Don't you think they've prepared for these types of situations? If Des Moines was a smoking hole, my company would be severely hurt but we have plans in place to run skelton. I guess manufacturing is a lot different but I would hope that a large company like Deere would be prepared.
John Deere strike imminent?
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I shouldn't talk. I took the scenic route in college. Changed my major after 3 years but finished the second one up relatively quickly.
Not JD but I remember my dad working on the floor at the metal mill here in CR that he worked at during a strike. Basically they would work 10+ hours on the floor and then go back to the office and catch up on what they could to keep the place somewhat open.
How are you going to train hundreds of accounts to weld overnight? That seems a little dangerous not to mention the quality of the welds for a 1/2 million dollar equipment. That is just one example
Yeah I would walk out. Tell them to **** off, pay the guys they hired to do the floor job and let me do the job I was hired for.
What about a CPA who can weld? Can I be both the CFO and on the floor welding?
If you setup your own shop you can also be the President! And the payroll manager and the AP person and the safety guy and the QC guy and the parts runner and the purchasing agent and the janitor!
Yep, had people who worked in the office who had skills beyond their normal work responsibility. Bought welding rod/wire etc. in at bulk prices, didn't mind some wastage to keep skills honed in their hobby pursuits for possible emergency situations when short term production/maintenance required all to roll up sleeves to meet deadlines. Most were glad to be out of the office for a few hours; including myself. Did have some workers comp issues though when a receptionist accidently spilt the beans to an inspector, had to go through some protest hearings, won them all; except for mine. LOLWhat about a CPA who can weld? Can I be both the CFO and on the floor welding?
They won't maintain full production. My guess is they figure out what they can complete with the staff they have. Take whatever parts you have in inventory and figure out what you can build or keep going. Put the few skilled staff that can do the technical job in those positions and away you go. Won't be efficient or pretty but some stuff will happen.
Now the funny thing would be to put all the welders in charge of accounting and see how long the lights stay on...
We're just talking past each other. I'm talking specifically about the guys working at the JD factories. Those guys make enough to raise a family on one income.
Agreed when it comes to stuff like a Wal-Mart employee. That said I'm not sure you ever could earn enough for a good life bagging groceries.
CycloneErik
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True. Even if a company were fully invested in planning for something like this, and was actually good at that kind of planning, those skills don't just come together in a few minutes of demonstration.
I want to buy the tractor that was welded together by Cathy in purchasing.
It’s a very complex operation that runs smooth with all the pieces in place. There are literally thousands of parts that goes into these machines. Some are outsourced and some are made in house. If one part is missing the line shuts down. Most of the departments in the Ankeny plant have been running 10 hour days 6 days a week because they are hundreds of machines behind schedule. Mainly due to parts shortages a lot of department shut down after lunch cause parts are missing. There are no extra inventory.
Agree. We pay starting warehouse inspectors $21 / hr and only skills needed are show up on time, be able to read, and open a box.
And we pay 90% of bcbs health ins plus 401k match. Its hard to find good workers.
We are going into a cycle where workers have power and they can and should ask for more of the pie. And i say that as a small biz owner, im certainly no marxist lol.
To put in six 12s, doing physical labor you don't have training for, in order to be a scab.
