I retired a year ago after 43 yrs at a major Defense and Aerospace Company, in those 43 yrs the original company was bought, sold, spun off or merged 7 times, ultimately becoming part of the 2nd largest Defense company in the nation, over those 43 yrs I witnessed and experienced a lot of management changes and philosophies both at the corporate level and the local level, many different "purpose" or "mission" statements as they like to call them. Most over the years were about providing the best quality product at the best value to the customer (which was mostly the US government), thereby hoping to contribute to National Defense and also contribute to the local economy by providing jobs and provide a good return/value for the stockholders (used to be the main purpose of most businesses/company's).That was the overall goal of the "purpose" of the company, that is until the last merger. That is not now the goal or main purpose, the company's "mission" now is to be part of the "Great Social Reset", with hiring practices and employee goals, etc., not to be on getting the best and most qualified people who want to work in the Defense and Aerospace Industry and rewarding employees for hard work, creative ideas leading to better and innovative products at the most value laden price but whether they are supportive of and meet the social and environmental goals of company management. Anybody who reads this article should go the Heartland Institutes website and read their editorials on ESG.
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Corey D.July 24, 2022
I retired a year ago after 43 yrs at a major Defense and Aerospace Company, in those 43 yrs the original company was bought, sold, spun off or merged 7 times, ultimately becoming part of the 2nd largest Defense company in the nation, over those 43 yrs I witnessed and experienced a lot of management changes and philosophies both at the corporate level and the local level, many different "purpose" or "mission" statements as they like to call them. Most over the years were about providing the best quality product at the best value to the customer (which was mostly the US government), thereby hoping to contribute to National Defense and also contribute to the local economy by providing jobs and provide a good return/value for the stockholders (used to be the main purpose of most businesses/company's).That was the overall goal of the "purpose" of the company, that is until the last merger. That is not now the goal or main purpose, the company's "mission" now is to be part of the "Great Social Reset", with hiring practices and employee goals, etc., not to be on getting the best and most qualified people who want to work in the Defense and Aerospace Industry and rewarding employees for hard work, creative ideas leading to better and innovative products at the most value laden price but whether they are supportive of and meet the social and environmental goals of company management. Anybody who reads this article should go the Heartland Institutes website and read their editorials on ESG.
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