[QUOTE=jdcavo;117612]I was offered a VP job at Bouchard at a time when I really needed a job. I had a tough time explaining to my wife why I was going to turn it down, but I’ve never regretted that decision, even in the months of unemployment that followed.[/QUOTE]
The sad part is this outfit could be the best place to work. Except for the obvious upper management dysfunction.
I was mate on the last 6140 horsepower wire tug in the fleet before she was sent for ATB conversion. I believe, with exception to the Invader class boats I ran some years ago, the finest tugboat I have ever run. Clean, good crew and for as big as she is, just a sweet handling boat.
I made it for a year before I was canned. Looking back, I have to view my termination with a bit of humor.
I suppose you could say no tugboat captain’s resume is complete until he has been fired by Bouchard.