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Semco
At 21, Ricardo Semler became boss of his father's business in Brazil, Semco, which sold parts for ships. Semler Junior worked like a madman, from am, until midnight every day. One afternoon, while touring a factory in New York, he collapsed. The doctor who treated him said, "There's nothing wrong with you. But if you continue like this, you'll find a new home in our hospital." Semler got the message. He changed the way he worked. In fact, he changed the way his employees worked too.
He let his workers take more responsibility so that they would be the ones worry
when things went wrong. He allowed them to set their own salaries, and he cut all the
jobs he thought were unnecessary, like receptionists and secretaries."_B__(46)Everyone at Semco, even top managers, meets guests in reception, does the photocopying, sends faxes, types letters and dials the phone."
pletely anized the office: instead of walls, they have plants at Semco
so bosses can't shut themselves away from everyone else. ____C_____ (47) As for uniforms, some people wear suits and others wear T-shirts.
Semler says, "We have a sales manager named Rubin Agater who sits there reading
the newspaper hour after hour, He doesn't even pretend to be busy, But when a Semco
pump on the other side of the world fails and millions of gallons of oil are about to spill into the sea, Rubin springs into act