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I think it is amazing some of the different viewpoints we are seeing here. From who has a harder job, to who makes a crappy car/truck, and the unions at fault/not at fault for the labour force problems. For every person who says they have an American designed car that breaks all the time, and a foreign car that is perfect, I can show you a person who has a foreign car that breaks all the time, but their American designed car has no problems. It all depends on who you ask. Also for those who think that the designs suck, or are ugly, if everyone liked the same thing, we would only HAVE one manufacturer. Not everyone likes the same thing everyone else does. Personally I think Ford trucks are ugly in design, inside and out, while I have a friend that says they are the best looking truck he has ever seen. So trying to base a company's failure based on what a car LOOKS like, is heading in the wrong direction.
Jobs vary a lot in their risk and payout. When someone says their job is high risk, I figure if there are moving parts and machinery, then yea, it is a risk job. Also unless things have changed a lot, these workers at the assembly plants rotate out the jobs that they do on a regular basis. He/She may be running 10 screws into 10 holes this week, and then next week they may be lowering the bodies onto the frames. ANYONE can sit outside and say that someone else's job is "low skilled" or "not dangerous", but until one actually WORKS in that field, one shouldn't be quick to judge. While I do agree that the unions in many cases could concede a bit more, I don't think that the labourers should be forced to take TOO big of a pay cut. I get people all the time saying that MY job is easy, and they can't believe how I could make the money I do, but then I ask them, can YOU sit there in front of a car and figure out exactly why your turns signals flash right when you turn them on left? or why their engine runs slightly off? It is all a matter of perspective.
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