Comments on: BMW will tie executive compensation to the pay for blue-collar employees http://www.bmwblog.com/2009/10/28/bmw-will-tie-executive-compensation-to-the-pay-for-blue-collar-employees/ BMW News, Reviews, Test Drives, Photos And Videos Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:15:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doug http://www.bmwblog.com/2009/10/28/bmw-will-tie-executive-compensation-to-the-pay-for-blue-collar-employees/#comment-162516 Doug Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:40:19 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/?p=22807#comment-162516 Yeah, how have they evaded such an obvious pay strategy for so long? Yeah, how have they evaded such an obvious pay strategy for so long?

]]> By: The Lee http://www.bmwblog.com/2009/10/28/bmw-will-tie-executive-compensation-to-the-pay-for-blue-collar-employees/#comment-162461 The Lee Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:57:23 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/?p=22807#comment-162461 The fact that more companies don't have this policy in place frustrates me. Bonuses should be "feast of famine". If the line workers and support staff aren't eating, then neither should the executives. If the executives are getting bonus money thrown at them, the line workers should as well. It's only fair, IMO, especially since the executives <i>can't</i> turn a profit for the company <i>without</i> relying on the hourly employees to carry their weight. Like it or not, executives a company do not make. Without the lower level folks that actually make and ship the cars, BMW would simply be a social club with a few board members meeting on occasion to discuss things they aren't doing. The fact that more companies don’t have this policy in place frustrates me.

Bonuses should be “feast of famine”. If the line workers and support staff aren’t eating, then neither should the executives. If the executives are getting bonus money thrown at them, the line workers should as well. It’s only fair, IMO, especially since the executives can’t turn a profit for the company without relying on the hourly employees to carry their weight.

Like it or not, executives a company do not make. Without the lower level folks that actually make and ship the cars, BMW would simply be a social club with a few board members meeting on occasion to discuss things they aren’t doing.

]]> By: Brookside http://www.bmwblog.com/2009/10/28/bmw-will-tie-executive-compensation-to-the-pay-for-blue-collar-employees/#comment-162455 Brookside Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:23:17 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/?p=22807#comment-162455 Exactly, "It's a start," and it's a good one. When everyone in a large corporation knows that their income is based on an equal formula...from the CEO to the people on the assembly lines... the policy will promote a climate of team work and the perception of fairness. Way to go BMW. Exactly, “It’s a start,” and it’s a good one. When everyone in a large corporation knows that their income is based on an equal formula…from the CEO to the people on the assembly lines… the policy will promote a climate of team work
and the perception of fairness.
Way to go BMW.

]]> By: Tom http://www.bmwblog.com/2009/10/28/bmw-will-tie-executive-compensation-to-the-pay-for-blue-collar-employees/#comment-162414 Tom Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:59:09 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/?p=22807#comment-162414 It's a start. It’s a start.

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