GM Hires Fritz Henderson As $3,000/Hour International Man Of Consultation
February 20th, 2010 9:37 AM
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Because the man clearly knew how to turn The General around. Bob Lutz might not be getting paid enough for his taste, but as Henderson proves, it’s not the numbers on the check, it’s the amount of work you’re expected to do for them. Automotive News [sub] reports:
GM said it had hired Henderson yesterday as a consultant on a month-to-month basis, with the job to end some time this year. GM will pay Henderson $59,090 monthly to counsel GM on international operations. He will work about 20 hours per month and meet once a month with GM’s international president, Tim Lee, or one of his representatives.
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3DSFX, Good luck to you man. The coupla folks I know that are still at GM used to be much more disruptive than they are at this point. Now, they're just playin' the game as long as they can - still looking for another gig, but you know how much manufacturing is done here anymore. So, they make no waves anymore, and, they sound just like Christy. In public, at GM, anyway... Though I have been a GM critic since the mid 70's, it's not a blind hatred - quite to the contrary it's that I know GM can do better, much better. The sad part is that there really are some talented people at GM, talented people, beaten down by a thoroughly dysfunctional system. Hang in there...
Christy, Perhaps you enjoy a level of job security that others do not. Perhaps change *has* come to your little fiefdom, in which case, great! However, most of GM still looks like the old executive garage - the squeaky wheel doesn't get the grease - it gets replaced. As to cars making it 150K without repairs, congrats on catching up with the longetivity of my dad's 1978 Corolla, or my 1982 Honda Civic, or my 73 450 SEL, or my 84 500SEL, or... If you don't understand that the GM system has been systemically broken for decades, you might want to read DeLorean's book. Or read an enthusiast mag from the 70's. Or hunt down some of the talented people who exited over the last 20 years because the system took too much of their energy. BTW, DeLorenzo? The varnish-sniffing, low-octane, knuckle-dragging truthiness? He's so far off the planet it's barely readable, 'cept as a laugh.
with the money we're paying Fritz, we could instead again afford voice mail and trash bags for our salary personnel.
there are no maids, or janitorial. you have to empty your own trash. for the time being the company still provides toilet paper...