If you saw the hundreds of tents lined up outside the plant last weekend, driving by on the Merritt Parkway, you may have thought: “That”™s one motivated workforce.”
You would have been right, if not quite in the context of employees rolling out of the sack and right onto the assembly line.
For 11 years running now, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has invited hundreds of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and their families to pitch a temporary tent city at its Stratford headquarters, and learn a thing or two about American business, engineering, aviation other subjects on the path to scout merit badges, along the waters of the Housatonic River across from the Connecticut Yankee Council”™s headquarters in Milford.
Many Sikorsky employees earned their own wolf badges and quest awards ”“ a few even making Eagle Scout ”“ and continue to volunteer for area scouting organizations. And astoundingly, two former scouts who attended the camp as kids work for Sikorsky today.
“My daughter Grace ”“ whose dream is to be a pilot and eventually an astronaut ”“ had a chance ”¦ to interact with excellent role models,” said Susan Poe of Groton. “Sikorsky staff took the time to provide her with thoughtful career advice and encouragement.”
