Posted by wdTom on November 05, 2007 at 17:53:19 from (155.212.106.32):
In Reply to: Save made in USA posted by suptscottyb on November 05, 2007 at 17:00:03:
A few thoughts on why US products may cost so much. I know the points I am bring up aren't the whole problem, but I feel they are a good part of the reason products can be made cheaper over seas and shipped here and still be cheaper than US made products, and is SOME cases made better. As I see it in the company I work for these are some of the problems.
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.
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