"Put money into the Triangle community (example: light rail transportation), not into Cary real estate"

Anyone who'd make that comment obviously doesn't know what they're talking about. He's donated plenty of money to charity and non-profits, and donated even MORE in personal time to education reform. He fights more for the education of NC's children then some of their own parents... In contrast, what have you done for your community besides come up with the idea that mass transit will create utopia?

Kudos to Mr. Goodnight for running a company that is ethical and prosperous. Proving the two aren't mutually exclusive. The problem with most public companies is that they are driven by short term thinking. Layoffs should be a last resort, not a first resort, even if that means salary cuts. The economy will not recover until the layoffs end or at least slow way down. Companies which layoff employees even when they are profitable (think IBM, Microsoft) are ultimately hurting themselves. Laid off employees can't pay their mortgages and other loans creating more "toxic loans", further dragging down banks and making them loathe to lend to anyone. This causes a "death spiral" to which our economy will have a very difficult time recovering. Eventually this will mean less profits for everyone.

"Get rich quick CEO's answering to share holders are what has left companies so vulnerable in a weak economy."

Ya, funny that companies that put employees, customers and service first are weathering the storm best. Companies that sat around thinking of ways to reduce or "automate" customer service to increase returns for VC's and shareholders are diving like rocks in a pool.

OMG! There is a company who is making money in tough economic times? Let's grab the pitchforks, torches and raise their taxes. We simply can not allow a company to prosper while others are being laid off.

Mr. Goodnight has also realized that employees who are treated well, with lots of wonderful benefits, are less likely to move -- thus, less expense in training new hires. He knows that being good to employees is in his economic best interest.