Comments by "Bob Roberts" (@bobroberts2371) on "How Toyota Turned Around GM’s Worst Factory" video.

And it is the absolute truth that still holds today. Per the recent UAW demands of a 32 hr work week but paid for 40 .
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@TheAleksander22 From what I understand, the GM jobs were broken down so small that not much training was needed to do the job with any proficiency. Did you watch the part about 20 % absenteeism , 7,000 grievances , random unauthorized strikes and generally labor trying to sabotage the company? How about this, in one GM stamping plant ( not Freemont ) it took a shift plus to change a large stamping die. Faced with a possible plant closure, a few physical changes were made along with " don't be a union worker sleeping on the job " . Die change out was reduced to 45 MINUTES !!!!! I got this information DIRECTLY from the guy that redesigned the process and implemented the changes.
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@TheAleksander22 Also, having worked for a major consumer goods Japanese company, much of Japanese company culture / training has nothing to do with the specific job the person will be doing. It has to do with things like problem solving , getting along with others. In other words ,respecting others and not being a di. . . .k .
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Yep, sad that the union isn't there to demand a 32 hr work week but get paid for 40 , protecting slugs that don't do their jobs / vandalize equipment / steal company items. How about this, in one GM stamping plant it took a shift plus to change a large stamping die. Faced with a possible plant closure, a few physical changes were made along with " don't be a union worker sleeping on the job " . Die change out was reduced to 45 MINUTES !!!!! I got this information DIRECTLY from the guy that redesigned the process and implemented the changes.
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Time 800 where does the wheelbarrow tub go in a car?
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@vitormoreno1244 Having worked for a Japanese consumer goods company in the USA, they tend to have enough workers to do the jobs and don't over staff to cover the 20 % absenteeism like the GM plant had. This is one reason that they don't lay off. With a thin workforce , it makes more financial sense to retain workers during short term lulls in production than to let them go and have to bring them back.
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@TheAleksander22 Time 713 to 733 Note that Toyota seemed to have filtered out some of the union troublemakers so not all of the original workers where there. Freemont had 6,800 people 1978 , 5,700 when GM closed it in 1982. These GM workers were being paid an average of $ 13.00 hr in 1982, this is $ 42.41 in 2023. ( Time 1523 ) According to the net, there were 4,700 workers when NUMMI closed the plant. Not stopping the line if there is a problem is short sighted but how many of the assembly problems were intentionally caused by workers? Given the union wanting to sabotage the company, would it be wise to let a GM / UAW worker stop the line? ( Time 1205 to 1212 )
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