Nissan sees loss, to cut jobs . . .
#16
Because most factory employees buy from their own company, each worker that an auto manufacturer lays off generally means one (potential) less new-vehicle sale, at least until that person is re-hired.
If company A has products that are in such high demand that everyone is buying them..then the company will cut this "incentive" or limited which products they can buy.
Layoffs are not good. They really aren't but sometimes the company is forced to either cut unproductive labor or close down the business.
#18
Relax. My comments were not aimed at you personally. I understand where you are coming from, the complexities of modern buisness, and what it costs to keep workers on board, but there is nothing untrue about the statements I made. Because most factory employees buy from their own company, each worker that an auto manufacturer lays off generally means one (potential) less new-vehicle sale, at least until that person is re-hired. That is a fact, not an opinion. And auto firms, in general, HAVE to sell new vehicles to stay in buisness. I stand with my comments.
There is very little benefit selling vehicles to it's employees. Obviously it was more beneficial to layoff the employees at Nissan than keep them. Hopefully when the economy picks up Nissan can rehire them. Those laid off employees can rightfully apply for unemployment which will last them six months and in the mean time they can look for another job. The fact is our economy is in a recession and President Obama is working on fixing that...
#19
There is very little benefit selling vehicles to it's employees. Obviously it was more beneficial to layoff the employees at Nissan than keep them. Hopefully when the economy picks up Nissan can rehire them. Those laid off employees can rightfully apply for unemployment which will last them six months and in the mean time they can look for another job.
Like I said, I know where you are coming from. But laying off those 20,000 employees helped MAKE the economy worse....20,000 more people are now (potentially) on unemployment, food stamps, welfare, or other kind of assistance that were not there before. If you throw fuel onto a roaring fire, as Nissan, GM, and Ford have done with layoffs, you only make that fire worse.
The fact is our economy is in a recession and President Obama is working on fixing that...
Neither you or I are really wrong..........I think we're just looking at it from two different viewpoints. You look at it from a company expense point of view; I look at it from a sales and income point of view. Both play a part.
Last edited by mmarshall; 02-09-09 at 11:12 AM.
#20
Of course there is a recession....that goes without saying. But why is there a recession? Partly because of layoffs, and partly becsaue people still WITH jobs are afraid to spend and buy things. And, never mind Obama,...corporations themselves can help by not throwing MORE fuel onto the fire with MORE layoffs.
I totally understand both sides of the profit and loss statement and the balance sheet. Yes, companies need to make lots of sales to generate revenue and manage their expenses to stay in business. You're only looking at sales but your forgetting the other side of the income statement. You are parially right but remember there is a much bigger picture when it comes to business...
#22
layoffs are fine. its only when a substantial number of people are unemployed that problems arise. remember, companies are hiring people at the same time people are being laid off somewhere else. besides, america has learned that deficit spending is a tried and true way out of really bad recessions (or depressions). besides besides, 20,000 is about 10% total of which 8,000 are contractors or temporary workers. so really its like less than 6% full time workers are losing their jobs.
#23
layoffs are fine. its only when a substantial number of people are unemployed that problems arise. remember, companies are hiring people at the same time people are being laid off somewhere else. besides, america has learned that deficit spending is a tried and true way out of really bad recessions (or depressions). besides besides, 20,000 is about 10% total of which 8,000 are contractors or temporary workers. so really its like less than 6% full time workers are losing their jobs.
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