Since this thread is sort of, kind of, maybe about Cobalt, I thought I'd post this lengthy quote. It captures the essence of the Cobalt culture: excellence in action. It is inspiring (and refreshing) to see a company where pride in one's work is taken seriously -- even down to the person who caulks!
"Recently, Callan happened upon two workers arguing so vehemently he assumed one of them had stolen the other's wife or girlfriend. The dustup, however, proved entirely work-related. One assembler, a farmer, was making it clear he wasn't happy with some component. The other assembler, also a farmer, was a bit slow in seeing the light. But eventually the second assembler said, 'You know what, that's not right. Give it back to me, I'll do it again.'
"'It amazes me how often I hear that: 'It's not right, I'm going to do it again,' says Callan, who left a boat builder in Michigan to join Cobalt. 'It's one thing to come to Kansas knowing Cobalt is a good company, another thing to actually see how much people really care.'
"They care so much that 200 or 300 of them drive down to the Tulsa boat show each year to stand proudly by the boats they fashion. 'I like to see what everybody else's boats look like,' says vinyl worker Joyce West, a 23-year Cobalt veteran. 'You can see where the others leave jagged screw heads, and the paint lines aren't so good, and the caulking -- when we caulk it has to be a perfect bead. I know. I caulked.'"
https://www.inc.com/magazine/20040801/workforce.html
