redbarchetta


Well.. Yeah I doubt that they would come here and talk about layoffs... It was just an example of things that have happen since I've become a member.  Gibson is no small company.  Also, I doubt that the Gibson CEO spends his entire day on the forum. It's probabaly a once in a while type thing. 

The point is, I like the open communication style where you have access to ask questions directly and hear it directly from upper management.  

Henry, hasn't responded in over two years.  I was watching the board @Gibson a few months ago and someone was asking, beggng, pleading with him to respond, to no avail.  Those posts have since been deleted. As to why its even still up is beyond me since it seems like a dead thread.

Na, I'll stick to being a consumer.  ;)

Dagwood

redbarchetta


Well.. Yeah I doubt that they would come here and talk about layoffs... It was just an example of things that have happen since I've become a member.  Gibson is no small company.  Also, I doubt that the Gibson CEO spends his entire day on the forum. It's probabaly a once in a while type thing. 

The point is, I like the open communication style where you have access to ask questions directly and hear it directly from upper management.  

Henry, hasn't responded in over two years.  I was watching the board @Gibson a few months ago and someone was asking, beggng, pleading with him to respond, to no avail.  Those posts have since been deleted. As to why its even still up is beyond me since it seems like a dead thread.

Huh, I don't visit their board, I was browsing this morning, came across it. Seemed like a cool idea. Too bad it died.

Unless it is a small operation you ain't likely to talk w/ the head man.  You most likely will get secretaries or assistants to whomever you get a hold of.  The best way is to write a physical letter.  I've gotten responses that way from the publisher of the local dallas paper (personal in a top 10 market), GM's Frank Luntz (secretary, but still not bad after I bragged in the letter how I walked away from a hwy crash that totalled the car), tech people and President of Presonus, US PR head of Yamaha after writing the US office w/ complaints.

This is about products, not company policy.  Gibson's idea was a good one, but not practical one, I'm afraid.  As for Cake's firing, I don't suppose any of us would want to discuss our family finances and ... um ... troubles  in an open forum.  How 'bout a marriage counselor working on an open forum.  That ought to go over big (actually, it might, considering the proliferation of reality shows.  So you guys are witnesses - if you see something like that we can sue ...)  Not to mention legal problems stemming from that.  of course, feel free to write Boston about the firings.  I'm sure you'd get a letter stating they can't talk about it.

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of course, feel free to write Boston about the firings.  I'm sure you'd get a letter stating they can't talk about it.

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Again as I already mentioned, it was just an example, i would not expect the company to talk about it, nor do I think it would be professional.  I was still half asleep when i wrote that post.
 
 
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Too many have commented on that one aspect of the point I was trying to make so I removed it and replaced with reference to the V-Studio

In the early days of the board Greg Hendershot would post from time to time.  Also there have been frequent posts by Cakewalk CTO's.

Red, no offence meant.  I too, was talking generally.  No company talks too much about the internal workings or their next product, esp. a software company.

But if you have a specific complaint, companies do respond to phyiscal mail, even if it is only a "thank you for your letter" form letter. 

And yea, Vintage, Cake higher-ups used to drop by, but it was ususally a fairly specific or constrained topic.  Cool, tho.  I just don't see how an open thread to the president would work for any legnth of time.

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Red, no offence meant.  I too, was talking generally.  No company talks too much about the internal workings or their next product, esp. a software company.

But if you have a specific complaint, companies do respond to phyiscal mail, even if it is only a "thank you for your letter" form letter. 

And yea, Vintage, Cake higher-ups used to drop by, but it was ususally a fairly specific or constrained topic.  Cool, tho.  I just don't see how an open thread to the president would work for any legnth of time.

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Hey AT, none taken at all!  I just needed to change my original post, I think it was poorly writen in the first place.  I should never have made reference to the the unfortunite happenings.  Too many people latched onto that and I can see now it really took away from what I was getting at.
 
And yes, having direct contact with the CEO may not be best, but, some of the middle management might be cool. I for one would like to know what the future holds with the V-Studios... I don't see myself buying in within the next two months. But maybe six months down the road, who knows.