BioInvestor

GM Slashes Benefits: One Bad Decision After Another

Rocky_08, you guessed wrong.

Your comment about the assembly of parts is not relevant. If the parts are poor but assembled correctly, so what? If a GM car is poorly made, it's still a GM car. The company made the decision on how the car would be built, which companies to have as partners and the quality systems to employ. Regardless of how the car is constructed, it's a GM vehicle.

For what it's worth, I didn't comment on the abilities of GM employees in the plants. My concern is with management. You introduced topics that I didn't discuss.



On July 21, Rocky_08 wrote:

Bio... I would guess that you really don't know that GM employees only put the vehicles together. Many, if not almost all of the parts are supplied by way of "OUTSIDE" suppliers. Many of these parts are not GM parts at all but they are often and with hope, the best that GM can find. But also they are the in and among the lowest cost parts, via bid offerings. This often equates to cheap parts.

In that I say that the cars are built very well by GM employees with the parts GM selects which have been in past, sub standard. The line workes don't get to select the parts they install. Being forced to insytall cheap parts cannot be blamed on the workers who build the cars.

For example: I have an 04 GM pick-up with a power window in the rear that works only intermittently. That is not a manufacturing problem. GM does not build window motors, window regulators, window relays and so on.... They build cars. This is a component problem via cheap part. Incidently, the window has been used very little. No one sits back there. The mileage is low at 15k and the vehicle is out of warranty being an 04. Again... this is not a manufacturing problem. GM employees do a great job but the parts and components are another issue GM deals with. GM has had to learn the hard way that a cheap part is often not the best. I do hope that I have cleared up what you seem to think makes no sense.