Genmar quits Florida for cheaper labor
 

BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:10:13 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
...

Except for the job loss, this is hysterical. Florida is not a
high-wage state. I guess the good folks in Tennessee are now
competing with the Chinese.

It saddens me to find that you think this is hysterical.

As I said 10 years ago Harry, you are truly a piece of work.

Eisboch

Harry seems to have some rather deep seated problems with Florida
for
some reason, possibly related to why he had to leave here.



Absurd. I love Florida, and travel there at least twice a year.
Went twice last year. When I retire, it will probably be to Hilton
Head, the Golden Isles, or North Florida, unless we go to Costa
Rica. :}

Please go to Costa Rica, please! And, retire early.



Most likely, it will be Hilton Head or its environs. So sorry. (not)

Just as long as you stat in SC everything will be ok.


Unlikely. We like to travel. Heck, I even used to travel up to your
neck of the woods, Rockville-Gaithersburg, but it is so damn congested
there, we avoid it, except for an annual Greek festival. I wonder
where the traffic is worse, in your 'hood, or over in Fairfax County.

Why do you care where I live and whether the traffic is good or bad. You
really do have a dossier on me don't you?

You have a pitiful life if you have to research and store information on
people posting to news groups.



Why would you care where I choose to retire?

Genmar quits Florida for cheaper labor
 

BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
jamesgangnc wrote:
On Jan 9, 8:40 am, wrote:
On Jan 8, 10:12 pm, "jamesgangnc" wrote:





Actually Sarasota is a fairly pricey area to be in. I won't say it
is the
most expensive but the central gulf coast area runs second to the
miami
area.
"HK" wrote in message
...
Except for the job loss, this is hysterical. Florida is not a
high-wage
state. I guess the good folks in Tennessee are now competing with the
Chinese.
Genmar exits Florida, citing economic conditions
The high cost of doing business in Florida is driving out one of the
industry's biggest players. Genmar Holdings today announced plans
to phase
out its manufacturing operations in Sarasota in the next six months.
"Unfortunately, negative manufacturing economic conditions in
Florida and
the state of Florida's complete lack of interest in attempting to
save
these jobs has left Genmar with no other choice than to move such
operations out of the state of Florida," said Genmar chairman and CEO
Irwin Jacobs in a statement.
He said Genmar, "has diligently attempted to preserve its
manufacturing
presence in the state of Florida, but it is just too costly
compared to
the other states where Genmar has existing manufacturing operations."
Product models larger than 25 feet in length for its various
sal****er
boat brands will relocate out of Sarasota and transfer to other
Genmar
plants throughout the United States. The change involves three of the
company's 14 boat brands: Hydra-Sport, Wellcraft and Seaswirl.
These three
brands manufacture a total of 58 models; 19 of them will be
affected by
the move.
Today, 67 percent of Hydra-Sports' models are manufactured in
Murfreesboro, Tenn.; 52 percent of Wellcraft's models are
manufactured in
Cadillac, Mich.; and 75 percent of Seaswirl's models are
manufactured in
Little Falls, Minn.
About 225 employees will be affected by this transition. However,
Genmar
says its Sarasota employees will earn special incentives during the
six-month transitional period. Also, to the extent possible, Genmar's
other plants will offer jobs to several Sarasota employees
affected by the
shut-down.
Genmar says it will continue to retain "a solid and experienced core
group" of boat designers, tool builders and other product
development
personnel, along with its brand sales, customer service and
management in
Florida, particularly in light of its proximity to this key boating
market.
"While the above decisions and changes have been very difficult to
make,
the opportunities created for the affected Genmar's brands and its
other
facilities are very significant," said Jacobs.
"We recognize we are entering the beginning of the annual retail
boat show
selling season and all of our dealers can be assured that
supporting them
with sales, marketing and product are our first priorities," Jacobs
continued. "The transition referenced above has been carefully
planned for
a prudent and seamless transition as it relates to our dealers, their
customers and our entire organization."
Genmar, with about 4,000 employees and eight manufacturing
centers, builds
14 brands of recreational boats. These include Carver, Champion, Four
Winns, Glastron, Hydra-Sports, Larson, Marquis, Ranger, Scarab,
Seaswirl,
Stratos, Triumph, Wellcraft and Windsor Craft.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
But wages are still in the toilet there.- Hide quoted text -

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Not sure that has much bearing. They can hardly tell the existing
employees to take ap ay cut without getting a lot of grief so the
current labor rate only affects them if they were considering
expanding. Other wise it's all the other local costs of doing
business.


Which, of course, just proves my point that if you work for a large
corporation, the day you get hired, you should revise and start
sending out your resume, because sooner or later, that corporation is
going to screw you.

Large corporations don't have sole right to screw you even small
companies can screw you.


True enough.

Genmar quits Florida for cheaper labor
 

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:43:45 -0500, HK wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:54:02 -0500, HK wrote:

Which, of course, just proves my point that if you work for a large
corporation, the day you get hired, you should revise and start sending
out your resume, because sooner or later, that corporation is going to
screw you.


Can anyone who reads this explain the anti-corporation stance of liberals?
I know Harry can't.

I don't understand the anti-corporation thing either. Corporations make
the world go around. They are the engine of economic advancement.

Genmar quits Florida for cheaper labor
 

HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:10:13 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
...

Except for the job loss, this is hysterical. Florida is not a
high-wage state. I guess the good folks in Tennessee are now
competing with the Chinese.

It saddens me to find that you think this is hysterical.

As I said 10 years ago Harry, you are truly a piece of work.

Eisboch

Harry seems to have some rather deep seated problems with
Florida for
some reason, possibly related to why he had to leave here.



Absurd. I love Florida, and travel there at least twice a year.
Went twice last year. When I retire, it will probably be to
Hilton Head, the Golden Isles, or North Florida, unless we go to
Costa Rica. :}

Please go to Costa Rica, please! And, retire early.



Most likely, it will be Hilton Head or its environs. So sorry. (not)

Just as long as you stat in SC everything will be ok.


Unlikely. We like to travel. Heck, I even used to travel up to your
neck of the woods, Rockville-Gaithersburg, but it is so damn
congested there, we avoid it, except for an annual Greek festival. I
wonder where the traffic is worse, in your 'hood, or over in Fairfax
County.

Why do you care where I live and whether the traffic is good or bad.
You really do have a dossier on me don't you?

You have a pitiful life if you have to research and store information
on people posting to news groups.



Why would you care where I choose to retire?

It will free us from your incessant negativity. I hope and pray that you
retire to a locale that does not have electricity which would mean that
you have no way to post to USENET anymore.

Genmar quits Florida for cheaper labor
 

On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:22:19 -0500, HK wrote:

Why would you care where I choose to retire?

Possibly concern for the neighborhood ?

Genmar quits Florida for cheaper labor
 

On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:43:45 -0500, HK wrote:

How many large corporations have you worked for, let's say NYSE listed
for a frame of reference?

I'm guessing zero.



As a staff person and as a consultant, about a half dozen.

Sounds like you've had trouble holding a job, not surprising
considering your "issues".

Genmar quits Florida for cheaper labor
 

Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:43:45 -0500, HK wrote:

How many large corporations have you worked for, let's say NYSE listed
for a frame of reference?

I'm guessing zero.


As a staff person and as a consultant, about a half dozen.

Sounds like you've had trouble holding a job, not surprising
considering your "issues".


Sounds like you'd be wrong...again.

Genmar quits Florida for cheaper labor
 

On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:26:43 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:28:25 -0500, BAR wrote:

I don't understand the anti-corporation thing either. Corporations make
the world go around. They are the engine of economic advancement.

I don't want to say who is right or wrong but IBM was very clear with
me that their job was to return profits to the stockholders, not look
out for employees. If the two were not contradictory they did both but
when push came to shove, they "shoved" the employee. In my case (and
about 20,000 of my peers) that shove was out the door. Then they
regeged on most of the promises they made about our retirement.

OK, you have some issues with IBM. That doesn't answer the question as to
why liberals, generally, are down on corporations. What would their
alternative be?

As a retired soldier, I can tell you that the government isn't the greatest
at keeping promises either.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

Genmar quits Florida for cheaper labor
 

On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:26:43 -0500, wrote:

I don't want to say who is right or wrong but IBM was very clear with
me that their job was to return profits to the stockholders, not look
out for employees. If the two were not contradictory they did both but
when push came to shove, they "shoved" the employee. In my case (and
about 20,000 of my peers) that shove was out the door. Then they
regeged on most of the promises they made about our retirement.

IBM and several other companies like AT&T found themselves with a
surplus of highly trained folks left over from the days of
electro-mechanical hardware. They tried to retred as many as possible
into software development and other related areas but the numbers
involved were just too large, and the new generations of all digital
equipment were just too reliable and easy to maintain.

Genmar quits Florida for cheaper labor
 

Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:26:43 -0500, wrote:

I don't want to say who is right or wrong but IBM was very clear with
me that their job was to return profits to the stockholders, not look
out for employees. If the two were not contradictory they did both but
when push came to shove, they "shoved" the employee. In my case (and
about 20,000 of my peers) that shove was out the door. Then they
regeged on most of the promises they made about our retirement.

IBM and several other companies like AT&T found themselves with a
surplus of highly trained folks left over from the days of
electro-mechanical hardware. They tried to retred as many as possible
into software development and other related areas but the numbers
involved were just too large, and the new generations of all digital
equipment were just too reliable and easy to maintain.



Translation: We sucked everything out of you we could, now we're cutting
you loose and we're not going to keep the commitments we made about your
retirement, either.

Thank you, and f*ck you.

Your Friends

The Golden Parachutes at Management and Our Buddies, the Shareholders.