Will GE shut down Schenectady and send the work to Greenville, SC? It makes sense from a business point of view. Both plants have a reduction in orders around 50%. Why have 2 plants, when 1 will do? Also, will get rid of the union.
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Culp needs to actually do something, not just talk. GE Power clearly has excess capacity with major factories in Schenectady, Greenville, Belfort and Baden. How can you efficiently run four places at 1/4 load? Culp needs to bite the bullet and close one or more down, as painful as that will be. Do the amputations before the patient dies of gangrene.
GE made a bad decision a few years ago when they bought Alstom (france). They currently (2018) have TWO gas turbine and TWO steam turbine plants. They used to get 180 + orders for turbines/year . This year they only got like 60. Coal plants are retiring and are not being replaced. GE can't get the orders to support two plants, plain and simple. The Greenville site is state of the art and yes, the cost of living is waaaaay cheaper in the south.
They won't sell the NY property, because they can't, but they will eventually close it for sure and probably lease it out.
There is a deep seated culture problem in Schenectady. Higher ups are blind to it or too busy polishing their numbers to expose the real truth. It's a sick place being run by either greenhorns that have no spine, or the good ole boy network. I've seen COE leaders literally talk to co workers who are holding a cigarette in their hand and not even write them up in the past. There is no real leadership in the place. Won't be long before it's gone because the people running the show have no clue.
Correct me if I’m wrong but Greenville doesn’t have the crane capacity for 650 ton generators or a generator test stand. They also won’t move Greenville to Schenectady because we have no buildings left to do it in. Building 49 the original gas turbine building is long gone.
It would make sense, but expect GE to double down on stupid and close Greenville, moving everything to Schenectady before they ultimately go bankrupt.
Schenectady has had the 2 tear pay scale for few years now. D-rate and T-rates
Greenville couldn’t build 300 units in a yr. if the plant depended on it. The plant has not work ethic anymore. Maybe back in the day we did not anymore. If you also think Schenectady is closing and moving south. Your drinking way too much kool aid. You forget there protected by the union. We’re ptotected by some of the weakest managers GE ever hired.
Cheaper labor? Have you seen the new pay scale at Schenectady lol
The southern work ethic will kill that move! Once they get a little jingle in their pockets they don't show up for work for weeks....
What makes you think GE intends to continue building Steam Turbines and Generators?
SC has a lower state income tax than NY too!
If it makes sense don’t count on G.E to do it
GE in Greenville has the capacity to build over 300 turbines a year. They have before in early 2000. Also, lots of test facilities. Not to mention cheaper labor, with no unions