anybody here work for toyota manufacturing?

[asiancivicmaniac]

Hey everybody. This may be a stupid post, but I'm currently writing a research paper that involves the Toyota production system and after doing some research on the topic where there were mention of how Toyota employees are a key part to the system's success. The articles that I've read made me curious to see if I can get some first hand insight into what it's like to work at a Toyota production line. Is it just like any other job? Are the workers really shown as much appreciation as what I've read, such as team outings, recognition for job well done, management eating lunch in the same area as other workers, etc? Thanks if anyone posts a reply.

 

[milwaukee]

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Sounds exactly like a student that has never seen a #@$%! slave factory in the SE USA.

I am still laughing!

Wake up and welcome to the world. Toyota treats employee's just like every other company taking advantage of cheap southern labor. Low wages and "typical" benefits for the geographical region they do buisness in.

 

[Kestas]

This was popular press back in the early 80s. Though I'm sure there was much truth to the articles you've read, I believe it was also to shame the UAW for all the consessions they won that bumped up their wages beyond what the market would normally bear. They also mentioned that layoffs were non-existent, japanese workers had a job for life, did calisthenics together in the morning, and any worker could "pull the cord" to stop the line if they ran into a quality issue.

Since then, Toyota found that they could no longer guarantee a job for life and had to adopt American labor practices, including layoffs, in order to properly run a business.

I can't imagine "redneck Joe" and his buddies doing calisthenics in harmony every morning in the plant. The mental image is just too disturbing.

And I can only shudder to think what would happen if somebody stopped the line in an American automotive assembly plant. BIG loss of dollars. They'd have a lot of 'splaining to do.