[AlanHo]

It takes 19.5 man-hours to build an i30 - but only 11 man-hours to build a Ford Focus - but the i30 is still cheaper to build.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/Ford-loses-out-to-Hyundai

[Dazzler]

 

[Doggie 1]

Smart company.

[Surferdude]

Stick that in your exhaust pipe and smoke it Ford.

[babis_xo]

 
I can notice a man as prefix to the man-hour. Many years ago, this was called slavery...

[Keith]

I can notice a man as prefix to the man-hour. Many years ago, this was called slavery...

And without work their lives would be described as below Poverty...

I'm sorry but as you are Greek you should know the lessons of Economy are hard...

[babis_xo]

I can notice a man as prefix to the man-hour. Many years ago, this was called slavery...

And without work their lives would be described as below Poverty...

I'm sorry but as you are Greek you should know the lessons of Economy are hard...

And how would you describe the fact that despite the ~double man-hours needed to build a hyundai, it is still cheaper?

And yes, 'cause I'm Greek I know what it feels like working the double hours, taking half the money and thanking God for having a job.

[Keith]

I can notice a man as prefix to the man-hour. Many years ago, this was called slavery...

And without work their lives would be described as below Poverty...

I'm sorry but as you are Greek you should know the lessons of Economy are hard...

And how would you describe the fact that despite the ~double man-hours needed to build a hyundai, it is still cheaper?

And yes, 'cause I'm Greek I know what it feels like working the double hours, taking half the money and thanking God for having a job.

I'd describe the Korean work ethic as "living within their means"

As the rest of Europe is having to do... and will have to do more of I fear...

They know they have to compete in a world car market that has many years head start on them. So they invest now, work hard... and reap the benefits later when the bran becomes better recognised as a quality brand.

You think the Hyundai workers should be paid German car workers wages?

Road to suicide...

[AlanHo]

The difference in man-hours is because of the way different manufacturers make their cars.  Some buy-in more assembled parts than others.

Hyundai make more of the car than any other manufacturer -they have steel rolling mills, press shops for body parts, casting facilities, plastic manufacture, electronics, engine, gearbox and other parts manufacture which are all owned by Hyundai. Hence Hyundai put more of their own labour man-hours into producing the car than other manufacturers who buy more stuff from third parties.

To claim the statistics in the original post indicates slavery is clearly a nonsense - the figures do not compare apples with apples.

[kabukiman]

Good. I hope Ford go broke globally.


Yes I'm bitter.

[Keith]

Good. I hope Ford go broke globally.


Yes I'm bitter.

 

[babis_xo]

As the rest of Europe is having to do... and will have to do more of I fear...
You think the Hyundai workers should be paid German car workers wages?

I will totally agree with that. But I really hope that German car workers will not be paid as the Czech Hyundai workers sometime in the future. Ahhh... globalisation at last

The difference in man-hours is because of the way different manufacturers make their cars.  Some buy-in more assembled parts than others.
......
To claim the statistics in the original post indicates slavery is clearly a nonsense - the figures do not compare apples with apples.

You have a good point there. As for the "slavery" conditions in the Czech factory, this is a different thing and you will be surprised by the complaints of the workers themselves, according to their claims for inhuman working.

P.S.:

Personally, I found the man who caused me all this trouble with the ...lemon car of my own, built on July 2009:
  "...During the summer, heating was being tested in the factory for four days and temperature in the workshop reached more than 30 degrees centigrade. Employees were not allowed to keep water near the conveyer belt, so they were seriously dehydrated, leading one worker to collapse..."

or maybe he is the...
  "...former employee who could not do a compulsory shift because he had to arrange a funeral in his family was issued with a written reprimand and deliberately put to work at a place where he was forced to stand on tiptoes all day—due to his height—to tighten screws on the undercarriage of around 400 cars"

From an article of 11th Dec. 2009, as showed in
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/dec2009/wkrs-d11.shtml

[Dazzler]

Oh thanks Babis those excerpts put a different spin on it