Retired Plant Worker Jim Sarafin Reveals Inside Information in CAREER REFLECTIONS

Jim Sarafin has finally decided to utilize the three spiral notebooks of incidents and diary-like entries from his time in a Detroit metal casting plant.

Sarafin's memoir, Career Reflections From Inside a Corporate Giant 1964-1981, details the nearly two decades he spent working inside a fast-paced and sometimes-dangerous plant.

The book offers an inside look at life in the huge automotive corporation as well as commentary on his company's mismanagement of employees and their poorly negotiated labor agreements. These factors, he believes, eventually lead to the subsequent bailout of the automotive industry.

"My opinion on the bailout was and remains that the auto industry was not going to go out of business, but because of the huge underfunded pensions and healthcare obligations, something had to give," says Sarafin.

The book is written from an employee's perspective instead of that of upper management. Sarafin weighs in on the government bailout and holds steadfast in his belief that it was not necessary. He offers insights and tells of the struggles he faced inside the plant.

"Management was extremely political," says Sarafin. "Most people in leadership positions cared more about making themselves look good than actually helping the company succeed." He believes this was a huge factor in the closure of his plant as well as my company's slide in auto manufacturing dominance.

Career Reflections From Inside a Corporate Giant
By Jim Sarafin
ISBN: 978-1-48172-233-9 Hardcover: $25.19
Paperback: $15.26
eBook: $3.99
Available at amazon.com.

About the author:
Jim Sarafin graduated from the New York State University and Buffalo State College with a degree in Criminal Justice. Sarafin recently retired after working for nearly a decade as a real estate agent near Charlotte, N.C. This novel is the final chapter in his professional career.

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