Auto companies paying them to leave

[stang]

For all the guys recently writing about their employers shafting them, you should've been at GM or Chrysler I guess.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090202/business/cbusiness_us_autos_buyouts

 

[S.C. Joe]

Gee why do you think some resent those guys so much...the union took good care of their workers.


Problem is where are those guys who have 2-3 kids to raise going to find a decent job now?

 

[ig-88]

it costs less for the company

cheaper to give someone a one-time cash payout than a lifetime of pension, health insurance, etc.

 

[Rockslinger]

Gee why do you think some resent those guys so much...the union took good care of their workers

Would you feel cheated if you don't get $100,000 plus a $25,000 SP voucher when your company fires you next month?

 

[viking1965]

Gee why do you think some resent those guys so much...the union took good care of their workers.

Yes, they took such good care of their workers that they ran the companies into the ground and now their workers no longer have jobs.

Meanwhile the UAW owns a farking golf course!!!!

How "over compensated" do you need to be for it to be worthwhile to the company to pay you $100K to go away?!?!?!?!?!?

 

[Rockslinger]

Yes, they took such good care of their workers that they ran the companies into the ground and now their workers no longer have jobs.

They killed the goose that laid the golden egg.

 

[a 1 player]

They killed the goose that laid the golden egg.

Damn right!

 

[onthebottom]

They killed the goose that laid the golden egg.

Yeah, although the goose did a good job of fucking itself as well. I've said many times, there are no good guys in the auto industry story....Unions suck, management sucks.... well, except Toyota and Honda maybe.

OTB

 

[WoodPeckr]

Toyota had 'record' Recalls the last couple years ... more than the BIG 3.
Guess Toyota is becoming Americanized......

 

[WoodPeckr]

Would you feel cheated if you don't get $100,000 plus a $25,000 SP voucher when your company fires you next month?

Chump change!
German autoworkers had to be culled also and were offered buyouts of 250,000 Euros + Free training and tuition to learn a new trade.
Guess some countries do care about their workers/people....

 

[svtcobra]

Yeah once the government takes their cut from their severance packages it will not look that good anymore..