Word: griping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...apparently sinking ship. At the end, some Star hands expressed anger. Pulitzer Prizewinning Syndicated Columnist Mary McGrory, a Star veteran of 34 years, wrote in her column: "We're sad, but we're mad too. Now the life support system has been pulled." Her main gripe was that Time Inc. had made a commitment to spend $60 million over five years but decided to fold the paper after only 3½ Time Inc. executives point out that the $60 million unfortunately ran out well ahead of schedule, and feel the company more than met its commitment. Said Munro...
...cost savings produced by simply sharing information with the shop floor encouraged Tarrytown's executives to move further. In 1972, the plant's supervisors began holding regular meetings with workers on company time to discuss worker complaints and ideas for boosting efficiency. In order to turn the gripe sessions into something more substantive, both sides agreed to bring in an outside consultant to organize worker-participation projects. They chose Sydney Rubinstein, 52, a former blue-collar tool-and-die worker and white-collar engineer, who had become an expert on worker innovation and productivity...