Good for Toyota, taking time away that could be used as family time, we have the same training too, when were operating normally, but when were laid off thats time to be with the family, dont act like your doing something special Toyota.

I’m guessing for a lot of plant workers incoming paychecks are a lot more important than spending time with the family. Food, clothing, and shelter are pretty damn important.

$50 million is a drop in the bucket compared to what a union would eventually cost them (see GM, FORD, CHRYSLER)!

It’s not hard to keep a high drop out car assembly worker busy: just give them a math problem like “2+2=?”

400horseSS
what a stupid comment.

A good move by Toyota… it will cost them a lot of cash… but I do believe that the investment in their workers will pay off in the long run.

What the F*ck ever, most workers plan vacations around lay-offs, im not picking up trash or planting trees, my job is to make trucks period, and cracker I paid more in taxes than you made last year, get on my level bitch, we have those classes once a month (GMS, WPO) along with saftey meetings, but when Toyota does this its the greatest thing in the world, and lively we get sub-pay and unemployment so food and shelter aren’t a problem.

There has to be someone on here working at the Fairfax plant, they’re working 10+ hr days plus 10hrs every other saturday, I bet they’re hoping for a week off.

Once again, while GM, Ford & Chrysler rest, Toyota gets better and better. I’m sure that Toyota gives its employees vacation time and OT will most likely not be plentiful, so there’s the increased family time. Toyota just takes time that the American Three are using to tread water and uses the time to do Kaizan events to reduce waste and streamline the manufacturing process. My hat’s off to Toyota.

While I never would have looked at a Toyota in the past, when my Mustang dies, I’ll give them a fair chance to sell me my next car.

HAHAHAHA… from what I remember, you said you made jjust about 70K with an insane amount of overtime and with over 15 years in the industry. Get over yourself, douchebag. If you think you are rich with that salary, you are a retard.

^ Keep drinking that Kool-aid, btw my plant has community services they do on their own time, they knew truck sales were sucking and what we do here is stop the line a half hour or an hour before a break and watch videos and have meetings, but have fun planting trees and humping wildlife in that Texas heat.

Hey Cracker-jackoff, who said anything about being rich, im better off than most, and I got 8 yrs at Wentzville and we just got great news from Ford, they are dropping out of the full size market in 2 years so youu know what that means assmunch, more money for me, im gonna try 80k in ‘09.

400horse, Would it not be better to get training on the companies dime and take vacation when you want to? Are layoffs considered vacation by most union workers you know?

Yes they are, if you know its coming then you can plan a vaction around it.

Maybe GM is doing something good and nobody wants to admit it, what the hell are you gonna learn about Toyota 8 hrs a day in a video room.

Most of you sound like a bunch of jealous hoes, you think because you jobs doesn’t have what somebody’s job has you go straight to bitch mode.

fukin hell 400horseSS has issues. what is with all this vacation talk. ****ing **** talk

^ fag.

C’mon 400, we both know unemployment pay is less than $400 per week and a 40 hour work week at full pay; $20/hr is $800. Who isn’t going to take the money???

^ Would you rather be in the heat planting trees, or at home in the a/c.

all you can say is fag, when you are the fag talking crap about planting trees. are you some sort of wanabe standup comedian with these statements

Just like Dane Cook.

Damn, 400crackers is going nuts. Looks like I really hit home with the “2+2=?” comment. What happened? You failed first grade as a precursor to dropping out of highschool?

^Yep and still make more than you smartass.

Sure. Maybe you think you make more than me because you don’t know how to count: “10+10 = 70k+benefits”

Hahaha, silly cracker400.

Whatever

that’s good 4 morale.
Kordin Sparks is evenhotter than fergie!

Toyota is using slow sales 2 retrencb & prepare itself 2 get stronger.

Latondra?

Yeah, if U R working, you’re awaty drom the family 4 that time anyway.

it’s better 2 avoid layoffs, if U can afford it.
meetings suck

I stll will look at a Toyota. I mite buy a mini or a passat.

$70K is rich if U live in South Dakoto ny yourself!

unemployment pay maxes out @ $450/wk.

I wouldn’t be the least bit suprised if toyota got government incentives to keep people working there. The big 3 don’t get any govrnment support and when they even propose it, all the jerkoff’s on here bash against it. Meanwhile, toyota, honda etc get government funds CONSTANTLY because they are a FOREIGN INVESTOR.

Toyota’s workers need training on how to plant flowers? Man, they are dumber than I gave them credit for.

Seriously ktulu, just stop.

Fergie isn’t that hot… pretty average i see better lookin girls at the gas station. Jordin Sparks… idk, i wouldn’t throw her out of bed though.

damn all yall crazy, its something to do

400, you’re a fukcing retard of epic proportions. You think 80k is a big salary, maybe in the Ozarks where you’re off the grid and your biggest purchase is condoms so you don’t get your sister pregnant.

In the real world, that’s chump change and you’re a fukcing conveyor-belt monkey. Keep drilling those screws into those crappy GMs you ballswallowing jizzfiend.

Hey or Eh, I said im better off than most dickhead, I live nowhere close to the Ozarks, google Wentzville and learn how to spell, especially you the one who talks the most ****, and I believe there are plenty on the blog who would give the right nut to make the money I make, **** 80k I could buy 3 igloo’s and your mom a months supply of her favorite Alpo…….ho.

You think people would give their right nut for 80k a year? Tell you what, if I woke up tomorrow and someone told me I was stuck at 80k I would jump off a bridge.

Actually, I’m pretty sure half of that minor salary goes to union fees and the rest to disability. Wasn’t much to begin with chimp.

Because your special in you own way Tugger.