If she fired working people I will never buy GM again

Barra declined to say if the 15 were fired or allowed to resign, but said they had either committed misconduct or were incompetent, compared with the five disciplined who were more removed from the problem.

She said most in the four areas throughout the company — engineering, public policy, quality and legal — were executive-level and at least one was a vice president.

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140605/AUTO0103/306050045#ixzz33n0Gw9NP

Let the chips fall where they may.

That said, it's hard to imagine an hourly employee would have responsibility for strategic business decisions in a rigid hierarchy like GM.

Of course, the guns worked as designed. Now, if some of the mass killers had guns that misfired or jammed, well, maybe the manufacturers would recall them then.

Most such issues have to do with the weapon firing when it is not supposed to, such as a slam-fire, or weapons that fire when dropped.

It's sort of the point that a weapon work when it's intended to be used.

it's senior management.

GM: stop counting beans and make quality the number focus.

Workers should be rewarded for uncovering defects, not threatened with demotion or dismissal. The crazy race for quarterly earnings and high-stock prices is a non-stop route towards disaster.

GM never seems to learn from its mistakes. They had a forgiving public that welcomed them back from bankruptcy, yet they still managed to blow it.

I am so relieved. I figured it had to be the parking lot attendant.

Because they wouldn't be paying senior management all that money if they were doing anything wrong.