Could you imagine how stressed they would be if everyone just logged off and walked off the job? The impact would be devastating to GAC. Let alone the press coverage. I know, I know, not realistic. But would be nice to see their faces when a group is together for the common good.
I wonder were GAC will fall on the next list of employee satisfaction survey? Bet they don’t get that honor again anytime soon.
May the Stress Be With You!
This is affecting couples intimate lives man, seriously!
Someone losing their job (and therefore health insurance) is considered a "qualified event" for their spouse to change their coverage outside of open enrollment.
It would be nice if they let us know before open enrollment for insurance so if you need to switch to your spouse's insurance.
The all hands meetings are great if you want to hear people complain about pooler traffic, everything else is a Hollywood production. Don’t go buying GD stock based on what you hear there.
People keep saying “sales are in the toilet” but I don’t think that’s actually true. If you saw the last all hands, sales actually looked stable but operating earnings we’re down indicating the cost of doing business had gone up. Personally I read into that as our aircraft deliveries and ability to collect the sales cash from customers have tanked. This is evidenced by the engineless G600’s just sitting along Press Henne among other things.
What led to all of this?
Well, our company unexpectedly has to go and acquire Nordam after it went bankrupt. Although Mark hinted that the production line is up and going now, I still suspect its struggling to get parts out.
Gulfstream has also been dishing out a lot of cash for projects such as the brand new service center by the old airport.
Then you have increased tariffs on our products being sold to China and increased costs on aluminum used to build the planes in the first place.
There also appears to be the initial signs of the financial markets topping out and perhaps the economy as a whole experiencing a downturn soon.
Finally, yes other program delays here and there also aren’t helping.
So yeah ... there is ample reason why Gulfstream needs to immediately cut costs in order to preserve it’s overall viability in the long run.
Yeah I agree a walkoff would be awesome. It would never happen but it's deserved for this f*k up BS.
The last layoff they cleared out the dead weight. They canned a few d—beat managers for optics. It needed to be done. This one feels different though. I won’t speculate with the lack of information they’re giving. It just feels different.
We need to organize. We need to stop letting them push us and our families around. We work too damn hard for that place.
The new VP is actually a salesman. Any new jet salesmen are Sales VPs. That’s what they are called because they deal with L1s. For all of the talk on here about bashing the company, everyone is forgetting one thing. Sales of new aircraft are in the toilet. That is GACs bread and butter. Hopefully he helps sell more planes and gets us back on track. The problem is all the directors we have that barely have any direct reports.
I haven't done anything in a month and a half. I'm not loyal to a company not loyal to me. Bare minimum effort. When I'm asked for something additional, my response is usually, "I'll have time in November."
But seriously, even managers don't seem to give a fk anymore. No one is safe. AND they just hired a new VP... because THAT'S what is needed... more bloated upper management during a RIF where they get rid of people actually doing work.
Last RIF it was over in 2 weeks. This is inhumane
True. This stress is affecting work, people and families, and lives.
Shame on GAC to do it like this....
Just get it done with it.