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when visited unannounced, was either in his office reading the
newspaper, on the
telephone, or talking to the female coach of one of the physically
challenged employees. 5 Generations had an agreement with the local
Association of Disabled Citizens (ADC).
Generations hired individuals who were somewhat physically
challenged into jobs that
were not too demanding. Accommodations were always made. This
was a part of their
community relations goals and objectives. ADC provided assistance
in the form of a
coach to help the employee(s) and also the company. The visits did
not appear to cause
any concern for Paul. He always explained who he was talking with
and also why he
might have been on the phone. The coach would immediately leave
Paul’s office when
Jim or Judy arrived. Paul then would make his way into the plant and
spend time on the
floor with his employees as if to ignore the visitors. Several days
passed and there was little positive change in the reports from other
employees. The scrap rate, productivity, and the quality coming from
the 2nd shift were
unchanged. Additional information surfaced that reported Paul would
now leave the
building for long periods of time with the ADC coach or another non-
employee female
who visited him. He waited until he certain Jim or Judy were not
showing up and then he
would change his personality, start his tyrants and leave. Nothing of
this, however, was
mentioned from the other 2nd shift supervisor, Joe Frazier. Joe’s
employee’s never
complained and their production results were well on target if not
exceeding standards.
Jim and Judy chose not to discuss any of this with Joe at this moment.
Judy and Jim began to investigate further what the grapevine was