Why has this massive lay off not been reported by the media. Kellogs was hiring and requiring people to purchase vehicles right to the day they informed the sales team. IN our case we took new position, bought a new car that was required for the position then 3 week later we are now stuck with a payment we can not afford.
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car was not brand new let me correct that. it was 2 years old. The point is we made a major purchase that has now put us in a financial strain that was not necessary. When hired Kellogs knew they were going down this road. We would have not made this purchase if we new in 3 weeks we would find out of the firing of sales. In negotiating for the position i fought to keep the company car and was told that they would not allow that i had to purchase my own before starting the new positions in a month. I never started the new position still doing same job. just fyi
"It stings a lot more because it's us. Make-believe media bias has nothing to do with it.
Besides, most customers (including those who work for news media and decide what makes a good news story) are absolutely clueless as to how vendor product gets on the shelf. Telling people that something they didn't know was happening will no longer be happening doesn't make for an interesting headline."
I read on this board for another company, Sears because I work there-- for now. That's how I found out about Kelloggs & you guys have been eye opening. I follow the news in what I consider an average way & I might have heard one story somewhere about these changes. Reading here I looked it up & there is some stuff written but I think many of these situations only ping a person's radar if they work there, if friends & family do or if it's local.
I bet you know that Sears is doing bad but the details mix together with how Penney's is doing bad & Macy's & Lowes & whoever. Which is fine. I'm that way with the computer companies.
What struck me is that to me Kelloggs like Sears was an American brand that I grew up with & now it looks like there is some real trouble going on for you. It's awful to give your life to a company & then see the company push you aside.
When I was forced to buy a car the requirements were:
Less than 10 years old
less than 150,000 miles
worth $16,500 or so when new
carry business use insurance
They dropped the first two requirements over time due to complaints and never bothered to check the third requirement.. Not sure where you're getting the "brand new car" notion.
Never occurs to anyone that the picture is way bigger than Kellogg's. Ask yourself. Why would Kellogg's demand you buy a brand new car?
Since 2008, there has been a desperate, massive, and coordinated effort to push the "Recovery" story, which car sales are a huge part of.
All corporations have worked together to sell this story, and even force employees to buy cars in order to create the car boom.
The simple fact is that, though there are a lot of us getting canned, it is spread out to the point that we will be just a tiny blip on the unemployment numbers, even at state level. No news there...
If it were one or two plants laying off that many people, that would be news.
It stings a lot more because it's us. Make-believe media bias has nothing to do with it.
Besides, most customers (including those who work for news media and decide what makes a good news story) are absolutely clueless as to how vendor product gets on the shelf. Telling people that something they didn't know was happening will no longer be happening doesn't make for an interesting headline.
Amongst the few mentions of the layoff in the media was a rather smug piece from Breitbart, the tone of which was basically: HA! Glad to hear it.
Why would Kellogg's bash brietbart supporters and viewers by saying our values and views don't coincide with supporters of brietbart news agency you just alienated about 50percent of your potential customer.Most of the media is liberal just like Kellogg that probably has something to do with the lack of media coverage