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What do you think is a workable solution?

Would you support doing away with the payroll tax?

Management doesn't respect any of the plant workers, management always knows everything.

None of management has been promoted form the plant, therefore they have no real knowledge of what is going on and how it is done.

They think all there is to a job is knowing where the start and stop buttons on the machine are and that they can hire any burger flipping chimpanzee and make good product.

Management hates maintenance, a necessary evil they have to have and pay less than they are worth.

Management seems to pis off the loyal (what's left of them) folks and allow the screw offs to get away with not working much of the time, and making scrap when they do work.

We had "work teams" as part of a QS 900 qualification, but when the teams started to come up with real worthwhile changes management broke up the work teams. The "work team" meetings are now run by the dept. head and are just a time when he spouts company propaganda. Problems are not solved by "work teams".

To sum it up the company isn't hiring technical minded folks for the long term and although the company is doing well it isn't because of management, it is in spite of it.

How can a company compete when the people are just there to get a paycheck and aren't working together because they are all pis ed at the company?

I work for a company of about 250 in CT that makes wire rope and wire rope assemblies. Most of the people who have been there for any length of time feel as I do, this isn't just me talking here.

Many (most) of the friends I talk to who work for other companies say about the same about those companies. Is this a nation wide problem? I bet it is.

Not helped by the fact that many of the young folks who come to work aren't very good, out a lot, don't care, no mechanical background/experience, etc. However the techical folks are out there if you look, however when they come in and apply mostly they aren't hired, they want too much money?? They would rather hire for less, make lower quality, and scrap, and take longer to do it.

I just hope they keep going good for a few more years until I can retire.

Management doesn't respect any of the plant workers, management always knows everything. -The plant workers are the foundation, the managers must build on this foundation and involve it to make improvements. Very seldom do workers accept change, ussually because changes are abrupt and unexplained. Even the most "worker concerned" manager will be acused of not caring

None of management has been promoted form the plant, therefore they have no real knowledge of what is going on and how it is done. - Big mistake on the company , you promote from within, take that talent and give them the tools(education) to be able to be a manager or leader. Not everyone is a leader.

They think all there is to a job is knowing where the start and stop buttons on the machine are and that they can hire any burger flipping chimpanzee and make good product- Most factory workers are craftsman/skilled operators. I always would try a job myself before I expected some one else to do it. Most the time, the workers would shame me for being so slow. I worked on the line myself before being promoted, you have to remember where you came from!

Management hates maintenance, a necessary evil they have to have and pay less than they are worth. - NO maintenance is the antibiotics, they are there when you need them , they know what to do, stay out of their way and let them do their job. Involve them in your production meeting and process improvement meetings.

Management seems to pis off the loyal (what's left of them) folks and allow the screw offs to get away with not working much of the time, and making scrap when they do work. - Another common problem at everyplant. You need the assembly line time studied and balanced and work loads evened out, your "loyal" need to be involved in a waste reduction team and be involved in any implementation of improvements

We had "work teams" as part of a QS 900 qualification, but when the teams started to come up with real worthwhile changes management broke up the work teams. The "work team" meetings are now run by the dept. head and are just a time when he spouts company propaganda. Problems are not solved by "work teams". - You need to have a talk with the plant manager, you have issues going on that almost every other plant has as well. You wrote almost word for word what my employees, union stewards, stated to me when I became a manager, they were 100% right and really opened my eyes. A successful operation is not a "boss" and some "workers". It is a team. A manager is NO GOOD, if he does not value his people and listen to their ideas and follow up on them. When the line runs smooth, every ones job is better, why wouldnt a manager want that. Do you have a "labor management team"(LMT)

Aaron

That truly sucks.

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That's what they always say at the beginning of an acquisition.

The manufacturing will disappear over time. It may assemble some stuff here, but the actual manufacturing will take place in South Korea.

That is my greatest rant...wife hates to take me to the store anymore. I live 120 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. How in the heck can they farm raise shrimp in Vietnam, freeze it and fly it to Texas cheaper than we can produce it locally? I got to talking to some Vietnamese shrimpers in Rockport Tx. When you start with 500 gallon tanks of diesel at marina prices less road use tax you start out over a $1000 in the hole sailing out of port. Insurance, maintenance, licenses, etc. are out of sight. It's a wonder seafood isn't $500 a pound.

Me....I just push a hand seine around the local grass beds and get plenty for personal use.

I fear made in the USA is going to get more scarce in the future. Costs are so high in this nation and I don't know of any way to reverse the trend.

Now that I have painted a target on my backside I will bend over to make it easier for y'all to hit.
Let me have it....Lord knows I asked for it by responding to this lame inflammatory post!