Are you talking net or gross? My friend started working for GM around 2000 and his hourly wage was around $18-$20 and I was jealous at the time.
FTR, I am not anti GM or Ford, I just refuse to buy their cars as I got tired of spending time/money on fixing them. Plus, the service at my last Ford dealership was outright terrible. This collapse, if it happens, will be tragic. Very sad. Poor business models don't have much longevity. When did Ford or GM start to offer hybrids? Last year? It's not a secret that fossil fuels are limited in quantity. Also, I think the financial sector has made just as many bad decisions as the automakers have. ----- Original Message ---- From: theREAL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: list 313 <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 4:39:39 PM Subject: Re: (313) Business Automotive industry 'If General Motors were to lose out, I think Detroit would go under No, but I don't have to. I worked there for 31 years - 28 of it right down on the assembly line. I know enough to say with authority that nobody made that kind of cash unless he or she worked some hefty overtime hours. On the 40 hours that I got most of the time, I pulled in right around 40k a year. Anyone who says anything else (and as I retied an International UAW-GM rep, I have some knowledge here) about the average guy on the line doing a normal work week is full of BS. I've read many an article which inflated our wages, our benefits, our time off, and what we made while laid off which spun some pretty tall tales. I'm not saying it wasn't a good paying job with excellent benefits. I'm saying don't believe everything you read about a job most people simply would not do (I'm talking the assembly line here). It can be an a$$kickingly hard place to work, and the jobs which aren't are few and far between these days. jeff > Anyone remeber the article in the Free Press about the janitor at GM making > 60 or 70k a year when he retired? > >
