UNCLE SAM Is Back! The Decimated Auto Industry Wants You...

Even after one of the worst years in auto sales, the scaled back automotive industry is looking to hire. Probably because they axed so much of their talent they now need to recoup workers, which were shed when they went overkill with job cuts.

Could the economy be turning around?

A certain executive from one of the domestic auto makers seems to think so. With the housing bubble still on going and mediocre auto sales, I do not see what he is talking about. But, I guess when the market seems to plateau for a minute it inspires hope.

With rumors of a second wave of cash for clunkers, would it be wise to hire OR is it a foolish move given the skeptical benefits of such a program?

The Los Angeles Times reports:

"Even as they finish closing plants from their worst sales year in decades, beleaguered automakers are also starting to hire again -- almost 5,000 workers in the coming year.

The added jobs amount to just a fraction of the roughly 40,000 that carmakers shed during their tailspin last year. But it is a sign that the big manufacturers expect business to improve this year.

Significantly, several automakers are making big investments in their lines of trucks as they anticipate that an improved outlook for housing and construction will encourage contractors and tradesmen to buy new vehicles.

Volkswagen of America is hiring 2,000 people as it gets ready to build a new sedan in Chattanooga, Tenn..."


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monster - 1/20/2010 9:57:52 AM

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Why don't you buy him an Armani suit. He will look more professional. Common man, it is probably hot in there and it better if they are comfortable while working on those cars.

CarCrazedinCali - 1/20/2010 10:10:42 PM

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I personally worked for BMW in Germany on the line and we wore a uniform that was appropriate to the type of job we did. I still have it, it was a short/overall type get-up. And the guy isn't fat either, what a judgemental person you are badgewhore. Keep your negativity to yourself if that's all you want to put out there.

Joe_Limon - 1/20/2010 12:11:17 PM

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That's a good strategy. If they keep doing that and tell the workers that they can work longer if they don't join the union... the American manufacturers will be back on top in no time.

Joe_Limon - 1/20/2010 10:24:14 PM

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Unions bother me because they are a thing of the past. Since the communication revolution, news spreads... well... at the speed of light. Companies are now competing to keep the best employees with increased wages and benefits. The only thing that unions aim to do is provide benefits for employees. While this is admirable on the outside, it doesn't encourage people to work any harder or make the company as a whole more profitable and thus more able to provide the benefits that the union is already forcing.

veyron1001 - 1/20/2010 11:47:03 AM

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Wow the circle is happening again. Didnt expect it to happen so soon.

no1listensanyway - 1/20/2010 2:08:02 PM

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I have been trying to get a white collar automotive job for two or three years now. It is probably the hardest job to get, so much so, I found a job in an investment bank in the middle of the great recession b4 I can find a job at an automaker. I would even take a paycut!

Maybe someday.

Bmw8ter - 1/20/2010 7:05:10 PM

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no1listensanyway..."I have been trying to get a white collar automotive job two or three years now.".... Those dinosaurs aren't looking for replacements. They want lower class workers for the line. They have all of the answers so why would they need anyone else?

no1listensanyway - 1/21/2010 10:46:39 AM

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I am in NY.

BMW Dude, I am not a line worker. I am marketer/sutomtotive enthusiust at heart. I get more excited about auto news then anything on this planet, its a passion of mine.

I am just trying to make a career out of it. BMW, Audi, Volvo and Jaguar/Land Rocver are all headquaterd overe here in Jersey. Been trying for three years to find an opening somewhere...nothing.

LACMAN - 1/21/2010 11:58:50 AM

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Hey! Me too! Im in Chicago though. I keep finding myself back in the Life insurance business. :(

thstone - 1/21/2010 7:47:44 PM

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Sorry, but the economy is NOT turning around. Jobless rates rose back up in December after a tiny increase in Nov (which had everyone cheering that the worst was over). Clearly a case of premature ejubilation.

We are still stuck in the worst job market since the Great Depression and based on the numbers, it ain't getting any better any time soon.