Has GM lost its way? I think so. The big automaker and a staple of American car production received word from its CEO Mary Barra that plants will be closing down and thousands of jobs cut in an effort to salvage the company. Again. They fought back against bankruptcy with a federal bailout, and many thought they had done so well enough not to worry that such a day as this would come. She has said that she wants to devote its energies to a restructured market, so the Chevrolet Volt–their first electric hybrid vehicle–is slated to cease production, along with the Impala and Cruze from Chevrolet, as well as the Cadillac XTS and CT6.
People seem to have become selectively obtuse, choosing to share car rides with strangers–probably to rebel against our parents who told us not to–and plug in a car rather than gas it up. Barra also brought up the future of self-driving cars, since it seems that Americans are giving up passenger vehicles unless they do the work for them. Or somebody drives for them.
I bought a Cruze, manufactured by a plant in Lordstown, Ohio by some 1,600 dedicated workers who may now lose their jobs. This car is fine example of skilled design and dependability, which has gotten me to work in the worst weather with no signs of poor manufacturing. A Cruze model is also made in Mexico for a lot more money, but I chose to buy American. Now that the vehicle will be declared obsolete by a woman in a suit, I don’t know what my decades of devotion to GM and Chevrolet means to her.
Restructuring a company should not mean ditching your best products or kicking good people to the curb. It means reviewing the market and moving the parts of your operation around to keep your best around you.
Ms. Barra, I don’t want to move to driving a Malibu. I’m not a Malibu type person. I’m practical. So is GM. Rethink this before you take GM in a direction from which it can’t return.
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Posted at 12:53 am by kayewer, on December 3, 2018
Has GM lost its way? I think so. The big automaker and a staple of American car production received word from its CEO Mary Barra that plants will be closing down and thousands of jobs cut in an effort to salvage the company. Again. They fought back against bankruptcy with a federal bailout, and many thought they had done so well enough not to worry that such a day as this would come. She has said that she wants to devote its energies to a restructured market, so the Chevrolet Volt–their first electric hybrid vehicle–is slated to cease production, along with the Impala and Cruze from Chevrolet, as well as the Cadillac XTS and CT6.
People seem to have become selectively obtuse, choosing to share car rides with strangers–probably to rebel against our parents who told us not to–and plug in a car rather than gas it up. Barra also brought up the future of self-driving cars, since it seems that Americans are giving up passenger vehicles unless they do the work for them. Or somebody drives for them.
I bought a Cruze, manufactured by a plant in Lordstown, Ohio by some 1,600 dedicated workers who may now lose their jobs. This car is fine example of skilled design and dependability, which has gotten me to work in the worst weather with no signs of poor manufacturing. A Cruze model is also made in Mexico for a lot more money, but I chose to buy American. Now that the vehicle will be declared obsolete by a woman in a suit, I don’t know what my decades of devotion to GM and Chevrolet means to her.
Restructuring a company should not mean ditching your best products or kicking good people to the curb. It means reviewing the market and moving the parts of your operation around to keep your best around you.
Ms. Barra, I don’t want to move to driving a Malibu. I’m not a Malibu type person. I’m practical. So is GM. Rethink this before you take GM in a direction from which it can’t return.
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