This is a question for those of you who blog? Do you believe that upper management did not know about this? I am curious as to what you think.
Have a great weekend!
Crain, remember back when GM was bailed out and Obama sent one of his minions in there to run it? When you have someone with no Automotive experience and is a Progressive minion that knows nothing about business at all, this is what you get. He probably treated this as a minor nuisance and dismissed it in the same cavalier way that they do all their scandals. I saw a report that GM has recalled more vehicles than they have sold in the past 5 years. It doesn’t do much for their brand, does it?
Agent, the problem goes back further than Obama. The report finds there was a “mishandling of a deadly ignition switch details missteps by employees and officials over 11 years a deadly ignition switch details missteps by employees and officials over 11 years.”
KY, when a company is broke like GM was back in the day, they might have not had the funds to do a massive recall. The Obama minion, flush with bailout money could have done the recall. Why didn’t he? Basically, the bailout assured the unions their jobs. When have they had safety of their customers on their minds?
June 10, 2014 at 1:24 pm
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Were they broke 11 years ago? I can’t remember, honestly. That would be 2003, which was before the recession. Had the company fixed the problem as soon as it was discovered, they might not be facing this financial and PR nightmare.
June 9, 2014 at 11:45 am
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So this is all Obama’s fault, Agent? Is that what you’re trying to say?
Not all Libby, but the last 6 years has not been kind to them and management did not do anything, kind of like the VA which was shown to have had problems for years and look what has happened, NOTHING! They knew about it and were too interested in playing politics to address real problems.
I think they knew. Anytime a death results from one of your products, I think that shows up on their desk. Plus when you’re making millions of dollars a year, it’s your job to get reports and review them. Unless I’m mistaken I don’t think the job is to keep a warm body in the CEO seat. The CEO might think that, but it is not. Just like a sports team, when a head coach takes the job, they usually hire the people that work around them, the assistant coaches. They hire people they can trust, becuase if they don’t work out, the coach doesn’t have a job. Same thing should apply here. The CEO should take the responsibility of their team. The buck stops at the CEO. Fines and jail time should apply.
stories have been told that the Saturn model line, which received rave reviews, ran counter to the GM philosophy. After a few years of success, GM cronies force that division to shut down because they were making much better autos, with better results than GM.
I don’t see the GM culture changing. Like most people today, they will say “I’m sorry, it will not happen again”, but it will be business as usual…..
I always liked the Saturn products and bought my daughter one. It was reliable and economical for her. I was amazed they shut them down and they were made in a different plant where there was better quality control. By the way, GM shut down Pontiac and Oldsmobile also and both had a good line for quite a few years. In addition, they closed a number of dealerships because they were not high enough volume to suit them. I wonder what the status is on the Volt now. I understand they can’t give them away and dealers sure don’t want them. My local Chevy dealer is high volume and not one Volt is on the lot.
This is a question for those of you who blog? Do you believe that upper management did not know about this? I am curious as to what you think.
Have a great weekend!
Crain, remember back when GM was bailed out and Obama sent one of his minions in there to run it? When you have someone with no Automotive experience and is a Progressive minion that knows nothing about business at all, this is what you get. He probably treated this as a minor nuisance and dismissed it in the same cavalier way that they do all their scandals. I saw a report that GM has recalled more vehicles than they have sold in the past 5 years. It doesn’t do much for their brand, does it?
Agent, the problem goes back further than Obama. The report finds there was a “mishandling of a deadly ignition switch details missteps by employees and officials over 11 years a deadly ignition switch details missteps by employees and officials over 11 years.”
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Too early on Monday for me to try to make sense. Sorry for the above garbage. Should have just said the problem has been known for 11 years.
KY, when a company is broke like GM was back in the day, they might have not had the funds to do a massive recall. The Obama minion, flush with bailout money could have done the recall. Why didn’t he? Basically, the bailout assured the unions their jobs. When have they had safety of their customers on their minds?
Were they broke 11 years ago? I can’t remember, honestly. That would be 2003, which was before the recession. Had the company fixed the problem as soon as it was discovered, they might not be facing this financial and PR nightmare.
So this is all Obama’s fault, Agent? Is that what you’re trying to say?
Not all Libby, but the last 6 years has not been kind to them and management did not do anything, kind of like the VA which was shown to have had problems for years and look what has happened, NOTHING! They knew about it and were too interested in playing politics to address real problems.
“They” meaning both sides of the aisle, right?
I think they knew. Anytime a death results from one of your products, I think that shows up on their desk. Plus when you’re making millions of dollars a year, it’s your job to get reports and review them. Unless I’m mistaken I don’t think the job is to keep a warm body in the CEO seat. The CEO might think that, but it is not. Just like a sports team, when a head coach takes the job, they usually hire the people that work around them, the assistant coaches. They hire people they can trust, becuase if they don’t work out, the coach doesn’t have a job. Same thing should apply here. The CEO should take the responsibility of their team. The buck stops at the CEO. Fines and jail time should apply.
stories have been told that the Saturn model line, which received rave reviews, ran counter to the GM philosophy. After a few years of success, GM cronies force that division to shut down because they were making much better autos, with better results than GM.
I don’t see the GM culture changing. Like most people today, they will say “I’m sorry, it will not happen again”, but it will be business as usual…..
I always liked the Saturn products and bought my daughter one. It was reliable and economical for her. I was amazed they shut them down and they were made in a different plant where there was better quality control. By the way, GM shut down Pontiac and Oldsmobile also and both had a good line for quite a few years. In addition, they closed a number of dealerships because they were not high enough volume to suit them. I wonder what the status is on the Volt now. I understand they can’t give them away and dealers sure don’t want them. My local Chevy dealer is high volume and not one Volt is on the lot.
Why would they allow the sale of fuel efficient cars in Texico? That would be a sin against the First Assembly of Exxon Mega-Church.