The Boss Speaks

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Peter wrote:

he painful reality for Chrysler is that it is far behind its domestic competitors, which means it is behind every other car company too. This in a global market that has no time for laggards and excuses. Chrysler sales numbers are pitiful, and its quality performance is flat-out inexcusable.
Chrysler has a reputation of being a perennial loser, thanks to gross mismanagement by Daimler and Cerberus compounded by a very publicly-financed bankruptcy that cannot and will not be fixed overnight. Yet Sergio and his troops actually believe all of this is going to get fixed with a creative five-year plan?
I'll put it succinctly for you: No frickin' way.

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Honest wrote:

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How many different threads do you need to post this on? I think we get where you stand.

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Peter wrote:

he painful reality for Chrysler is that it is far behind its domestic competitors, which means it is behind every other car company too. This in a global market that has no time for laggards and excuses. Chrysler sales numbers are pitiful, and its quality performance is flat-out inexcusable.
Chrysler has a reputation of being a perennial loser, thanks to gross mismanagement by Daimler and Cerberus compounded by a very publicly-financed bankruptcy that cannot and will not be fixed overnight. Yet Sergio and his troops actually believe all of this is going to get fixed with a creative five-year plan?
I'll put it succinctly for you: No frickin' way.

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rickmyers wrote:

<quoted text>Don't pay any attention to people like this. He has obviously spent his whole life being a pessimist and has nothing better to do than to sit around and put his two cents worth into something he knows nothing about.

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uawguy wrote:

<quoted text>A pessimist maybe but just how many 2,3,4,and 5 year plans have we had over the last 12 years? All of them said the same thing profitability with in a couple years and a bright futher. But still here we are with yet another 5 year plan that promises the same as the 10.

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uawguy wrote:

<quoted text>A pessimist maybe but just how many 2,3,4,and 5 year plans have we had over the last 12 years? All of them said the same thing profitability with in a couple years and a bright futher. But still here we are with yet another 5 year plan that promises the same as the 10.

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Peter wrote:

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Count them Dufus, how many?

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uawguy wrote:

Hey i'm willing to give it a chance thats why i'm still here and havent takin a buyout and I hope like hell it works. But I dont think you can call this "plan" all that "detailed and comrehensive". They still have said whats being built or where it will be built beyond 2012 for the most part. The last time I checked this was a five year plan not a 2 year plan!!

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Iamfedup2 wrote:

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But look who the CEO's were. Sergio turned Fiat around so maybe he can turn Chrysler around. He at least deserves a chance. It's only been 5 months since the marriage. You can't have a baby in 5 months!

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uawguy wrote:

Hey i'm willing to give it a chance thats why i'm still here and havent takin a buyout and I hope like hell it works. But I dont think you can call this "plan" all that "detailed and comrehensive". They still have said whats being built or where it will be built beyond 2012 for the most part. The last time I checked this was a five year plan not a 2 year plan!!

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Honest wrote:

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This was a plan meant for the media and the public to attempt to dispel rumors, inspire confidence in the new methods and show that work is being done. In that regard it was comprehensive, detailed, and very well done. It was not a presentation geared to employees and therefore you didn't get the details you were looking for. That wasn't the purpose and those details will no doubt come later but they're certainly not going to schedule a 6 hour press conference to release production specifics. Employees are the only ones who care about that. Sad but true. It's a business first, and foremost on the agenda is to work toward changing public perception so they even have a chance at survival. Did you read the entire presentation? If you did you should feel some hope in that a truly comprehensive analysis of this company from the ground up has been and continues to be done.
To Guess Who: The Germans were good leaders and astute business men but they were also coming from a place of perceived superiority and, they were taking over a cash rich company. Big difference. These folks are scrappers and they're experienced in clawing they're way out of deep holes. Time will tell.

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guess who wrote:

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I am sorry Dieter Zeutche was a great leader, and so was Wolfgang. So it doesn't take just a great leader.

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guess who wrote:

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I am sorry Dieter Zeutche was a great leader, and so was Wolfgang. So it doesn't take just a great leader.

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Peter wrote:

Chrysler's Hyper-Inflated Aspirations.