John West, a 64 year old man from Detroit, spent 34 years working at the Ford Motor Company. His five sons wanted to honor their dad, so they nominated him to be a contestant on the game show Deal or No Deal.
During the show the (football team) Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford sent a video message wishing them luck—and offered autographed gym bags and tickets to their football game for him and his 5 sons; (This is equivalent to Tendulkar offering tickets to his match to a Mumbai fan on live television.). Of course, Detroit Lions Football team is owned by the Ford Family.
Then, Ford’s President of Global Operations, Joe Hinrichs, surprised John with a plaque honoring his 34 years of service at Ford.
Final Surprise:
John and his sons were invited to lunch at Ford’s headquarters with Bill Ford, the Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Company.
I know this is a PR for Ford Motors. They must of have paid more than a million dollars for this.
But still, I would consider this as a “Class Act” to honoring a 34 year service of a low level employee.
Even if it is a PR , it is a very expensive PR. What a great gesture of honouring a low level employee 's long term, nearly three and a half decades, service.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Gowri.
DeleteAdvertisement disguised as noble gesture. But that's what is happening everywhere nowadays
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Rajesh.
DeleteSuch gestures from three highly placed individuals to a lowly employee are rare and uncommon but strange are the ways of garishly rich to attract attention!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Mr. KP.
DeleteIndeed a noble act. Today, advertisement, PR, and mere information, all are rolled into one, and difficult to figure out which is what!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Pradeep.
DeleteSuch a class act by so big a company. A very nice blog post.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Kirtivasan.
DeleteThats such a sweer gesture.... Amazing!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Satya.
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