This American Life: NUMMI
03-30-2010, 03:44 PM
#12
Originally Posted by sandiegan,Mar 30 2010, 03:37 PM
This was an awesome episode.
Unions are poison.
Unions are poison.
Union's are BS
J. R.
03-30-2010, 04:32 PM
#13
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Originally Posted by rockville,Mar 30 2010, 07:13 PM
Having listened to the whole thing it was a good article. I liked that they both showed the failings of management but also the issues of labor and the union refusing to help.
I was a afraid this would be more like some of the other GM articles on NPR which have often been superficial or simply reporting a given conclusion. In the end this one was actually rather good.
I liked that the illustrated that GM did have people who knew what the hell was going on. I really appreciate that they said something that I and the other "GM supporters" have said for a while. In the last decade it was clear that GM really did get it and that they were making good cars. In the 1980s and to a lesser degree in the 1990s GM seemed to have a few good ideas that were wasted on bad cars. Even when they had a class leading subsystem the sum of the parts was greater than the whole. However, in this decade (01-10) they really seemed to have finally turned the corner. However the legacy costs, killed them in the end.
Thanks for sharing!
I was a afraid this would be more like some of the other GM articles on NPR which have often been superficial or simply reporting a given conclusion. In the end this one was actually rather good.
I liked that the illustrated that GM did have people who knew what the hell was going on. I really appreciate that they said something that I and the other "GM supporters" have said for a while. In the last decade it was clear that GM really did get it and that they were making good cars. In the 1980s and to a lesser degree in the 1990s GM seemed to have a few good ideas that were wasted on bad cars. Even when they had a class leading subsystem the sum of the parts was greater than the whole. However, in this decade (01-10) they really seemed to have finally turned the corner. However the legacy costs, killed them in the end.
Thanks for sharing!
04-01-2010, 10:59 AM
#19
Originally Posted by flexer,Mar 30 2010, 03:44 PM
AMEN. They BURN companies. Its the beauty of this country......you get paid what your worth. If your worth a low wage its what you will be paid, if your worth more....quit, and go get paid what your worth. No one is twisting your arm.
Union's are BS
J. R.
Union's are BS
J. R.
