Interview with Gary Schauzer
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Date of Interview
6-13-2002
Duration of Audio File
Audio File 1 -- 01:13:54; Audio File 2 -- 0:23:24
Interviewee
Gary Schauzer
Age
Born approximately 1950, early 50s at time of inteview
Gender
Male
Description
Schauzer worked at the mill from 1969 to 1999. He was an electrician, who eventually got a B.S. Degree and went into management. His prime goal as a manager was to rectify problems with management and support he had during his first 15 years as an hourly employee. Schauzer provides detailed descriptions of mill work life and S.D. Warren management culture.
Birth Place
Greater Portland area
Residence
Greater Portland area
Occupation/Work History
Electrician and production manager
Mill or Principal Employer
S.D. Warren Company
Mill Location
Westbrook, Maine
Keywords
S.D. Warren - History, Paper Mills - History, oral history - labor, paternalism, labor management relations
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Hillard, Michael G. PhD, "Interview with Gary Schauzer" (2002). S.D. Warren Company. 41.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/sd-warren/41
Comments
Strong statement as a long-term, dedicated, smart and invested employee disgruntled with the 1990s’ management and ownership. Explains how new top management began to take benefits away from lower management and had a poor rapport. Contrast this with his opening comments on the old “family-orientated” style that persisted through the 1980s. Also how managers not laid off faced a piling on/speed-up of work as other managers were “downsized.” Astute observations about the competitive pressures faced by the Westbrook mill with advancing technology and entry by European and Asian paper mills in the 1980s and 1990s.