BROTHERS FOLLOW IN DAD'S FOOTSTEPS WITHOUT QUESTION -- OR REGRET BROTHERS FOLLOW IN DAD'S FOOTSTEPS WITHOUT QUESTION -- OR REGRET REGION Edition

At age 13, twin brothers [Jack Scalo] and Jim Scalo began working for their father's business, Burns & Scalo Roofing, on the roof crews and in the warehouse. Jack is now president of the roofing company and Jim is president of Burns & Scalo Real Estate Services. Their father, John, and...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inPittsburgh post-gazette (Pittsburgh, Pa. 1978)
Main Author Talking with ... Jack and Jim Scalo By Joyce Gannon Pittsburgh Post- Gazette
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pittsburgh, Pa Pittsburgh Post - Gazette 20.08.2006
Subjects
Burns, Richard
Gannon, Joyce
Scalo, Jim
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:At age 13, twin brothers [Jack Scalo] and Jim Scalo began working for their father's business, Burns & Scalo Roofing, on the roof crews and in the warehouse. Jack is now president of the roofing company and Jim is president of Burns & Scalo Real Estate Services. Their father, John, and his partner, Richard "Duke" Burns, who founded the company in 1956, retired in 1997. JACK: I tend to micromanage more than Jim would. That's probably due to the number of people I'm responsible for. I think Jim is a little bit more of a free spirit. I don't mean that negatively. JIM: One of the true ways it worked is that Dad and Mr. Burns gave us enough rope to hang ourselves. Most of the stories you hear are when the dad is the dominant figure and the sons can never do it well enough, or right enough. That's when the son feels squashed. And we have very supportive wives. That's a huge part of our success.
ISSN:1068-624X