Comments on: Should Employers Force Their Products on Employees? http://beancounterblog.com/2006/01/28/should-employers-force-their-products-on-employees/ Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:10:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Kim http://beancounterblog.com/2006/01/28/should-employers-force-their-products-on-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-15374 Kim Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:21:32 +0000 http://beancounterblog.com/2006/01/28/should-employers-force-their-products-on-employees/#comment-15374 This is actually not new and the reasons are more complex than simply forcing employees to purchase the cars they make. In the 70's and 80's it was not just the management but the employees who did not want any car not produced by the company. If you did you were likely to come out and find your car flipped over, vandalized or worse. It was unheard of to drive a competitors car. A different way of looking at it is this. No one can force you to do anything but in a time of crisis if you are willing to pay someone elses salary and feed someone elses kids then you deserve to go out of business. What I mean by this is when you work for an automaker what you drive literally is either paying your salary or someone elses. So the managers decision emphasizes that point . If you want to keep working you need to drive your own product. Its more a matter of emphasizing a point that should be obvious. Yes this is America and you have a right to choose what you drive but then dont get ticked when you get laid off and cant afford to buy any car. Its no different for any other product - A Ford Family member. This is actually not new and the reasons are more complex than simply forcing employees to purchase the cars they make. In the 70′s and 80′s it was not just the management but the employees who did not want any car not produced by the company. If you did you were likely to come out and find your car flipped over, vandalized or worse. It was unheard of to drive a competitors car.

A different way of looking at it is this. No one can force you to do anything but in a time of crisis if you are willing to pay someone elses salary and feed someone elses kids then you deserve to go out of business. What I mean by this is when you work for an automaker what you drive literally is either paying your salary or someone elses. So the managers decision emphasizes that point . If you want to keep working you need to drive your own product. Its more a matter of emphasizing a point that should be obvious. Yes this is America and you have a right to choose what you drive but then dont get ticked when you get laid off and cant afford to buy any car. Its no different for any other product
- A Ford Family member.

]]> By: Abigail http://beancounterblog.com/2006/01/28/should-employers-force-their-products-on-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-14760 Abigail Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:03:09 +0000 http://beancounterblog.com/2006/01/28/should-employers-force-their-products-on-employees/#comment-14760 <strong>Readed...</strong> To boldly go where I surely don't belong. ... Readed…

To boldly go where I surely don’t belong.
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]]> By: Madison http://beancounterblog.com/2006/01/28/should-employers-force-their-products-on-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-12577 Madison Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:16:31 +0000 http://beancounterblog.com/2006/01/28/should-employers-force-their-products-on-employees/#comment-12577 <strong>Nice...</strong> The three Rs of Microsoft support: Retry, Reboot, Reinstall. ... Nice…

The three Rs of Microsoft support: Retry, Reboot, Reinstall.
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]]> By: mrskin http://beancounterblog.com/2006/01/28/should-employers-force-their-products-on-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-10828 mrskin Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:18:28 +0000 http://beancounterblog.com/2006/01/28/should-employers-force-their-products-on-employees/#comment-10828 Ahhh, well it's George Bush's fault. Ahhh, well it’s George Bush’s fault.

]]> By: Jason http://beancounterblog.com/2006/01/28/should-employers-force-their-products-on-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Jason Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:13:33 +0000 http://beancounterblog.com/2006/01/28/should-employers-force-their-products-on-employees/#comment-134 What does it say if you drive a Toyota instead of a Ford? Tons! That was exactly the point of this post - if Ford isn't making a product good enough that their employees WANT it without being forced, then they should re-examine their product - not their employees. What does it say if you drive a Toyota instead of a Ford? Tons! That was exactly the point of this post – if Ford isn’t making a product good enough that their employees WANT it without being forced, then they should re-examine their product – not their employees.

]]> By: JLP at AllThingsFinancial http://beancounterblog.com/2006/01/28/should-employers-force-their-products-on-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-133 JLP at AllThingsFinancial Wed, 01 Feb 2006 04:58:10 +0000 http://beancounterblog.com/2006/01/28/should-employers-force-their-products-on-employees/#comment-133 Yes, I think they should. At least, I think the employees should WANT to own company products. Otherwise, they are doing nothing but help their competitors. If you are an employee of Ford and you drive a Toyota, what does that say? It sure as heck doesn't speak highly of Ford's products. Yes, I think they should. At least, I think the employees should WANT to own company products. Otherwise, they are doing nothing but help their competitors. If you are an employee of Ford and you drive a Toyota, what does that say? It sure as heck doesn’t speak highly of Ford’s products.

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