GMs new secret weapon......LOL

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
I just can't see how they can have 70,000 people out on the street and hiring people here a Toledo Power Train :h

I'm sure the Union would have something to say about that. Now they did offer a lot of buy out before the bankruptcy but none after, same holds true for Chrysler. I know GM/Ford even hired some trades people back that took the buy outs.

But at any rate buyouts should not be considered as lost jobs. GM has always been overstaffed both union and non union workers. Were you once needed 40 people to staff a line you now can do it with 15 do to robotics and modern production techniques. But I can assure you GM does not have any workers laid off.

Don

People should pay attention to the last part of this post, because in reality that is what has happened to the bulk of manufacturing jobs in this country. They haven't been "shipped overseas". There is more manufacturing happening in this country than ever, but it's all being done with less people. Nature of the beast. Manufacturing refinement results in better efficiency, and like or not better efficiency usually means fewer humans involved.


Back in the day if you needed to dig a ditch you hired a bunch of guys and passed out shovels. These days any John Q Public can run down to his local Rent All and tote home a Ditch Witch and do it by himself in a fraction of the time.