Get head out of sand - Analyst Toyota North America Employee Review

I hope a lot of 'Team Members' are reading this.. 1. TMS does not want ANY Band 2 employees to go to Plano. This is evidenced by the low relocation package being offered. Band 2 level employees are considered 'unskilled' workers. The band 2 employees are paid A LOT of money compared to the same jobs at other companies in LA. TMS knows they can fill these positions in Plano and pay 60 % less. The reality: it will hit TMS like a ton of bricks - there are SO many Band 2 positions that SHOULD be Band 3 positions.. There are associates that have been in their job for 15-20 years and the job has evolved into a highly skilled job.. Band 2's will fight to have their job changed to a band 3 but TMS won't budge. They use the excuse that you need a BA to be promoted to a Band 3... This is a ridiculous argument... Some people were not able to go back to However they know the job better than anyone... I have seen band 2s retire after 30 years with the company and they have changed that person's job to a Band 3 position.. They would NEVER promote a band 2 (someone in the dept) instead they would hire someone outside the company... Unreal. But it doesn't matter now.. They are doing their best to get rid of Band 2s.. But will be shocked to find out how much skill many Band 2s have... They will be shocked to find out how difficult it is to find people with degrees in the Dal Sorry Band 2s.. You're gend of the stick. Ask for a 'buy out' NOW.. They will DO it. I know this for a fact!! TMS is just using you.. They want the 'perfect' scenario until they move to Texas.. They want ALL associates to STAY to the end so they can move the operation... Then I am amused to see SO many people JUMP ship in the last year.... I see departments STRUGGLING to keep afloat. They are having a difficult time hiring people - as you know it takes FOREVER to hire 1 person.. Now they have to hire MANY people.. They just don't have 3-4 months to hire 1 person anymore. That's their problem. Senior management has had their head in the sand thinking that everyone would stay until they end. Maybe if their weren't so many MEAN and HORRIBLE managers out there these associates may have stayed loyal until the end... Senior management has no idea how many inept, mean, horrible band 4s and band 5s are in the organization. Human resources knows how many bad managers are out there! They are the ones who hear the complaints - but HR has So now you have many people leaving the company.... Now there is an imbalance in the departments... In some cases Band 2s are doing 3 jobs - 2 of those jobs are band 3 jobs. It seems it is OK for band 2s to DO the work of Band 3s but not be promoted or given the $$ that they should get. Obviously this proves that you don't always need a BA to do a job... Believe me I can easily get a BA 'online' from some sub-standard school and it has NOTHING TO do with the current job I'm doing. Band 2s - ask for a BUYOUT and MOVE on! 2. The other group that TMS wants to get rid of is Band 4 managers - these guys are WAY OVER PAID... I know many many managers who are making over $140,000.00 That's because they have been with the company 25 plus years.. They get HUGE bonus (15k-20k).. They have HUGE pensions... Band 4s - are expensive... And as we all know (especially the band 2 and band 3s) they don't do a lot. They are not in the daily production, they aren't doing the 'work'. When a Band 4 goes on vacation for 3 weeks no one notices... When a Band 2 or 3 goes on vacation for a WEEK - EVERYONE notices!! TMS doesn't need Band 4s. They want to get rid of the HUGE payroll liability. Band 5s can handle the 'managing' of the departments until TMS hires band 4s in Plano for a fraction of the salary that these band 4s were making in Torrance.. So long Band 4s.... 3. The ONE group that TMS needs is the Band 3 group. These associates are actually paid a little less than the market in LA and have great credentials. I have many friends are TMS who are CPAs with their MBA from big schools like USC. They could be making MORE money at Sony or a Downtown firm - but wanted the lifestyle at TMS.. So Toyota has been very very lucky in attracting these amazing people.... But these people had no idea that TMS would move to Texas. These over qualified Band 3a do NOT need to go to Texas. They are highly sought after employees in the LA market. TMS needs these highly skilled associates to go to Texas.. They need them to keep the business running. They are perfect for TMS - they aren't hugely overpaid like Band 4s.. They have big credentials (unlike band 2s) and they do most of the skilled work. THIS is the group that TMS needs to keep the business running in Texas - and they are getting the most attractive relo package of all