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I certainly understand your point that maybe their employees don't like Fords..

But something else to consider ---- the employees by choosing not to purchase a product made by their employer, could be contributing to the downfall of their employer too.

I'm NOT saying that any employee HAS to buy their own product, but it's interesting that they don't consider that in their purchases.

Hope I explained my thoughts completely, I'm not looking to get flamed. People certainly have the right to buy what they want, but they should at least think about it long term.

I'm NOT saying that any employee HAS to buy their own product, but it's interesting that they don't consider that in their purchases.

Maybe they are like restuarant employees who don't eat where they work. They see what goes into the product and say, no thanks.

But something else to consider ---- the employees by choosing not to purchase a product made by their employer, could be contributing to the downfall of their employer too.

If your employees are purchasing other manufacturers vehicles you aren't giveing them a good enough reason to purchase your vehicles.

Either they don't have faith in the product they produce, which is rarely something they have the ability to change, or the company is simply not offering a good value on their cars, even with employee discounts.

You also can't expect new employees to run out and buy a car made by you.

Hope I explained my thoughts completely, I'm not looking to get flamed. People certainly have the right to buy what they want, but they should at least think about it long term.

If the company isn't making products that their empolyees think are worth buying even with employee discounts, then buying the best value is thinking long term, because the long term prospects of the company aren't good, and the relatively small amount of profit the employee gives them buy spending their hard earned money on a product they feel isn't thier best value isn't going to change that.

I don't respond well to "have to" myself, but these workers are too stupid to realize that not only do their own purchases from other makers not help with job security, but what their purchase says to everyone who knows they work there has a mutiplier effect.

I've driven just about every manufacturers cars over the last 30 years and done are so bad that I couldn't buy one given the huge discount that Ford/GM/Chrysler offer to their employees.

Then again no one ever confused autoworkers who think that they owe their job to the union and not to the company that pays them with rocket scientists. Come to think of it, no one from Ford/GM/Chrysler management has sent anyone to the moon recently either.