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paragon
02-25-2005, 11:59 AM
4500 people canceled for big money compensation. GM give 1 Billion USD for this outselling job. We are losing. Whats going on here ?

Eckhard
4313B
02-25-2005, 12:29 PM
Welcome to the American midwest. :)
America was the first to be eviscerated. Now I guess it's your turn.
The world in general is going to get real interesting in the next few years. Stay tuned... ;)

BERLIN General Motors subsidiary Adam Opel says 45-hundred German employees accepted the company's severance offer and will leave the unprofitable car maker this year.

The layoffs are part of the world's biggest automaker's overall plan to restructure its European operations that will mean a total of nine-thousand lost jobs at Opel.

About 27-hundred jobs will be cut at the main plant in Ruesselsheim, 15-hundred at a factory in Bochum and 300 from a Kaiserslautern facility.

In addition to those accepting the severance package, one-thousand Opel employees have agreed to an early retirement plan.

Opel is still in talks about outsourcing two-thousand jobs -- and a further 15-hundred jobs need to be cut at the company's Bochum plant.
Alex Lancaster
02-25-2005, 02:19 PM
:( From what I know, a lot of these jobs have gone to Spain and Brazil, cheap labor You know; next year China.
briang
02-25-2005, 05:30 PM
:( From what I know, a lot of these jobs have gone to Spain and Brazil, cheap labor You know; next year China. Don't forget many jobs are moving to Eastern Europe too.
Mr. Widget
02-25-2005, 05:48 PM
One nice side benefit of the globalization of these large corporations, we will have a lot of company to share in the misery of their missteps. As Giskard said, this is only the tip of the Titanic's iceberg. Hold on tight, it is going to be a bumpy ride. :barf:

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scott fitlin
02-25-2005, 06:27 PM
:( From what I know, a lot of these jobs have gone to Spain and Brazil, cheap labor You know; next year China.China is right now! manufacturing is moving into China right now and some are already there big time!

There is a town in China named " Harman " !
Mr. Widget
02-25-2005, 06:34 PM
China is right now! manufacturing is moving into China right now and some are already there big time!

Speaking of China and GM. Cadillac is building cars in China for the Chinese market! Times are a changing.

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scott fitlin
02-25-2005, 06:56 PM
O, now GM make famous cadirrac car in China too? I guess it wont be " Built Ford Tough "!

:D
Maron Horonzakz
02-26-2005, 06:45 AM
Yeh that Cadillac will have a built in Sarse cough!!!