by Chris Sawyer on June 5, 2009
Back in the days when Roger Smith was GM’s chairman and meddling in every aspect of the corporation (he invented Saturn out of thin air, revamped the divisional structure, and generally made a mess of the organization), he saw the need to rehire the laid off workers once the reorganization was complete and the economy [...]
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by Chris Sawyer on March 31, 2009
No matter where you come down on President Obama “firing” Rick Wagoner (I think it sets a terrible precedent), the sad fact is that Wagoner had to go. A tall and very polite man, Wagoner could not – would not – face the problems facing General Motors in the U.S. head-on. In this, however, he [...]
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by Chris Sawyer on February 6, 2009
Recently I received this note:
Chris,
The whole industry is in survival-mode right now, and we’ve got another round of layoffs coming at Ford. I think we’re down 40 percent in the last three years. It’s just amazing how hard and fast the fall has been. We’d begun to see incredible change here at Ford, and were [...]
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