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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/06/striking-uaw-and-american-axle-will-sit-down-and-talk-today/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/06/striking-uaw-and-american-axle-will-sit-down-and-talk-today/</guid><description><![CDATA[If a company is not doing well and not making the financial numbers that they should be making then the company reserves the right to do what is necessary to get them back up or otherwise totally fail.  If it means letting a few people go then so be it.  If they have to hire new and younger talent in order to remain competitive then again so be it.  If they sit on the same soggy employers who are more of the paperweights instead of the go getters then ultimately the whole company suffers and then it becomes bad for everyone.  Look at the market share of the domestics continuing to decline in the automobile world.  It's certainly not "well if it is a foreign car then it must be better" perceptions that kill them, it's their quality of output, which has not been that  competitive when compared to the imports.  Yes they have gotten better but at a turtle's pace while the imports are moving quicker than a rabbit.  If this is a surprise to you then you may need to open your eyes more.  I am well focused to the automotive industry mainly because I have close friends who work at different automobile companies throughout the world, not because i hear my neighbor saying "my chevy lumina sucks".<br><br>As a business owner if you have dead weights that refuse to change their ways, participate, being an asset to the company and contributing to helping the company grow you drop them like a bad habbit, regardless if they have 2 mortgages, going to lose their home...etc.   If that was a concern to them it should be a motivating factor in them improving themselves to become better.  If the company the employers are working at wants to reduce their pay in order to help rebuild the company's finances then they can either suck it up and deal with it or find another job.  it's just that simple.<br><br>Thank goodness my businesses do not support or are involved in unions.  The thing I hate the most is someone forcing me to keep a dead weight in the company just so they can pay their expenses.  I don't work that way.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[tanooki2003]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 6th 2008 10:24AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>