Comments on: GM on the brink… http://revengeoftheelectriccar.com/gm-on-the-brink/ The Film : The Blogs : The Revolution Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:43:49 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ray http://revengeoftheelectriccar.com/gm-on-the-brink/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Ray Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:55:17 +0000 http://revengeoftheelectriccar.com/?p=378#comment-40 Great post. Bankruptcy is the only answer to break the unions. I think most Americans have no idea what the average worker makes even after being laid off! While Honda and BMW workers are barely getting by on a mere $35.00 hour and benefits. I still agree the CEO's must go. As a shareholder I insist! Great post. Bankruptcy is the only answer to break the unions. I think most Americans have no idea what the average worker makes even after being laid off! While Honda and BMW workers are barely getting by on a mere $35.00 hour and benefits.

I still agree the CEO’s must go. As a shareholder I insist!

]]> By: EV Rider http://revengeoftheelectriccar.com/gm-on-the-brink/comment-page-1/#comment-41 EV Rider Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:32:08 +0000 http://revengeoftheelectriccar.com/?p=378#comment-41 Even with $5 billion in savings from new moves to lay off 3,600 factory workers, cut white-collar jobs and idle plants from Lansing, Mich., to Lordstown, Ohio, GM could still have trouble paying its bills. But, wait – the industry's problem is not with the blue-collar workers down on the factory floor. Those people are highly-skilled, efficient, and productive. Rather, the problem is with the suits up in the executive suite. They're the ones who're supposed to assess what consumers want and to design quality cars – and these numbskulls are failing miserably at both of these jobs. While foreign car makers are turning out vehicles that look good, are well-designed, get good mileage, use innovative technology, and are both reliable and longlasting – GM's execs keep coming out with poorly-designed, gas-guzzling clunkers. Consumers are snapping up Toyotas, for example, faster than the company can roll them out, because – duh!– Toyota is making cars that people actually want. Its' America's auto executives who can't compete, not the workers on the line. If they want a real turnaround plan for the industry, they should keep the workers, fire themselves, and bring in new executive teams that have enough good old-fashioned, innovative spark to compete effectively (and profitably). Even with $5 billion in savings from new moves to lay off 3,600 factory workers, cut white-collar jobs and idle plants from Lansing, Mich., to Lordstown, Ohio, GM could still have trouble paying its bills.

But, wait – the industry’s problem is not with the blue-collar workers down on the factory floor. Those people are highly-skilled, efficient, and productive. Rather, the problem is with the suits up in the executive suite. They’re the ones who’re supposed to assess what consumers want and to design quality cars – and these numbskulls are failing miserably at both of these jobs.

While foreign car makers are turning out vehicles that look good, are well-designed, get good mileage, use innovative technology, and are both reliable and longlasting – GM’s execs keep coming out with poorly-designed, gas-guzzling clunkers. Consumers are snapping up Toyotas, for example, faster than the company can roll them out, because – duh!– Toyota is making cars that people actually want.

Its’ America’s auto executives who can’t compete, not the workers on the line. If they want a real turnaround plan for the industry, they should keep the workers, fire themselves, and bring in new executive teams that have enough good old-fashioned, innovative spark to compete effectively (and profitably).

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