Employees are just another consumable resource
Pros
When business is good, overtime is plentiful - perhaps too much so. It's not unusual to get a paycheck almost twice the normal 40 hour work week.
Cons
I started out as a Delphi employee at the Vandalia, Ohio plant. MAHLE bought Delphi effective July, 2015, and two months later announced that the Vandalia plant would be closing by the end of 2016, but that no one would lose their jobs - they would be transferred to the Dayton plant. In November, the details of this "generous" offer came to light. Anyone with over 30 years service (5 people) would be allowed to retire. Anyone with over 10 years of service (15 people) would be given a one-time bonus of up to $10,000. Why, you may ask? Because everyone transferring to the Dayton plant would be a new-hire. Good-bye benefits, hello near-minimum wage.
