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RON DOGGETT Sharing success
In 1970, 35-year-old Ron Doggett was dealt a tough blow. He was the controller for Philadelphia-based Slim Jim, and over his objections, Slim Jim’s CEO had decided to value warehouse inventory as revenue. When Doggett raised his concerns to then-parent company General Mills, he says he was reprimanded for allowing the CEO to make that decision and then passed over for multiple promotions because he was “not management material.” Instead of firing him, he says, General Mills offered him a lower-paying job in Raleigh as assistant controller for subsidiary Goodmark Foods. Doggett accepted the offer.
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photographs by ROBERT WILLETT
