On GM plant to cut more production
Posted on June 12 at 2:23 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
imgladileftgm: Point 1: (since you need my points enumerated) You’ve got that right-my posts ARE long.
Point 2: You’re saying “Well I’m off to count all my money I received for taking a better job than GM!”, (yeah right!) yet you berate GM workers who don’t have it as good as you do because they are still working at the same job they may have taken 10, 20, 30 or more years ago? Which is it; they’re making too much, not enough, or...? I was wondering if “Janesvillehero” took another name. That statement could very well be attributed to him!
Point 3: You say I have 3rd grade grammar? Point it out if you can find it. I’ve heard others say on these blogs that if someone can’t think of something bad enough to say about someone they disagree with, they point out minor verbal issues. Go ahead, make my day, retrain me, keeping in mind we’re not writing college theses here. (By the way, since you’re so particular, that’s the plural of thesis, not the plural of these.)
On GM plant to cut more production
Posted on June 11 at 10:07 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
ihavealife: Of course you are right-I respect the comments you have made. I apologize.
I meant imgladileftgm, and the way he got excited about the prospect of seeing GM torn down-you know-like some people who drive slowly by car accidents in case there are mangled bodies to see. And now that I look more closely at the name-I won’t ask, but would hazard some guesses as to why he says he is in a better place now: he left GM because he thought he should not accept such good pay/benefits and they refused to give him less, or-he found better pay/benefits (in which case-how dare he say others shouldn’t get what they get) or....the more likely situation, he couldn’t keep the job there-(their idea or his?)
imgladileftgm? You really think that a dozen (or ?) jobs at Burger King (though respectable employment and important to the worker and customers they might be) would or even should have the impact several thousand family supporting jobs would have on the city OR on the individual? I can think of dozens of places in the area always actively seeking this category of food service workers, offhand-can’t think of any jobs to replace the GM/Lear and other affected employee jobs. Can you? Actually you’d probably complain if displaced GM (etc) workers now tried to take the area Burger King jobs away from others who are “more entitled”. Don’t lose any sleep over it though.
On GM plant to cut more production
Posted on June 11 at 7:49 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Shine-you sure DON'T see GM people complaining-they are not. Don’t bother asking about it, either. These same...um...(wait while I look up the term vultures to make sure I'm not libeling anyone.) anyway these same people say the same over and over-GM whiners, GM complainers.....but I even asked once to see some of the complaining quotes-I’ve looked myself-it keeps being the same-the complaints and whining ALL comes from the ones who hate those making a excellent wage for a good days work at GM.
YES-many others’ jobs will be affected! NO-they’re not all from GM-why oh why is that the fault of the GM worker-either the GM related articles OR the fact that they can’t save the other’s jobs? (Why continuously try to use logic to them, though?) As a matter of fact-YOU real complainers are the ones wishing the Lear, SSI etc jobs away when you wish GM jobs away.
Notice the imgladihavealife (yeah right!) gleeful comment about how exciting it will be to see all those jobs being ground up by machines? THAT’S the kind of mind you’re dealing with here.
On GM employees still in shock over announcement
Posted on June 11 at 7:27 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Slave: Funny-if you're talking about the regular GM rank and file worker-they do not have name badges-just a credit card like ID card used to swipe a time clock. How are they sporting it? Behind their ear?
In my work-where it IS my business to know who I'm dealing with-I see the opposite type of worker, and NO badges. Must be something to that...Maybe because I would never expect them to take the job-and then beg for less to do it.
On GM employees still in shock over announcement
Posted on June 11 at 11:07 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
ammfrmm-I can’t help it, I’m sooo curious. These GM workers you see at restaurants who make waitresses run around like chickens with their heads cut off: do they wear their GM “badges” on their shirt expecting special privileges because they're from GM-or-just how do you identify GM workers in these public situations? You make it sound like it’s a pretty common experience. Or—are they people you are hanging out with? In that case-complain to your particular friends about their rudeness. You don’t HAVE to socialize with people that you don’t respect. Seems to me people see these rude GM people in situations where they normally would have no idea what their backgrounds are-so the people who complain must all be hanging out with bad crowds-not surprising considering their own way of speaking. You shouldn't complain on a public forum about YOUR personal friends-because you cannot "prove" all of a huge employee base act that way. It's just plain ludicrous. Now I’m waiting for someone to claim these rude people they see all call out “I’m from GM so you better treat me extra special.”
I also notice whenever someone like itsjustmeinjnv tells his/her moving story more indicative of the average human being-and the average GM worker-someone (actually several of you who can’t give them even passing acceptability) says “Quit complaining” or otherwise counters the possibility that even a minority of GM workers are as good as they are. Yes-everything most have said against GM workers actually reflects very poorly on YOU, the negative ninny. I don't see GM workers (or even the other affected workers with fewer lay-off benefits) complaining-I see YOU complaining because they won't suffer as much as you wish they would.
Posted on June 10 at 12:25 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Ralph-do even less? Than what? Your comment shows you're not familiar with the work, right? But-because you're not expected to know (though you certainly berate what you don't know about)-they will keep fewer people than previously stated to do those 44 jobs an hour-they're not cutting an individual's work-maybe adding to it if humanly possible. In other words-people will do more work on each of fewer cars an hour.
On Nonprofits will feel the loss of GM/UAW involvement
Posted on June 8 at 5:05 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
GM worker-I will speak to you because there is no sense in speaking to ones who, through some sense of self-pity and self-loathing, only wish to tell you off, to denigrate, to tear down, and do not wish to listen or share a conversation with those who are the subject of GAZETTE’S OWN CHOICE OF TOPIC! (even though THEY chose to read it). They can choose to read my words to you, like they choose to read, reread, only to complain about those same topics, or they can ignore what I am saying because they cannot possibly disagree with what I say.
You and your fellow workers have seen the GAZETTE’S articles about YOU for weeks now-and, to some degree, probably for years. It would be tiresome to those of us not directly involved to read them all. Some do anyway. Ever since people have been able to post here, all the articles the GAZETTE (not you) chooses to print about you and your workplace, no matter the heading, have been inundated with posts about how much you drink, how much you waste, and how selfish you are. Today, the GAZETTE (not you!) chose to print an article discussing how much you and your fellow workers give, and they are concerned about that. The subject was about GM-so it did not include the giving of others, which, of course, is EQUALLY IMPORTANT-no one doubts that for one minute-BUT NOT TO THIS STORY! These who have only found fault with the ENTIRE WORKFORCE of your GM PLANT up until now cannot even let you have that to your credit-they must complain. Ask yourself why it is so important to them that you be seen as less than human, unworthy to breathe the air the rest of the population breathes, and a blight on Janesville’s character. You probably won’t come up with a good reason (who can imagine why?), so I will do it for you. It has to be because they are the ones who are less than human, unworthy to breathe the air the rest of the population breathes, and a blight on Janesville’s character. How does it feel to you GM haters? How can I pigeonhole an entire huge group of people that way? I learned it from you.
Continue to work as hard as you always have-you need not concern yourself with those small, insignificant people (I mean ONLY those negative posters!)-you have your work cut out for you in the coming year or two and don’t need the likes of them bringing you down.
On Nonprofits will feel the loss of GM/UAW involvement
Posted on June 8 at 2:45 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
anonomouse: Do you see that headline and who its' author is?
Nonprofits will feel the loss of GM/UAW involvement By SHELLY BIRKELO
It does not say "BY GM EMPLOYEES" now does it? Many, many GM employees give, and a good percentage of them have it so their giving (of time and talent) is done anonomously to the general public.
I KNEW as soon as I saw the story-almost as if it was bait-that someone, somehow, would make it another GM negative. Now THAT is really stretching the limits.
by RUREALLYSerious?!
On Will the General Motors plant in Janesville remain open through the end of 2010?
Posted on June 7 at 5:20 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
DDoright-apparently anyone who makes good wages/benefits-or anything more than they do. It's useless-one of these who's sick of hearing about GM even posted about their hatred in a WEATHER UPDATE! I came here to look for weather updates-and they even brought it in there!
Talk about one can short of a six pack!
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On GM plant to cut more production
Posted on June 12 at 10:01 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
To ImgladyouleftGM: I may have been fired up before, but I genuinely laughed out loud when I read your last 2 posts. Laughter is a good release. I can only think you were doing that on purpose, for my sake, knowing no one would take your last exaggerated post seriously. If so, I genuinely appreciate the effort.
Jvlhero-I agree, way too many posts repeating the same insults followed by too many posts defending people who need no defense. Those of us who made misguided attempts to do that were merely reacting to posts like your earlier ones and those of the “leftGM” guy. These workers are a tough lot, they’ll fare well. This will be a challenging place to start over, so I hope some opportunities present themselves to the workers of those other affected companies. You and I may be much more fortunate (for the moment)-but it just bewilders me how we can have such contrasting views on this dilemma affecting so many families.