GM waited until after Black Friday to announce the lost of 14,700 jobs. How many of those workers

[demtenjeep]

bought things on BF they wouldn't have if they had known they would lose their jobs?



Waited until the numbers were in for Black Friday to show how "good" the economy is

[marlakay]

1. I lost a job once two weeks before Christmas

Its horrible! And I was in a small rural area and forced to move back to city to find work.

[pecosbob]

12. Me too...right after they gave out turkeys to everyone.

[Sneederbunk]

2. Waited until after mid-terms too.

Ohio

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Can't win enough under rump's economy eh? I'm truly sorry about the loss of these jobs, ...

especially right before the holidays kick off in full swing. Perhaps their states have robust programs in place to help these displaced workers, as well as the union(s) and GM itself. My heart goes out to these workers and hopefully they'll find employment in this economy quickly and relatively quickly w/ no disruptions to their lives, e.g., have to move (their families too), etc.

[liberalhistorian]

4. How many of them voted for Trump, despite

all the available evidence of what a dangerous lying scumbag he was?

[Boomerproud]

6. They will refuse to believe he had anything to do with it.

Wearing the blindfold.

[roamer65]

5. Horribly handled, but GM has no choice but to make cuts.

Demand for passenger vehicles has dropped tremendously. If a company can’t make money on a product line, they have no choice but to end its production.

My heart goes out to the workers and salaried at GM, but the management being laid off I have no sympathy for them. They are responsible for the poor decisions that lead to this action.

[ret5hd]

7. "Cause I lost my job two weeks before Christmas"...

Cause I lost my job two weeks before Christmas
And I talked to Jesus at the sewer
And the Pope said it was none of his God-damned business
While the rain drank champagne
My Estonian Archangel came and got me wasted
Cause the sweetest kiss I ever got is the one I've never tasted
Oh but they'll take their bonus pay to Molly McDonald,
Neon lady , beauty is that which obeys, is bought or borrowed
Cause my heart's become a crooked hotel full of rumours
But it's I who pays the rent for these fingered-face out-of-tuners
And I make 16 solid half hour friendships every evening
Cause your queen of hearts who is half a stone
And likes to laugh alone is always threatening you with leaving
Oh but they play those token games on Willy Thompson
And give a medal to replace the son of Mrs. Annie Johnson
Cause they told me everybody's got to pay their dues
And I explained that I had overpaid them
So overdued I went to the company store and the clerk there said that they had just been invaded
So I set sail in a teardrop and escaped beneath the doorsill
Cause the smell of her perfume echoes in my head still
Cause I see my people trying to drown the sun
In weekends of whiskey sours
Cause how many times can you wake up in this comic book and plant flowers?

[Docreed2003]

11. +1

[Buckeyeblue]

8. If we are being honest GM products suck

[James48]

9. I love my Buick.

Then again, I live in Michigan, where many of my neighbors work for the auto companies or their suppliers. I would never buy a non-Union made vehicle.

[pintobean]

13. I don't think so.

Neither does JD Power.

That's a pretty shitty thing for you to say, when 15000 people just learned they're losing their jobs.

[Buckeyeblue]

20. Why is it shitty? They can't compete.

I have a ford SUV and a Chevy truck. I've had a GM truck. My parents had a Buick. We had problems with both. From a sedan standpoint, nothing compares with the Camry I had. I gave it to a family member who needed a car. But the Csmry was--and still is at over 200K--a bad ass.

[pstokely]

15. the people who still buy sedans aren't buying Ford, GM, or Chrysler

people who want those buy Honda or Toyota

[pstokely]

16. they've might improved on quality

but their reputation hasn't because of their shitty products from 20 years ago, they made lifelong Honda and Toyota

[Blue_true]

10. My experience from once being in three large corporations.

Workers have heard strong rumours for at least a couple of months and pretty good numbers for at least two weeks. The announcement just make it widely public.

[pstokely]

14. they also waited until after the election

these cars won't selling any better 3 weeks ago

[TheBlackAdder]

17. That's the thing that really pisses me off about this, they gave Trump cover for his own deeds.

[Phentex]

18. yep

very calculated

[demtenjeep]

19. exactly. When it was in the student news this morning after the story of how Black Friday actually

came about I knew they waited on purpose