Re: Fort Worth considers dropping Rural-Metro.html

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I may have missed something here, but it occurs to me that R/M has failed to

make a profit nor break even because it bid the contract at less than the

cost of performance. Its management probably engaged in that sort of " fuzzy

economics " that says you can cut, slash, and burn within the organization to

make it work. Also, please remember that the management types in an

organization like R/M never suffer from their mistakes. In fact, when they

get fired they've got golden parachutes and simply go away and turn up at

another Stoutian service at an inevitably more grossly outrageous salary.

They then have an average of 2-3 years in which to run the company into the

ground, piss everybody off, and make another move. Who says reincarnation

doesn't happen?

A good example of what I'm talking about is the late president of Sunbeam,

who rode into town vowing to make the dead horse trot. The horse refused and

the president got fired. Poor baby. His annuity is more than the total

income I will ever earn during my working life. Would somebody please hire

me to ruin their company? I'll work cheap. Just give me 20 million in

severance packages and I'll swoop away in the night in my Learjet.

Gene Gandy

Gene Gandy

[Guest guest]

Sorry for the Multiple posting....I am having server

problems...

Josh

--- Josh Horne wrote:

>

> Hi All,

>

> I had been told that Paramedic Plus at one time was

> in position to win the Fort Worth contract. They

> lost

> to much ground when one of their backers had to drop

> out because of money problems. By the time they

> found

> another backer it was to late and the damage was

> done.

> I hope they will rebid if the contract opens up

> again.

> I think it would be good to see them come into the

> area .

>

>

> Just my 2 cents worth,

>

> Josh

>

>

> --- connie mundell wrote:

> > I think Paramedic Plus was in the running also.

> But

> > for some reason, they pulled their bid the day

> > before

> > it was awarded...

> >

> > Connie

> >

> >

>

>

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>

[Guest guest]

I couldnt agree more Gene...With me as your VP we

could work even faster to ruin companies.....

Josh

--- wegandy@... wrote:

> I may have missed something here, but it occurs to

> me that R/M has failed to

> make a profit nor break even because it bid the

> contract at less than the

> cost of performance. Its management probably

> engaged in that sort of " fuzzy

> economics " that says you can cut, slash, and burn

> within the organization to

> make it work. Also, please remember that the

> management types in an

> organization like R/M never suffer from their

> mistakes. In fact, when they

> get fired they've got golden parachutes and simply

> go away and turn up at

> another Stoutian service at an inevitably more

> grossly outrageous salary.

> They then have an average of 2-3 years in which to

> run the company into the

> ground, piss everybody off, and make another move.

> Who says reincarnation

> doesn't happen?

>

> A good example of what I'm talking about is the late

> president of Sunbeam,

> who rode into town vowing to make the dead horse

> trot. The horse refused and

> the president got fired. Poor baby. His annuity is

> more than the total

> income I will ever earn during my working life.

> Would somebody please hire

> me to ruin their company? I'll work cheap. Just

> give me 20 million in

> severance packages and I'll swoop away in the night

> in my Learjet.

>

> Gene Gandy

>

> Gene Gandy

>

>

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> removed]

>

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[Guest guest]

But, RM is the one who bid the contract for this amount of money. They had

enough experience with their other services that they knew they were

underbidding the actual costs! They knew when they bid the contract what

the board expected of them, so why did they not bid it correctly? They just

wanted AMR out the door.

Take care, stay safe, and practice mercy, ya'll!!

Jana

FW,TX

Re: [texasems-L] Fort Worth considers dropping Rural-Metro.html

> In a message dated 11/8/00 10:20:31 AM Central Standard Time,

> d.jackson@... writes:

>

> << If they haven't, then it may mean the system parameters and

compensation

> are

> not sufficient to allow a company to be successful. Profit is NOT a dirty

> word for EMS as long as patient care and meeting the expectations of the

> citizens is placed in first priority. >>

>

> Very good point. RM has not made a profit, laregly due to the fines and

> monetary and contractual committments to the system.

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

RM and AMR bid the RFP at almost the same price. RM was only slightly under.

Many things have changed since the inception of the RFP.

[Guest guest]

Wow. I'm sure that makes all of us here working our tushes off at MedStar

feel so much better. Thanks for the positive feedback.

[Guest guest]

Bullseye Gene. Why do you persist in making points more clearly than most of

us can. It ain't democratic!

Dave

Re: [texasems-L] Fort Worth considers dropping Rural-Metro.html

> I may have missed something here, but it occurs to me that R/M has failed

to

> make a profit nor break even because it bid the contract at less than the

> cost of performance. Its management probably engaged in that sort of

" fuzzy

> economics " that says you can cut, slash, and burn within the organization

to

> make it work. Also, please remember that the management types in an

> organization like R/M never suffer from their mistakes. In fact, when

they

> get fired they've got golden parachutes and simply go away and turn up at

> another Stoutian service at an inevitably more grossly outrageous salary.

> They then have an average of 2-3 years in which to run the company into

the

> ground, piss everybody off, and make another move. Who says reincarnation

> doesn't happen?

>

> A good example of what I'm talking about is the late president of Sunbeam,

> who rode into town vowing to make the dead horse trot. The horse refused

and

> the president got fired. Poor baby. His annuity is more than the total

> income I will ever earn during my working life. Would somebody please

hire

> me to ruin their company? I'll work cheap. Just give me 20 million in

> severance packages and I'll swoop away in the night in my Learjet.

>

> Gene Gandy

>

> Gene Gandy

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jana, you are right. R/M under bid just so that they coul push AMR out of

that area and get the contract. But, R/M does have a reputation of

underbidding contracts so that they can get them.

WD

Re: [texasems-L] Fort Worth considers dropping Rural-Metro.html

>

>

> > In a message dated 11/8/00 10:20:31 AM Central Standard Time,

> > d.jackson@... writes:

> >

> > << If they haven't, then it may mean the system parameters and

> compensation

> > are

> > not sufficient to allow a company to be successful. Profit is NOT a

dirty

> > word for EMS as long as patient care and meeting the expectations of

the

> > citizens is placed in first priority. >>

> >

> > Very good point. RM has not made a profit, laregly due to the fines and

> > monetary and contractual committments to the system.

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

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>