Don't make a personal statement or response like that when you don't know anything about me... I said it is sad from an individual perspective what turnover does to families. I do work for a large Corporation and in fact the largest corp. by some measurements. In the past I've been laid off but you have to adapt to changes.
You guys just don't get the big picture; at all... The world is no longer the same; it's no longer focused on America and the needs of the middle class. In fact if you read Ford's last statement (10-k I believe it is) the single biggest loss leader is the domestic market. They operate at less than 75% capacity, which by industry standards is severely inefficient. The demand for Ford automobiles has been dropping for 10 straight quarters. What else do you expect them to do?
They need to sell off fixed assets (property, plants, etc...) and shed the variable costs associated with running them (plant workers, payroll, back office support) to become more efficient and flexible with a changing market.
You get angry with Ford for doing this but it's not like they chose to have sales decline, margins fall, etc... It's called economics or market forces if you will. By choosing Honda, Toyota, Nissan, etc... over Ford the market is voting with their wallet. Ford's products do not meet the demands of these consumers, thus they must change the structure of the company to meet these standards or they will go out of business.
On the flip side the customers of Ford are just as brutal to them as the company is to the employees that are being let go. Consumers don't show loyalty or buy domestic products to support American companies. No they overwhelmingly support the cheapest/most efficient product that meets their needs, no matter where the manufacturer's corporate HQ is.
I weep for you people who don't get how the world is changing. A little thing like Globalization is going the re-shape the American workforce (for the worse). We no longer will be able to pay some shmuck 80k/year in steelcog Michigan to work on a line making widgets. It can and will be shipped to somewhere else where the same job can be done for a 1/10th of that. Plane and simple that’s what is going to happen to every job that can be moved until the cost of labor equalizes.
You guys just don't get the big picture; at all... The world is no longer the same; it's no longer focused on America and the needs of the middle class. In fact if you read Ford's last statement (10-k I believe it is) the single biggest loss leader is the domestic market. They operate at less than 75% capacity, which by industry standards is severely inefficient. The demand for Ford automobiles has been dropping for 10 straight quarters. What else do you expect them to do?
They need to sell off fixed assets (property, plants, etc...) and shed the variable costs associated with running them (plant workers, payroll, back office support) to become more efficient and flexible with a changing market.
You get angry with Ford for doing this but it's not like they chose to have sales decline, margins fall, etc... It's called economics or market forces if you will. By choosing Honda, Toyota, Nissan, etc... over Ford the market is voting with their wallet. Ford's products do not meet the demands of these consumers, thus they must change the structure of the company to meet these standards or they will go out of business.
On the flip side the customers of Ford are just as brutal to them as the company is to the employees that are being let go. Consumers don't show loyalty or buy domestic products to support American companies. No they overwhelmingly support the cheapest/most efficient product that meets their needs, no matter where the manufacturer's corporate HQ is.
I weep for you people who don't get how the world is changing. A little thing like Globalization is going the re-shape the American workforce (for the worse). We no longer will be able to pay some shmuck 80k/year in steelcog Michigan to work on a line making widgets. It can and will be shipped to somewhere else where the same job can be done for a 1/10th of that. Plane and simple that’s what is going to happen to every job that can be moved until the cost of labor equalizes.
