I'm unsure where the
I'm unsure where the information you gather Dan. As a former employee of 25 years at the Lafayette Indiana Subaru manufacturing plant I can assure you that what you stating is completely the opposite! I started at Subaru at the age of 20 in April of 1990 and retired June of 2015 due to unforeseen health issues. The hiring process was quite extensive just to get your foot in the door and required passing three different phases that took nearly 3 months before employees were hired. Training is the key objective for all the employees at Subaru along with safety. Every single process for each work station has detailed work instructions that explain exactly how the process is to be performed along with visuals showing handling of the different parts and whether the process is vital safety, safety or regulated. Each associate is trained to perform each job exactly the same as the other team members on both shifts. This is also an ISO9001 requirement. The trainee is given 80 hours of training for each work station that they must be able to perform process on their own and verified by the Group Leader and traing records signed off.
As far as the employees being treated unfairly again I'm confused by your thoughts. The associated do not and have not had to pay health premiums since day one and that's huge. They make some of the best hourly wages along with matching 401K. They receive a 2 week paid summer and another paid 2 week shutdown at xmas for maintenance and engineering projects that need to be performed on top of as I had accumulated an additional 4 weeks vacation to schedule throughout the year. They are non Union which was very important as we have seen over the years how that's worked out. An open door communication policy has always been exercised at SIA. The associates work their tail ends off everyday and "Quality is top priority" is each associates ultimate goal to meet for our loyal customers needs and meet or beat the required daily quality plant targets. Unfortunately recalls due happen and unfortunately every single part come from different vendors but when is all comes down to the root problem it's not the vendor that is identified as the problem or defect it's just the name SUBARU which isnt always fair. Take the air bag issue that still continues to have recalls "Takata" So many different auto manufacturers involved. Enough said this day. Thanks for listening.