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What is "walnut paneling syndrome"? Nothing is coming up in google.
by steveeq1 12y ago
What is "walnut paneling syndrome"? Nothing is coming up in google.
- CapitalistCartr 12y agoYeah, that's what I call executives who are isolated in their walnut paneled office complex, too removed from the manufacturing floor. Too many layers of management, and too much reliance on MBA business models; not enough walking the floor, paying attention.
- lazyant 12y ago"ivory tower"
- chc 12y ago"Ivory tower" usually refers to academia.
- strictnein 12y agoAn example of executive isolation: Cargill's execs are located in a mansion near the company's HQ: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargill#/media/File:2009-0612-07-CargillLakeOffice.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargill#/media/File:2009-0612-0... It overlooks the home's original pool, which is a large cement pond. You can walk between it and the company's HQ, but being that it's in Minnesota, it's not always a pleasant walk. https://goo.gl/maps/FQ9oV https://goo.gl/maps/FQ9oV
- PotamousAcheron 12y agoThere's an underground tunnel between the original mansion and the nearest atrium, if I'm not mistaken, so the walk isn't too bad. But the isolation is still fairly obvious.
- strictnein 12y agoOh, I didn't know about that. Grew up nearby and I used to bike all around the Cargill HQ property (a really nice bit of real estate) on the weekends, but never entered any of the buildings. So I was trespassing, but it was kind of a lower grade of trespassing. They used to have some interesting things to poke around at, like a couple of big satellite dishes on the south side of the property, which are now gone.