I don’t care what Obama thinks, but I do care what Freepers think: do you all think the auto industry’s problems are primarily due to the unions pricing the product out of competitiveness or because these corporations have poor leadership? I’m beginning to think they are twin faces of a common reality: I keep running into more and more young managers who only want to work 40 hours a week, enjoy a six week vacation, and who care less and less about the bottom line, provided their salary and benefit demands are met. What think ye all?
It's not because you are just an ignorant customer.
The other all too true aphorism is "management gets the union it deserves".
I think it is largely due to the UAW. My dream result of this is that GM goes bankrupt and comes back without the unions following selling off a division to a private investor. Wouldn’t it be great to see an euntrepreneur take over a few plants and build quality American autos?
Beyond the wage issue, unions make it difficult to get rid of lousy employees. I want to buy a car from a company that kicks a lousy employee out to put in a better one, not a company that protects lousy employees.
Sounds about right. They think because they’re salary, they don’t have to work a minute past 40 hours a week. I’m salary, and I used to dream of working only 40 hours a week. I put in the hours because it needs to be done.