Word: easley
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...When an electronics executive was asked to shift from Boston to Maine, his wife, a nurse, could find nothing to match her present job. Their decision: to remain in Boston. Having diligently worked up to assistant vice president at Bank of America's home office in San Francisco, Richard Easley, 33, was offered a reward: the No. 2 spot in a big Bank of America branch in San Mateo, only 20 miles away. Dreading commuting and unwilling to relocate his family, Easley simply decided that he did not, under those conditions, desire the promotion...
...turning down a move, but we don't make another offer unless he tells us that he has changed his mind." In response to the move resisters, Bank of America is concentrating on promoting people in their present locations rather than switching executives around so much. BOA's Easley, for example, was promoted May 1, with higher rank and salary in the home office even though he refused the transfer to the San Mateo branch...