. That is expected, not everyone thinks the crumb in the corner of the lobby is really a big deal while you have 9 people in line waiting for their car that you don't have to give them. He did, that kind of intensity got him to where he was in his career. I say good luck with the new gig, he is going to succeed wherever he goes. |
Don’t get me wrong, I liked Antico. However, Antico was not promoted on his talents as a branch manager, nor was it because he was well regarded by his superiors. He got promoted because he stood up in a meeting (one that was being hosted by our corporate diversity manager – the purpose was to create a more diverse work force and vendor base) in front of Bruce K. At this time, he was still a lowly branch manager and the only level 2 manager in the meeting. He pointed out in front of all the rest of the level 3 and 4 managers in the city and the newly appointed corporate diversity manager from St Louis “If you are black and working for Enterprise you must do the tour that no white guy must. You have to work in KCK, Downtown, Paseo, and Raytown. Why, because you want your branches to mirror our customers. In other words, your customer base is black so the employees need to be black. Only problem is the assistant managers and down are black but the branch managers are white. Then you compare our branches performance to that of 0501 and 0514 where there are no blacks working, and tell us that until we get our profits up we can not get promoted”. Bruce was so horrified that Teco was promoted almost immediately just to prove GP05 was not raciest. Teco underperformed every day he was there, but he was the poster boy for possibilities. I guess the racial thing is not a concern any more, so he was invited to leave. Way to ride that train to the end.