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It may Cost You Your Job
I worked from 1973 to 1980 for “A” Oil Company. We were located in downtown area of a major city and sold the residual products from seven refineries and other outside sources. I handled btu adjustments for some contracts that were considered \"back to back\" or from another oil supplier to our customer. We were the middle man and I collected money from our customer if the fuel oil provided was of high btu content. The customers were mid to large size utilities and I collected over 1.5 million dollars over a period of time. The money was supposed to go back to the original oil supplier, “B” company, an oil company based in another state and headed by a gentlemen whose family was in politics. I was instructed not to pass that money to “B” company since they did not ask for it. In April of 1979 I became a \"born again\" Christian and my work ethic improved considerably. When I had summoned enough courage, I decided to give a good pitch to “A” company’s president of the benefits of giving the money back to “B” company . He told me to sit on this and not do anything. He was not real happy about it and a few weeks later I was offered a resignation package. I accepted as the alternatives did not look good. Later, I told the owner of “B” company about the money that was due his company. He flew a lawyer up to my house from Florida and the lawyer abstracted a written statement from me designed to get their money back. That was the last I heard from anyone about the btu adjustments even to this day. I was not given a good reference from “A” Oil company and after many months of job searching, I went back to school and obtained my teaching certificate. I have been teaching for the last 23 years. I like teaching much more than being a Market Research Analyst for an oil company. Dave Palmer Northfield, Ohio
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