I dunno, DMB cones awfully close to DuMB. I'd go for a better set of initials.Sounds like a great company name. Displaced Master Blenders, DMB.
I dunno, DMB cones awfully close to DuMB. I'd go for a better set of initials.Sounds like a great company name. Displaced Master Blenders, DMB.
Oddly enough they are often better than the "boutique' blends. Those as well as the cigarette and chewing tobacco market are the only reason that pipe tobacco manufacturing is still holding on.You mean tired old mediocrity like most of the OTC blends that most piper smokers buy?
I've gone through three corporate takeovers and the results were decidedly mixed. In a large corporation knowledge of who's good and who's only so so doesn't often extend beyond a couple of levels.I doubt it's "far too many" and "tired old mediocrity." How does "tired old mediocrity" afford to buy competitors? Bad management on the part of the acquired? Maybe. The desire for retirement? Possibly. Shareholders wanting a return? Many times.
Unless they are significantly better employees, I would favor keeping the "tried and true" and setting the "outliers" loose to their own ends. Not etched in stone though, depends entirely on what the new folks might bring to the table. It's always what is best for the company and not what is nice. Maybe some compensation, maybe not, for those heading into unemployment and position seeking. All depends on the circumstances.
Whether the "new" employees are better than the "old" employees is a judgement call by the new owners/management. While you may feel the old blenders are better, the management at STG did not.Only if the new are better than the old.
Otherwise, that would be the bad business.
Far too many takeovers retain the original employees and discard those from the new company. Result is same tired old mediocrity.
My company interviews everyone and keeps the best.
My point, which I came at obliquely. Aren't all of the OTC blends that dominate the pipe tobacco market in the USA from Denmark? Is there even one American manufacturer of "pouch tobacco?"Oddly enough they are often better than the "boutique' blends. Those as well as the cigarette and chewing tobacco market are the only reason that pipe tobacco manufacturing is still holding on.
Speculation, and questionable, too!Whether the "new" employees are better than the "old" employees is a judgement call by the new owners/management. While you may feel the old blenders are better, the management at STG did not.
The following is speculative: There is also the possibility that there had been personality differences between Per George Jensen and Russ Ouellette and whomever made the decision to ouster the master blenders. We will never know.
Bottom line is that STG made the decision to not keep Jensen and Ouellette. That is the company's perogative.
The John Middleton blends come from Dominican Republic.My point, which I came at obliquely. Aren't all of the OTC blends that dominate the pipe tobacco market in the USA from Denmark? Is there even one American manufacturer of "pouch tobacco?"
Most of the RYO/Inexpensive pipe tobacco products are made in USA (of foreign and domestic tobacco)My point, which I came at obliquely. Aren't all of the OTC blends that dominate the pipe tobacco market in the USA from Denmark? Is there even one American manufacturer of "pouch tobacco?"
Most of the RYO/Inexpensive pipe tobacco products are made in USA (of foreign and domestic tobacco)
Oh, yes, you are right, again.Yeah everybody knows that, but that's not what I was referring to. They usually ask if you need more tubes with a bag of that stuff.
Oh, yes, you are right, again.
Everybody knows that.
OK.
Are you absolutely sure everybody knows that, smokers and non-smokers? (Another chance to drive forward your post total.)Yeah everybody knows that,
You should have seen my post count before I jumped in the pool.Are you absolutely sure everybody knows that, smokers and non-smokers? (Another chance to drive forward your post total.)
Good name, good name.Sounds like a great company name. Displaced Master Blenders, DMB.
The road to 25,000 posts has been a long one, I can see that too. Just... one... more... two cents ... worth...