Its official - The wife wears the pants!

For several years the wife has been working her way up the food chain in a decent sized electronics factory. It’s divided into 2 "rooms" PCB Boards and Wire. Over a year ago they made her a supervisor in the Board room. About this time last year they lost about 50% of their work force in layoffs including the manager. Others, including my wife assumed his responsibilities and they managed at first. Fast forward to now, and they have hired back all they had, plus some and their business load is 35% higher than it was in any previous qtr before the tank. Her stress level has been climbing again and they announced 2 weeks ago the addition of a supervisor and a new lead person to help. She also got a 10% raise last week. Today the plant manager sat in on a daily meeting that he never attends and when they finished he added that he would like to introduce the new PCB Board manager to everyone and pointed to my wife and said congratulations. Later in the day he notified her that the raise she got last week was what she had coming, the new raise will be added to that. Not to minimize her accomplishments by any means but she has never attended a second of post high school classes, never knew a thing about electronics before getting hired in there working the assembly line and frankly (all the love in the world) can be a real ding bat sometimes. But she worked hard, learned her jobs, was never afraid to try something new and master it and she is proof if you work hard you can move forward.

I am very proud of her.

Gotta go, I have to go plan tomorrow’s meals and clean the kitchen

Chas

[elderboy02]

Be sure to tell her that I said congratulations.

[MedicCook]

That's awesome news Chas. Congrats to her on the promotion.

Now have you gotten the Rachael Ray 30 min meals books yet?

[Emjaysmash]

Mazel Tov to your wife for all her accomplishments!

[jwintosh]

absolutely fantastic!! thanks for sharing!!

[cort]

Congrats to the Mrs.


That last line was priceless

[jdakine]

Chas, that is great news for your wife and family. Congrats

[chippewastud79]

Congratulations to your wife on the huge accomplishment

[SmokeyJoe]

Congratulations! The Lord provides.

[Fishbeadtwo]

Nice! Congrats to her and a word of advise, get her some flowers.....just saying...

[icehog3]

Congrats to the Missus and to you, Chuck!

[pnoon]

Please pass along my congratulations, Chuck.

(When will dinner be ready? )

[mosesbotbol]

A techie wife who's good at her job; you must be proud and lucky!

[newcigarz]

From someone who is a very similar situation, I say congrats to your wife for advancing at here career.

And Let me know if you need some recipes.

Originally Posted by pnoon

Please pass along my congratulations, Chuck.

(When will dinner be ready? )

Originally Posted by newcigarz

From someone who is a very similar situation, I say congrats to your wife for advancing at here career.

And Let me know if you need some recipes.

Funny thing is, in high school I wanted to be a chef so I took all the cooking classes. I took a work study program in my senior year and got to leave school at 11 to go work at a local restaurant as an assistant to their cooks (prep cook they called me). I never followed that path but have always been the one in the house who does most of the cooking. Good thing, the wife can manage people but can make a dish the dog even walks away from .

Today's meal is in the crock pot now, Potato wedges, marinated in garlic and pepper, a layer of sliced onions, a layer or sliced mushrooms, a layer of boonless chicken breasts, another layer of mushrooms, topped with a few sliced onions. Topped the whole stack off with 2 cans of cream of chicken soup and a can of chicken broth mixed well. salt and pepper to taste, a sprinkle of paprika and leave covered undisturbed for 6-7 hours on low. Serve with either a vegetable of your choice or pasta.

Off to the shop and at 5 we eat

Chas

[captain53]

I think you have been a victim of a slight misunderstanding: Your wife (just like the rest of us) has always worn the pants and the only official thing is Now You Know It and Admit It!

Congratulations to her on the job, I know it came at a great time for your family.

[massphatness]

That's fantastic Chuck. Congrats to the both of you.
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[0002S]

That's a great story, and a testament to hard work.

[TripleF]

Hats offf to Mrs. Chasden!!

[WyoBob]

What a great success story! Congratulations to your wife and you!

I think higher education is over-rated in many instances. For instance, we now find ourselves in an economic situation due in large part by graduates of Yale and Harvard

I used to have coffee every morning in my old hometown in Nebraska with the same guys, same seat, same time, every day. Of the 8 or 9 who showed up, only one had a college education. He was a bachelor school teacher and our "token liberal" in the group. One morning, he went on a tirade about how college educated folks were superior to non-college educated people. Smarter, richer, blah, blah, blah. I pointed out that every one at the table was self-employed (mostly agriculture) and probably had more money in one checking account than his net worth. On top of that, we paid twice as much in social security than he did and bought our own health insurance. I got him so mad, the veins in his neck started to bulge. We had discovered a new pastime, "let's "red vein" Vern". Hours and hours of fun at no cost

WyoBob