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Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing
Yes they have.....yours truly was one of the 15 they hacked after the Derby....I like the company and a lot of its people, but it is one brutal environment there...everybody walks down the halls looking over their shoulders....it was a very uncomfortable experience, but one that I wouldn't have traded for anything...they are a very intelligent company, but their primary weakness is that they may be too intelligent in general business and not intelligent enough in the fields required to understand their product - i.e.: all of the top executives and decision makers have a very limited knowledge of horse racing....I know that fact used to always frustrate Doug and many other of the small portion of the company that actually knew the sport.....Oh well, Doug will land on his feet....he's a sharp guy and very professional and he is a good racing secretary....
As for that job, Ben Huffman - another great guy who I regard as a personal friend - is 1-9 on the morning line to fill that spot.....Doug was actually hired over Ben in 2002 for that position....
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The environment you describe, Joel, are very much in line with a company that has a little topsy turvy standing to them. Kind of like having a paper company where the people spread at the lower levels of the job have great knowledge of the product, and how to market it, how to best use it, but is run by a group of suits that best attribute is using tried and true measures that dont really apply to the paper business. That sends a mixed message to good employees (like yourself) who get frustrated and annoyed with what goes on.
Its a lousy situation to be in. But, you seemed to turn out ok!
