Dont park here

[Fuzzy Bear]

Parking Lot

Heck, I'd be happy to be able to find a place that would accommodate my truck. We just moved offices and the new facility has parking garages for employee parking. Maximum height is 7'. My truck measures at least 6'9" so I am not willing to try testing their height limit. There is limited parking outside the garages. There are 6 spots for "oversized" vehicles on the street between two garages. They are not deep enough for quad cab pickup and about 3' sticks out into the traffic lanes. Plus there is no room on the sides to open your door. I am not parking there. I am trying to get the facilities manager to let me use one of the many empty reserved spots that will be more suitable. I really dreaded moving here. Its great for all these preppy little liberals and their miniature cars. Not so fair to us rural property owners.



Doug

 

[Boosted Inline Six]

If these employees were hired with the rule they drive DC vehicles to work or they would be treated differently than their coworkers I could understand. They weren't. Employees should want to use DC products. If they don't thats DC's fault for not making an attractive product. This is America. I owe my employer a hard days work. Show up on time. Don't steal. Don't abuse sick time. Don't pass private company info. Etc. What I buy with my wages is MY business, PERIOD!!! Blind loyalty is just that BLIND!!

 

[Badunit]

Maybe those who disagree with this policy should start parking in handicapped spots since they don't agree with policies that let certain people park closer to the building than others.



Many companies have parking policies. Some are related to rank and position. Some are based on a lottery system for the near-to-the-building spots. This one is based on preference to those who drive the manufacturer's products. Sounds pretty reasonable to me.

 

[Matt400]

I think its great that DC would reward employees for driving their product by making space available just for them.

 

[ZRacer]

All this clamor about where people park their cars-give me a break! I work at the Tech Center in Auburn Hills and we have had segregated parking ever since Chrysler had an Engineering facility! Granted, the Tech Center is mostly Salaried people, both engineers and Mechanics(like myself), and the Company can pretty much dictate to us what we can and can't do. Although, this is a first, to tell Hourly employees where to park. Traditionally, the Company hasn't pressed the issue. However this is not a Strikable issue. DCX has the right to tell people where to park on its property. If you don't like it, go work for a Non-Union Scab shop!



There is a big push among the Employees and the Company together to "Buy what You Build" as the slogan goes. Also known as "Pride in Product". The main goal surrounding these ideas is that if DCX employees are excited about driving and owning what we are designing, this will spread to family, friends and neighbors which should generate more sales. Like it or not, as an automotive employee you are also an indirect salesperson for the Company. What you drive says a lot about the product because you are more of an "expert" than just an average Joe.



Dcx is not telling folks they can't park on the premises, what they are saying is the premium spots are reserved for those who buy the Company's products which include Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler, Mercedes, Freightliner, Mitsubishi, Sterling and at one time Airbus. You would however have a difficult time parking a Freightliner Tractor in one of the many parking decks on the Tech Center property. :-laf



I did drive a 89' Chevy P/U for a short time to work and it sucked parking in BFE. That's just before I bought my 03' Rig. I thouroughly enjoy parking in the shaded parking structure where she stays nice and dry in the winter and cool in the summer. :-laf

 

[jwilliams3]

Sounds like a good policy.

I wish they did it where I worked.

Then I could park right up front every day.

 

[Iwant1]

I work in a DC plant, and I wish we had this policy. If you don't buy what you build why should anyone else? Admittedly I come from a Chrysler fam from way back, but if I got a job a GM or Ford I'd park my Mopar wherever they told me. What kind of an idiot that likes his well paying UAW job would want people to see that the workers at his company's plant drove another companys crap? There are rules at every work place, and if Chevy boy don't like it let him see if he can get a job at GM, I'm sure there are thousands who'd gladly take his place.

 

[jwilliams3]

Preach on, brother!

 

[crobertson1]

I'd be willing to bet,this policy was in place before this guy got his job there. He said he drove his other truck because he didn't like the policy. It reminds me of the freaks who don't like the Boy Scouts policies, so they cause a stink and all kinds of trouble for the Boy Scouts. How about just not joining the Boy Scouts? It also reminds me of people who buy a house out by DIA and move in and start complaining about jet noise. There is a guy who built a house right behind an auto dealership, and started complaining about the noise from the service dept. It's ridiculous.



The point is, if there are policies in place that you don't like where you are thinking about getting a job, think twice. Or get a job somewhere else.

 

[JHardwick]

I know!!!



Lets lobby the government to set up a special commitee for the sole purpose of deciding who parks where, K?



Just sheep in a flock

 

[jwilliams3]

Some people would probably understand more if they took more pride in the company they worked for or product they produced that provided them with their livelihood.

 

[tschwab]

Some people would probably understand more if they took more pride in the company they worked for or product they produced that provided them with their livelihood.

AMEN! Lets close this longwinded thread.

 

[AMink]

Think I changed my viewpoint

OK, I agree that DC can require whatever on its property. Just as they can set work hours, dress code, etc. Was thinking though... it's 2006... I need a full sized truck with 4 full sized doors AND an 8' bed. Guess I'll be parking in the back lot with the other Furds & Chebbys :-laf .

 

[Tim]

As an autoworker, you're not exactly raking it in.

I think you're mistaken here. UAW workers probably make more than skilled trades, for an unskilled job.

Private property, owners choice. If you don't like the policy of a business, no one is forcing you to work there.

That's not true. There are laws governing what can go on in the workplace. This is borderline on harassment.

AMEN! Lets close this longwinded thread.

Yeah, get into the slightest heated discussion and let's close the thread.



This is what I think... ...



If the product was so great, and so affordable, of course everyone would be driving it. I drive a Ford Ranger every day. It cost peanuts compared to my Dodge, gets better fuel mileage, and is still 4wd, etc. If I worked at the DC plant, the last place I'd want to park my NEW Dodge is up front, but my Ford I wouldn't care about.



I work for the U. S. Postal Service. Nobody is holding a gun to my head telling me to use our service. I have a side business and in many cases, my customers don't like the post office and they prefer UPS or FedEx. They get what they want. They're not telling me which service to use, and if they did, I would rebel too.



That said, those of you that are in labor unions, calling everyone else scabs, and calling yourselves politically conservative, y'all make me sick. Thank God they didn't make me join the union. That's another thing I don't think a company should be making you do.



I'm proud every day, surrouded by union workers, to be a dirty nasty SCAB.

 

[jwilliams3]

Dont speak for us members that are in labor unions and I wont speak for you Tim.



Telling someone they must use or buy a product is a different story.

This is a Chrysler Plant, Chrysler is an automobile maker. There is alot of history and pride that automakers carry in this country.

I guess its hard to explain, you can't drive a package or envelope to work.



I can drive a vehicle to work with an engine that passed through my hands everyday of the week and be proud.

Oo.



When we give tours at work and the customers comment on how many Cummins trucks there is on the roof (our parking lot) that gives them an idea that we trust and are proud of the quality product we manufacture.



For a Company to reward its employees with a parking priveledge who chose to invest in it(company) is a great thing in my opinion!!!

 

[klenger]

I work for a company that manufactures GPS's. So according to the prevailing opinion here, my company could rightfully discriminate against me if I bought a Garmin GPS instead of one of the ones we build.

 

[TSpecht]

My opinion on the matter is DC can decide how they want their property set up. It's their parking lot is it not? If someone comes into my house and puts their feet on my coffee table I have the right to tell them not to do that, do I not? I feel it's much the same situation in this instance. I'm not telling you you can't be in my home or sit on my couch, just that the feet up is unacceptable.

I understand it's a bit different in the two examples, but in a general sense they both describe how privately owned property can be treated however the owner wants, including a seperate parking lot if they so desire.

In this situation (if I were the owner or in charge) I wouldn't want the parking lot full of vehicles the company didn't make. It sends a bad message to the public that even the workers won't/can't/don't trust the product intentionally or not. It's not as if Chrysler is telling them they can't park on Chrysler property, just that they need to park in a different place. This is no different than the company setting aside a parking space for the plant manager, CEO, other officers, etc, as well as the handicapped. They have special privellages to park in the best spots. Why not complain about them too?

 

[OCarney]

quote:

If you don't like it, go work for a Non-Union Scab shop!



Come on down to Tuscaloosa, Alabama & work for Mercedes. No parking policy in effect, no union & not a leg to stand on.

 

[crobertson1]

That's not true. There are laws governing what can go on in the workplace. This is borderline on harassment.

[/B]

That is absolutely ridiculous. Maybe you'd like the government to get involved and regulate how private companies operate even more than they already do. They can dictate all kinds of stuff. I don't smoke, but now the government is trying to tell privately owned and operated restaurants and bars that they can't allow people to smoke in their own business. The last thing we need is more regulations for petty crap like this. If someone doesn't like a policy a company has, get a job somewhere else, don't sue because your civil rights are violated.

 

[Neibe]

GM and Ford do the same thing.