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Post by ktpgal89 on Jan 5, 2011 13:13:03 GMT -5
Has anyone heard the latest rumor about the company splitting up our vacation weeks this year? Any vendors out there that might have more info? Thanks in advance!!
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Post by turbo350 on Jan 5, 2011 13:32:25 GMT -5
Get ready for it. They have already proven they can do it.
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Post by JoePieper on Jan 5, 2011 14:06:27 GMT -5
They release official dates in April. Until then everything else should be treated as just a rumor.
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Post by atltolap on Jan 5, 2011 14:19:27 GMT -5
I heard first week of July, second week of August.
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Post by ktpgal89 on Jan 5, 2011 18:39:44 GMT -5
I heard first week of July, second week of August. That's the same weeks I have heard..I know the company has until April, but I wish they were a little more considerate because moderate priced vacation reservations over the 4th fill up fast. |
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Post by bdub502 on Jan 12, 2011 15:13:47 GMT -5
yea they are splitting it up between the 2 first week of july and in august as well, cause i work for dakkota and that is when they are telling use to schedule our vacation on one of those 2 weeks
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Post by ktpgal89 on Jan 12, 2011 18:02:15 GMT -5
yea they are splitting it up between the 2 first week of july and in august as well, cause i work for dakkota and that is when they are telling use to schedule our vacation on one of those 2 weeks Thanks for your reply! Tony just posted the minutes from the Union meeting and those were the dates given as "possibilities"..if Dakkota can give their employees vacation dates already, why does Ford have to be so secretative and hold out till the last minute? I know-because they can...  |
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Post by rockyt on Jan 12, 2011 21:11:21 GMT -5
This is total BS! Many schools are already back in or starting the 2nd week of August. Even Jefferson County teachers are back in on Thursday and Friday of that week. The union needs to get this changed!!!! The whole reason for shutting down in the summer was so that you could go on vacatin WITH your family.
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Post by brenteskridge on Jan 14, 2011 0:56:02 GMT -5
I know that you all have seen the information being past out and on here about the dates that the company is wanting us to take the vacation on. Scott is still fighting with the company about this. The company has tried this for the past two years and Scott has got them to agree in the past for us to take our time together. This time, they are digging their heals in but Scott is still fighting with them about this issue. He is also fighting with them that if they are hell bent on this, at least put it out as early as possible so we all can make arrangments for the two different weeks that we will be taking our vacation. We will get the information asap as soon as we get them to agree upon this issue.
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Post by kuka on Jan 14, 2011 3:44:07 GMT -5
brenteskridge; yeh Ford will agree on this issue the first of April when they need to get us the dates.
rocyt; yeh you can go on vacation with your Ford family the second week of August. Which team members are you going to take and how many?
What a smart ass
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Post by bdub502 on Jan 25, 2011 3:09:01 GMT -5
here is the latest had a meeting before shift here and now they are saying that shutdown could be moving back to normal first 2 weeks of july, just thought i would drop in again and give a heads up in case the news hasn't been spread around yet about that happing
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Post by ihatemyjob on Jan 25, 2011 23:43:17 GMT -5
Can someone explain why all of sudden company wants to change the way vacation shutdown is done? Its been the first 2 weeks of July for as long as anyone can remember. The last 2 years Lap has had shutdown split up with one week in July and the other in August. What does Ford gain from this other than pissing the employees off.
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Post by ktpsparky on Jan 26, 2011 11:28:01 GMT -5
I too would like to know the benefit of splitting the 2 wks...Surely if the company is digging in their heals, there must be some "reason" it is beneficial to the business, right?
So what is the company's argument for this case? It obviously has nothing to do with pumping up morale...
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Post by fordmakesnosense on Jan 26, 2011 14:06:39 GMT -5
the way this winter has been just the word summer sounds good
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Post by kessinger on Jan 26, 2011 21:04:17 GMT -5
Ok, don't fire off on me. I am telling you what they told us. They claim it hurts them to pay all the plants to be off two weeks together paying out all those wages, while having no income for those weeks since no one is building vehicles.
We were able to keep our weeks together but we were one of only two plants that managed to do that last year. It sounds like we will not be able to do the same this year, I am sure the other plants complained about it.
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Post by richatktp1 on Jan 27, 2011 1:18:21 GMT -5
M.O.A. all the way.
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Post by ktpsparky on Jan 27, 2011 12:44:48 GMT -5
That sounds silly. The consecutive weeks shutdown has been the norm for decades, generations even. Besides, some vehicles are built to a specific customer order while the balance of production is built as dealer stock. We all know that the company should receive payment for the customer orders in a timely manner, but the dealers get MONTHS to make final payment of "stock" units. Couple in the constant flux of "Days Supply" into the equation and this argument doesn't make a lot of sense. It just seems like the receipt of payments for delivered product would be infinitely variable and not focused on any two week period. Lucky for us, the automotive parts supply chain doesn't operate on this newfound theory, else we might never receive our parts from China...'cause I'm sure it takes a at least a couple of weeks for the boat + train + truck ride to Kentucky.  |
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Post by rockyt on Jan 27, 2011 21:46:53 GMT -5
If it truely is about the cost savings of not paying out all of the vacations at the same time, then why don't they cancel shutdowns and let everyone schedule the vacations at different times? Oh yeah, because everyone wants off in the summer when it is hot in the plant and kids are out of school. That is why they began the 2 week summer shutdown over 30 years ago. You know how hard it is to schedule your 3rd week off now, imagine if you had to try to schedule all 3 weeks. They would have to hire extra people to cover all of the vacations.
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Post by ktpgal89 on Jan 27, 2011 23:47:26 GMT -5
If it truely is about the cost savings of not paying out all of the vacations at the same time, then why don't they cancel shutdowns and let everyone schedule the vacations at different times? Oh yeah, because everyone wants off in the summer when it is hot in the plant and kids are out of school. That is why they began the 2 week summer shutdown over 30 years ago. You know how hard it is to schedule your 3rd week off now, imagine if you had to try to schedule all 3 weeks. They would have to hire extra people to cover all of the vacations. Hiring vacation replacements is exactly what they did in the past..usually college kids who worked 89 days and then let go. |
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Post by rocketman on Jan 27, 2011 23:52:15 GMT -5
I think the union reps need to put in the next contract the first 2 weeks of July and make it firm about vacations. A company like Ford can plan a head 6 months to balance it's money supply.
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