Randy recalls being hired in June 1973 at age 17 for summer work before he went to General Motors Institute (GMI) now Kettering University in Flint. He talks about his education and coming to Fisher in 1985 following the reorganization to BOC, merging with Oldsmobile, the different cultures and working with two UAW locals and contracts. Randy talks about the salaried cafeteria at Fisher, pranks, firing Rusty Ziegler, the conversion to small cars and the Lansing work ethic. He discusses working his way up through various positions to plant manager in Doraville, GA. before coming back to Lansing and being named the Lansing Delta Township Plant Manager.
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• Interview date: 2006-06-29
• Duration: 1:00:18
• Interviewee:
  • Thayer, Randy
• Interviewers:
  • Coulter, Marilyn
  • Fedewa, John
  • Howard, Doreen
  • Johnson, Linda
  • McQuaid, Cheryl
  • Smith, Jerri

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