Just after writing the previous entry to this blog about the 7 Billion Dollar oops, I surfed over to the Chrysler web site through a link at Cerberus. Chrysler definitely is applying the spin to say that it isn't a bailout but is instead a loan to help them succeed - as if the billions already spent by Daimler then Cerberus as well as regular loans to Chrysler have had any effect to help them succeed. There is a very interesting blog that spells out half the problems at Chrysler. I keep harping on bad management at Chrysler. Good management is something that cannot be legislated but must be trickled down from the top and Chrysler simply doesn't possess it. A blog entry says that Chrysler Employees tell America why they should care then tells the world just who works at Chrysler as shown in this quote from their web site.

"After all, we thought that in all the coverage of the bridge loans, many have forgotten about the thousands of hard-working Chrysler employees - the engineers, designers, finance staff and even bloggers - whose working future depends on help to get through this financial crisis.

What I miss in this statement is any mention at all of production employees. It seems that Chrysler either doesn't have any production employees or isn't aware of them or simply doesn't want to admit that they exist. If Chrysler itself forgets about the thousands of hard-working Chrysler employees then why should anyone else remember them?

What manager thinks that he (or she) can turn around Chrysler without acknowledging that production employees exist? This strikes me as the pinnacle of arrogance and is a large reason why Chrysler cannot get their act together.

Shame on you Chrysler for such a blatant display of gross mismanagement.

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