Bye the way...Don't come in on monday either!
More unfortunate news as Wayland Chevy closes in Wayland. Tempers apparently ran high and there were a couple of scuffles.
Video from a WWMT report captured one of these scuffles.
It drives home the real cost of this terrible economy, as people loose their livelihoods, and families are effected. From what little I gleaned from this report, and others on the net, the company decided to not give notice of the closure until the day the doors would be shut. If true, such actions may very well be deserving of a knuckle sandwich being delivered in my opinion. As heartbreaking as it is to the owners and their families, that their businesses are being forced shut, they must remember the people working for them that put their hearts and souls into that company as well.
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Just one more example of the success of our capitalist system, which hinges on "creative destruction" of the obsolete and inefficient.
What surprises me is the outrage of people who knew the event was inevitable. To assume that employees of the inefficient and obsolete companies had no clues of the inevitable loss of their employer is to sell most people who work very short. It is more likely that they had been warning the ever-optomistic employer of the impending disaster for years. Certainly, the local bank had been aware of the decline in profits for a long time. That kind of news is never a closely held secret.
There is a reason for giving short notices for closing, and you can thank the "workers".
One example is when GM closed the Pontiac plant in the city of Pontiac years ago. The company gave a long advanced notice. During the time between the announcment and the closing, the UAW "workers" did slowdowns, vandalism, and sabotage. Just for the hell of it, and out of spite.
I doubt if employees at a small town car lot belong to the UAW but thanks for the expected jab at unions.
grillo, I doubt the employees knew it was coming. Your average worker never gets to see the books and often owners hide how bad things really are.
Amazing that employers expect two weeks notice but employees are supposed to be OK with coming in Monday to find a locked door and no way to pay the mortgage, heat, etc. After all, they knew they "had it coming." Wow....
Pol: The unions deserve such a jab for their destruction of the auto industry, which includes their shoddy work which keeps the Big 3 in the pits as far as quality goes.
I don't know of too many business owners who take glee and pleasure from either laying off good employees or closing their doors all together.
To suggest these employers "must remember the people working for them...", is condescending at best. Having gone through devastating lay offs at my own company in December and again in March, I can assure you most employers need no such reminder from the likes of this blog or anyone else.
JC
"....most employers...."
You must agree then, that some do not prescribe to your corporate love in theory.
The truth is I wrote nothing of glee,and pleasure. If you would like me to label it I would suggest apathy.
Also, you would do well to realize you are commenting on a blog in the state of Michigan. We all know people out of work. Condescension...yours.
To assume that the only people who are aware of bad financial conditions require access to the ledgers is foolishness. Most workers couldn't decipher the books if they had them. In the trenches the word spreads much faster. The lowly new car detailer can tell when he is only washing a few compared to when he was cleaning up many.
And I'm sure the do nothing Democrat controled congress that sat on it's hands doing nothing when gas was $4 plus a gallon has nothing to do with the poor auto sales or the slow down in the Economy.
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