Comments on: GM to shed 10,000 salaried employees, reduce exec pay http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html Car news, reviews, and specs for the auto-industry Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hummah http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-438125 hummah Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:05:25 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-438125 Need more oil... Where you at? Funny how you skip these kinds of news stories, about how your precious GM is floundering. I don't really like the terminology of "shedding" 10,000 employees though. The headline should not pull any punches. If I was LL's Ed the headline would have read "GM fires 10,000 employees, Execs take mandatory pay cut." Need more oil… Where you at? Funny how you skip these kinds of news stories, about how your precious GM is floundering.

I don’t really like the terminology of “shedding” 10,000 employees though. The headline should not pull any punches. If I was LL’s Ed the headline would have read “GM fires 10,000 employees, Execs take mandatory pay cut.”

]]> By: wideopenthrottle http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437908 wideopenthrottle Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:12:22 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437908 Johnny, I just laughed so hard I couldn't breathe. Johnny,
I just laughed so hard I couldn’t breathe.

]]> By: nestle_s http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437893 nestle_s Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:06:59 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437893 wow! i am not a big GM fan but this is bad really bad. wow! i am not a big GM fan but this is bad really bad.

]]> By: ryanpstr http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437891 ryanpstr Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:54:49 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437891 no more oil for GM was one of the 10,000 cut, he was relieved of his duties.. no more oil for GM was one of the 10,000 cut, he was relieved of his duties..

]]> By: Borat http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437846 Borat Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:01:47 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437846 Johnny, welcome to the club! Johnny, welcome to the club!

]]> By: Ketzer http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437837 Ketzer Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:26:23 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437837 10,000 salaried cut - top pay execs reduced Seems ass backwards. Send a half dozen execs home and let the workers keep working. 10,000 salaried cut – top pay execs reduced
Seems ass backwards.
Send a half dozen execs home and let the workers keep working.

]]> By: johnnycanuck http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437833 johnnycanuck Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:13:26 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437833 ...you mean besides drink cheap booze, watch porn and wander around the neighborhood babbling incoherently while not wearing pants? Sorry, my mistake, I was envisioning my retirement. …you mean besides drink cheap booze, watch porn and wander around the neighborhood babbling incoherently while not wearing pants?

Sorry, my mistake, I was envisioning my retirement.

]]> By: Borat http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437830 Borat Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:08:32 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437830 going blind? going blind?

]]> By: mayer_ray_nagin http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437826 mayer_ray_nagin Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:02:46 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437826 Look man, we gotta bail out LLN or else when we are all unemployed what the hell are we gonna do all day? Look man, we gotta bail out LLN or else when we are all unemployed what the hell are we gonna do all day?

]]> By: johnnycanuck http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437824 johnnycanuck Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:54:23 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437824 That's a great idea. My company has a nice private jet. I'll arrange to pick you guys up for a junket to the Bahamas where we can work on our needs before we junket to Washington. That’s a great idea. My company has a nice private jet. I’ll arrange to pick you guys up for a junket to the Bahamas where we can work on our needs before we junket to Washington.

]]> By: Borat http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437823 Borat Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:48:50 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437823 Fack it! Fack it!

]]> By: mayer_ray_nagin http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437818 mayer_ray_nagin Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:34:37 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437818 ................. Borat, are you advocating federal bail-out money for LLN? …………….. Borat, are you advocating federal bail-out money for LLN?

]]> By: Borat http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437813 Borat Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:18:40 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437813 I think cuts came upon LLN. There are no news for hours. Perhaps, MElias canned all of his contributors to save on expenses in hard economy. I think cuts came upon LLN. There are no news for hours. Perhaps, MElias canned all of his contributors to save on expenses in hard economy.

]]> By: zfenderguy http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437811 zfenderguy Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:12:25 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437811 Frisbee golf, awesome! Hope Obama turns a few of those Hummer, Saab and Saturn dealerships into skate parks too. That would indeed rock. Frisbee golf, awesome! Hope Obama turns a few of those Hummer, Saab and Saturn dealerships into skate parks too. That would indeed rock.

]]> By: oldraven http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437808 oldraven Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:03:08 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437808 Need less oil, do you think you're actually helping the situation here? Need less oil, do you think you’re actually helping the situation here?

]]> By: HoosierHero http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437804 HoosierHero Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:52:39 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437804 I love frisbee golf parks... Go Obama! I love frisbee golf parks… Go Obama!

]]> By: Need less oil for GM http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437803 Need less oil for GM Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:49:18 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437803 Excellent news. People who work for American Automakers deserve to lose their jobs. Serves them right for selling out their Country. Dont' Buy GM. It is your Patriotic duty (a reverse quote from "Need more oil for GM, on the Nissan job cut post) Excellent news. People who work for American Automakers deserve to lose their jobs. Serves them right for selling out their Country.

Dont’ Buy GM. It is your Patriotic duty
(a reverse quote from “Need more oil for GM, on the Nissan job cut post)

]]> By: mayer_ray_nagin http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437794 mayer_ray_nagin Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:16:32 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437794 Soon they can all get jobs building frisbee golf parks for Obama, so dont worry. Soon they can all get jobs building frisbee golf parks for Obama, so dont worry.

]]> By: CADDY-V http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437785 CADDY-V Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:56:37 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437785 So GM has 29,500 white collar employees in the U.S. and out of the 10,000 job cuts 3,400 are local. So 6,600 are outside of the U.S. This is not counting any other employee such as blue collar,ect,ect. This is also after lots of other job cuts. So does anyone know about how many people GM had employeed around the world before all these job cuts got started? So GM has 29,500 white collar employees in the U.S.
and out of the 10,000 job cuts 3,400 are local. So 6,600 are outside of the U.S.
This is not counting any other employee such as blue collar,ect,ect.
This is also after lots of other job cuts.
So does anyone know about how many people GM had employeed around the world before all these job cuts got started?

]]> By: ricky_b http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437776 ricky_b Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:47:26 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437776 yarddog - you funny yarddog – you funny

]]> By: johnnycanuck http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437769 johnnycanuck Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:38:27 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437769 Aren't we way overdue for a piece on the Volt or the Camaro? These are the cars that will save GM after all. Aren’t we way overdue for a piece on the Volt or the Camaro? These are the cars that will save GM after all.

]]> By: yarddog82abn http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437768 yarddog82abn Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:37:25 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437768 "NEED MORE OIL FOR GM" TAKE THE BUY-OUT! Waite a minute.... "white collar positions" LOL........ silly me, your a lot porter at a small Chevy dealer.... My Bad..... Hay... wash my Surberben, and don't forget to clean the wheels, there's a a shinny nickel in it for you.... “NEED MORE OIL FOR GM”
TAKE THE BUY-OUT!
Waite a minute…. “white collar positions”
LOL…….. silly me, your a lot porter at a small Chevy dealer….
My Bad…..

Hay… wash my Surberben, and don’t forget to clean the wheels, there’s a a shinny nickel in it for you….

]]> By: miket http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437766 miket Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:37:15 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437766 I'm very impressed that GM is offering buyouts to salaried workers. You don't see that often. My company cut 10% of salaried staff at the start of Q4 last year. They all got 1 week's severance pay for each year of service. I’m very impressed that GM is offering buyouts to salaried workers. You don’t see that often. My company cut 10% of salaried staff at the start of Q4 last year. They all got 1 week’s severance pay for each year of service.

]]> By: oldraven http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437762 oldraven Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:20:11 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437762 *waits for someone to point out how this move is irresponsible and completely different from how every other automaker is cutting their workforce* *waits for someone to point out how this move is irresponsible and completely different from how every other automaker is cutting their workforce*

]]> By: idrinorbarsaku http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437760 idrinorbarsaku Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:16:31 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437760 Jon Luc +1000000 X infinity Jon Luc

+1000000 X infinity

]]> By: Jon Luc http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437755 Jon Luc Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:01:42 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437755 Too bad GM doesn't start at the very top on this one. Too bad GM doesn’t start at the very top on this one.

]]> By: zfenderguy http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-shed-10000-salaried-employees-reduce-exec-pay.html#comment-437753 zfenderguy Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:56:17 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=14605#comment-437753 Wonder when they are going to sell the Ren Cen. Property values in Detroit the way they are, you could probably nab it for a couple hundred grand Wonder when they are going to sell the Ren Cen. Property values in Detroit the way they are, you could probably nab it for a couple hundred grand

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