| Author | Message | ||
     Whatever |
http://www.jsonline.com/business/102470789.html For God's sake stick to the topic and don't start a bitch fest again... | ||
| Whatever |
I meant to say a "political bitch fest" that is... I am betting on about 6 posts before the BO bashing starts tho...  | ||
| Crusty |
It won't be long now until the deck of the Titanic is awash... | ||
| Froggy |
Drastic change is needed at HD, including execs. | ||
| Xb1200rick |
although I would love the opportunity to bash HD management,they are just doing what many other manufactures are doing .. Anything necessary to cut cost without picking up and leaving. OR folding completely  Rick | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
HD is fighting for its very life. Unfortunately, that fight is being led by dishonorable and unqualified men. | ||
| Whatever |
yeah, they are doing what they need to do... who the hell are "they"... the same kind of people who told me i was "too slow" and then replaced me with a technician that made 7 dollars an hour less... the same kind of people who just settled for 52 million bc they failed to do their jobs and killed 13 people... oooops... oh, wait a minute, the CEO makes OVER 6000$ an hour... you can come back to work for 16 bucks and hour and no benefits after we fire you... how nice... | ||
| Sifo |
yeah, they are doing what they need to do... who the hell are "they"... the same kind of people who told me i was "too slow" and then replaced me with a technician that made 7 dollars an hour less... the same kind of people who just settled for 52 million bc they failed to do their jobs and killed 13 people... oooops... Are we still on topic??? I didn't know you worked for HD! | ||
| Whatever |
learn to read. it might help your attitude a little bit. doesn't take long for the trolls to show up... | ||
| Aesquire |
Of course it's all Barack Obama's fault.  Ok, so, it's take the deal or we fire you all. HD has other plants, and it's cheaper to move the equipment than pay you guys. Besides, it's cheaper there. It's not like current management has any emotional stake in the product, the place or especially, those pesky workers. Give them another few years and they will make them in Vietnam. Not to bash the HD motorcycle lovers, but would you really decide to buy a $15 thousand dollar machine that can be said to be old tech, heavy, and slow, if it's not imbued with that sense of pride and heritage that is the Hog. If you know it's the product of guys not getting paid enough to ever afford one, working for a foreign company that has no soul, since they sold it long ago? What if Kawasaki has it's new Concours designed & built by American workers in Nebraska ( where they make ATV's and Jet Ski's today, but did and easily could build street bikes ) with feedback from American sport touring riders? It may be that to keep the company going you have to downsize. Still sucks to lose your job because management are idiots. | ||
| Sifo |
Lighten up Francis. If I wanted to troll this would be knee deep in politics right now. | ||
| Wheelybueller |
+1 Ft_bstrd | ||
| Aesquire |
Still sucks to lose your job because management are idiots. ( just really had to say that twice. ) | ||
| Whatever |
BMW's keeps looking better all the time. | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
HD sells are down over 80% from a few years back... they need to make it to the other side and its gonna a be a suck fest until they get there. I'm just happy I still have a job... even if I do hate it.... some days I would rather set my junk on fire and put it out with a ice pick than go into work.... | ||
| Sifo |
I'm considering a Triumph Sprint GT as a touring bike. Should be hitting dealers soon. | ||
| Brumbear |
driving that train high on cocaine KC Jones you betta watch your speed trouble ahead trouble behind I don't even care for the Greatful Dead but it just popped in there when I read this | ||
| Whatever |
Wolfie, take video of you do that... eh... | ||
| Bikertrash05 |
The worst part about this is that I have to wake up at 5am to get ready to vote an hour away. At least I'll get $12k for gas money. Oh, and I'll be riding my Buell, and wearing either my MV Agusta or Erik Buell Racing Relentless shirt and Buell hat. | ||
| Tnxbrider |
thats Casey Jones... | ||
| Xb1200rick |
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| Bikertrash05 |
HD isn't just screwing their employees, suppliers are constantly being low-balled, and the city of Milwaukee might bend over, too. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/business/102547424.h tml | ||
| Whatever |
yeah i seen that already... hey btrash, you gonna buy a triumph wiht the payoff money? | ||
| Blk_uly |
You forgot, "Don't you know that notion just crossed my mind"  | ||
| Greg_e |
No offense to anyone but $30.50 an hour is damn attractive to me! What's the cost of living like around that part of the country? | ||
| Sifo |
Midwest living is pretty affordable. It's even cheaper north of the cheddar curtain. | ||
| Doerman |
I read the article and came away with this impression: "Recognition of reality in 2010 America" | ||
| Johnnymceldoo |
That's an awesome downpayment on a ducati streetfighter....or Z1000 or speedtriple. Maybe get both? ;D | ||
| Bikertrash05 |
Honestly, I am very happy with the bikes I already have, and that money will probably just go in the bank. I do like the Ducati Hypermotard though...  | ||
| Gunut75 |
Ft_bstrd said it best. They are fighting for their lives. I have a few bikes in mind. It's just a matter of when and which I ride first, and of course, the means to pick it up. I will be getting a sport touring machine soon, and my Buell ain't goin' nowhere. Too bad HD's top end blows it out the bottom end so bad.  |
