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Jim Sarafin
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
In 1964 I began my career in General Motors as an apprentice metal patternmaker (model maker), became a journey man in this skilled trade, and for five years worked as a superviso...view moreABOUT THE AUTHOR
In 1964 I began my career in General Motors as an apprentice metal patternmaker (model maker), became a journey man in this skilled trade, and for five years worked as a supervisor in that department.
In 1974 I graduated from the New York State University College at Buffalo with a degree in Criminal Justice while employed at the Chevrolet Metal Casting Plant in the Buffalo, New York area.
Following my “separation” from General Motors in October of 1981, I was hired by the Ashland Chemical Company Foundry Products Division based in Columbus, Ohio. Along with that my family and I endured our first relocation and left the Buffalo, New York area for good.
In 1986 we relocated for the second time when I resigned from the Ashland Chemical Company and moved to Charlotte, North Carolina where I bought and opened up a franchised printing business. Then in 1990, after three very difficult years building up the business we decided to sell it at which point I went back into manufacturing. In 2002, after returning from a two year experiment on the Gulf coast of Florida I 2002 began a career as a residential real estate broker until retiring from it in October of 2011.
The material for this book was in three spiral notebooks put away in an attaché case for many many years and about the time of the Obama automobile bailouts I made up my mind to write the book so the reader could get a unique perspective about how things were in G.M. back when I was with them. One would hope that the management culture at General Motors would have improved over the past three decades but I wouldn’t hold my breath with the Chevy Volt fiasco being a prime example of mismanagement.view less
Books by Jim Sarafin
Career Reflections from Inside a Corporate Giant 1964–1981: Experiences in an American Automobile Plant