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Replying to: rockylee (Feb 26, 2007 6:37 pm) The American complaint used to be that the Japanese - both white- and blue-collar employees - worked TOO hard and were burying us because of their work ethic. Has this suddenly changed in the last 10-15 years? |
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Replying to: grbeck (Feb 27, 2007 7:20 am) And she says this is normal for most. In fact she is the first to leave every night so she can see the kids for more than 2 hours a day.
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Feb 27, 2007 10:23 am) |
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Feb 27, 2007 10:23 am) We here in America are fast becoming subservient economically to others in industrialized nations around the world. The dollar is worth a fraction of what it once was, and this is exactly why it's cheaper for companies to manufacture here - their primary direct costs, especially labor, are cheaper.
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Replying to: w9cw (Feb 27, 2007 12:18 pm) This is exactly correct. US labor is 1/2 the price of the rest of the western world. It's far less expensive to produce here and more stable. |
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| ...doing physical inventory. The managers start out with a $36,000 salary and a car, but they work like 14-16 hours a day. They wanted to make me a manager, but I declined as I earn more than twice at my regular job than what the big boss at this company makes. I've also found the fastest way to get fired from this place is to get promoted. They put a lot of pressure on these managers for what is really less than minimum wage. You're better off just being an ordinary worker bee. | |
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What if GM and Nissan bought Chrysler, and kept it as its own company, so it wouldn't merge with either portfolio? I know its unlikely but these two companies had amazing turn-arounds, and maybe if they worked together, they could pull it off. Nissan would get its heavy-duty truck platform that it doesn't have, and GM would get new minivans, along with a platform for the Hummer H4, if the cost were split, and especially if GM could get a price reduction or maybe even trade Saab,(MB could probably do way better with it).
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Replying to: greenday91490 (Mar 02, 2007 5:12 am)
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Mar 02, 2007 7:46 am) |
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Replying to: grbeck (Feb 27, 2007 7:20 am) My source was a study not by the UAW but rather by the IUE. It was a study done by the U.S. department of labor from the mid 90's. The American complaint used to be that the Japanese - both white- and blue-collar employees - worked TOO hard and were burying us because of their work ethic. Has this suddenly changed in the last 10-15 years? We used to be out worked by the Japanese in the 70's (I think) and if you read articles like I have from various news publications only New Zeeland is more productive than the U.S. The Europeans per labor hour are the most productive and can do as much work in a 35 hour work week as americans can in 40 hours. One proposal I read was a 6 hour workday with no lunch and pay the people for 40 hours. Some employers do this and find a lot of benefits and happier employees. So it's all speculation as nothing new has been released yet ? I've haven't read squat about the auto-industry for about 8 or 9 days because of computer virus. YUK !!!! .......  Rocky |
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