Fortitude Gold Corp (FTCO)

[KansasCrude]

Wow this like Deja Vu...I got first job out of Southwest Mo State it was working in a Hide House where we collected and processed green hides from local kill and locker plants. It was a small operation so i got to do pretty much every job that existed when people didn't show for whatever reason. Most of the employees had issues from prison records to issues with alcohol or drugs. Needless to say it wasn't high on most peoples list of places to work. I was the gofer that got to do everything from filling in on the production line where you were pretty much always wet from the salt cured green hides that you trimmed or moved to the next station. , or were dealing with substance abuse, or other sundry issues. When you left the plant you stunk. If you had to stop by the store people people would moved away from you. My girlfriend now my wife of 42 years made me undress in the garage and shower right away. It was a lesson in humility. So I doubt you can top that. In my next job I worked for Quaker Oats as a small accounts sales rep. which covered pretty much every thing from doing store resets at midnight to 5 in the morning to building store displays and stocking shelves if the union would let you. Working for Quaker turned out to be my break. Part of their HR program was testing and asking what your career path goals were. I indicated to get into their commodity group. After about a 1.5 years I got a chance to interview for commodity buying job in Chicago. Got lucky and got the job.. Pretty soon I was dealing with different folks at the Cedar Rapids plant. The toughest bunch to deal with were the Millers lol as they had a chip on their shoulder when it came to dealing with us in Chicago. It wasn't anything bad just that the Millers were smart guys that had their take on things their way. It wasn't war just you had to have your ducks in a row when you dealt with them. Sounds like you be that too. LOL Must be a professional trait. No offense implied. Just know and respect the profile from my younger days,