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Replying to: alpine1 (Nov 12, 2008 5:11 pm) Hourly: ◦Production Team Member: Start - $14.90/hr., Top-Out $23.50/hr. ◦Maintenance/Die Maintenance Team Member: Start – $20.80/hr., Top-Out $27.00/hr. ◦Rotating Shift Premium: $1.00/hr. ◦Bonus Program ◦Overtime Pay Salaried: ◦Base Pay ◦Annual Merit Increase Consideration ◦Discretionary Bonus Program ◦Overtime Pay (to eligible team members) Health & Welfare Benefits, Programs, and Services ◦Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental & Vision ◦Basic & Dependent Life ◦Accidental Death and Dismemberment ◦Short/Long-term Disability ◦401(k) Savings Retirement Plan ◦Health/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts ◦Paid Time Off (2 weeks+) ◦Paid Holidays (annual average of 14) ◦Basic Skills Education, Training, & Development ◦Tuition Reimbursement Program ◦Employee Assistance Program ◦Group Auto & Home Insurance (discount rates) ◦Team Wear (company-paid clothing) ◦Vehicle Purchase Program (Kia product discounts) ◦Safety Glasses and Shoes ◦Occupational Health Center (24-hour) ◦Team Member Service Awards ◦24-Hour Fire, Police & Security Protection (onsite) ◦Banking Center (onsite) ◦Full Cafeteria Service Way better than what Honda, pays not quite as good as Toyota, though !!! Hey I will admit it's better than what I originally heard !!! I don't have a problem with them building here just that they don't use enough american suppliers for parts !!!  What's the domestic content in a Kia, ??? 5% last year when I checked !!!  -Rocky |
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Replying to: tlong (Nov 12, 2008 5:36 pm)  Ha Ha Ha Ha !!! On a positive note though I have a 2nd interview tomorrow 12-7 EST. for a entry-level management job for a major company !!!  I'm not getting my hopes up too high though !!! I had a interviewand test yesterday (tuesday) and am playing the waiting game with that one. -Rocky
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Nov 12, 2008 5:47 pm)  -Rocky |
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Replying to: rockylee (Nov 12, 2008 10:08 pm) Very few companies in this country offer retiree health packages. Perhaps you have a silver spoon in your mouth?
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Replying to: rockylee (Nov 12, 2008 11:53 pm) They don't have the huge bloated cost structure of GM. They also don't have 8 divisions and they don't rebadge the same CUV under four nameplates! I have a 2nd interview tomorrow 12-7 EST. for a entry-level management job for a major company !!! Seriously, good luck! If you can land that job in this economy it is a major accomplishment!
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apparently you haven't been reading your automotive news very much, at least concerning Kia. They have improved their quality immensely in the past 7 years and now are 12th in initial quality. Yes, that puts them above several automakers in quality. To say they are VCR's on wheels is putting your head in the sand. They are state-of-the-art and have been for years, bud. Pull your head out and smell the lower-priced gasoline, rockford.
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Nov 13, 2008 2:01 am) Actually 18th but it is quite impressive and just below average. http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2008063 For long term reliability they are 35th (3rd from last). But it does look like their latest models are doing much better. Great improvements. http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2008115 Of course then again all the makes are pretty much about the same for quality today. The best is about 1.5 problems per car and the average is about 2. |
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Replying to: tlong (Nov 13, 2008 12:29 am) -Rocky
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Nov 12, 2008 4:18 pm) Maybe this was a smart thing on behalf of the Chinese and maybe we should've done it too. The Chinese probably saw the foreign manufacturers coming in and killing off the native manufacturers. In order to prevent this from happening, they enacted a rule that a foreign maker must partner up with a native one. Maybe we should have GM-Toyota or Ford-Honda or Chrysler-Nissan here?
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