By Harry Minium
Ricky Rahne had an Ivy League degree from Cornell and a great job with Cintas, a Fortune 500 company that most recently reported $5 billion in annual revenue. He was in the manager trainee program and his bosses told him his future with the company was very bright.
"My first job was to integrate a company that Cintas bought," Rahne said. "I was involved in catalog sales and for another six months, ran a portion of the factory. I actually drove some of the trucks for a while when we were down a few employees.