In your September 29 edition, you tucked a very big secret into a very little space on page 23 ("Radio Flyer & Steppenwolf Among Best To Work For"). Personally, I think it could have made a page one feature...!
Here's why. While the economy and the world are in tatters, the folks who work for this toy and this theatre company are apparently happier and healthier than most. And if you think about it, there's a good reason. Each company operates in the wonderful world of whimsy. That's right -- whimsy! The first manufacturers those wonderful red toy wagons we all remember from our childhood; the second manufacturers those wonderful fantasies known as plays.
Get it...? The workers here are still very much in touch and in tune with their Inner Child. Unlike the rest of us slogging through our work at hard labor or in cubicled monotony or in pressured businesses, these folks are having fun while they work. Yes, yes I understand how you report the enlightened ways their management has devised health-benefit packages and wellness-programs. And that's all well and good...
...but I think what really pays off at Red Flyer and Steppenwolf is this delicious everyday fact that their workers haven't had to completely grow up. Like the rest of us, darn it!
Those are the jobs for me -- kids toys and the wicked wicked stage! Driving a cab ain't inspiring...
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