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Originally Posted by Doc
You need to look at the practices; the attitudes and behaviors from all sectors that brought about the problem in the first place. Change that first, or they'll just do the same thing they've been doing and be back in the same position when they run out of the money you threw at them.
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That's exactly what I wanted to happen. I didn't want GM to go out of business per se, but I DEFINITELY wanted wanted to see everyone who worked there at the time circa 2008 to be permanently relieved of their duties as a stipulation of the bailout. The company should have been placed into a trust of some sort while all of the old regime is removed and new operations managers are appointed. People from the outside, fresh out of college or from other car companies. They come in and look at EVERYTHING from top to bottom, side to side, and make appropriate changes.
From that standpoint, no one is emotionally connected to the old GM, nor is anyone ingrained with the old habits that got GM into that position in the first place.
Today we have Mary Barra as the CEO, who is a GM lifer. She got her start at 18 at the Hamtramck assembly in quality control, ironically. That was in 1980.
We all know very well what quality control at GM was in 1980.
Do you think after 38 years with GM, 28 with the old GM, she somehow had an epiphany and her whole attitude and approach just changed after the bankruptcy was approved?