Comments on: Report: Toyota’s First Layoffs Since 1950??

By: Mark Graban

Mark Graban — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:29:00 +0000

Yes, let’s try to keep things civil and on the point of the topic, not discussion about commenters or personal attacks. Everyone’s normally good about that here, so let’s keep that up.

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By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Seriously? Leave the takt thing alone. If this person was using spell check it wouldn’t even recognize takt. I also think you should have a little tact in giving these people a break. I would think that a true lean advocate would be more sensitive to all of this.

By the way you don’t hear Toyota asking for bail out money do you? Whose training and sustainability is really in question here?

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By: Neutron Jerk

Neutron Jerk — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:04:00 +0000

I’m sorry, hard to believe “tack” vs “takt” is a typo.

Talt time is a typo.

If my doctor said I have “newmonia”, I’d question if that person was really an MD. That’s not a typo either.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:35:00 +0000

Ummmmmm ever hear of a typo?

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:26:00 +0000

I really don’t want to sound mean here…. we are concerned for your jobs at Toyota (for those of you as individuals, not because of some “no-layoff policy” that us lean geeks love to talk about)…

But I have to question Toyota’s training if an employee is on here calling it “tack” time instead of “takt” time. That’s a pretty basic lean concept, right?

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:48:00 +0000

I also work for toyta (tmmk) We have reduced production also. Plant one is going to a 124 second tack time. and plant 2 has reduced production to around 350 units per shift. Our venza ratio is going up to 47%. All our contracted help has supposedly been given a 60 notice to be let go. And supposedly team members will take over those jobs. And the last we heard all the temps will be gone by march 23rd but i doubt they will be around that long. Even though we produce the most cars and was the only plant to make a profit last year we are still nervouse about the reported lay offs. I also heard that toyota will be offering early retirement. I read somewhere on the net that after the reported loss toyota has around 58 billion to operate on so hopefully that will help get us all through this.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:06:00 +0000

I work for Toyota(TABC) in Long Beach, California. Production is down by more than 50% and to some departments even more. The extra manpower are undergoing training and skills upgrade which they say would benefit Toyota in the long term. Everybody hopes that there would be no layoffs in the future though we know that the economy has still to see it’s worst.
As for Toyota…”adversity doesn’t create character, it reveals it.”
Let’s see what the company is real mad of.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:25:00 +0000

Im a Toyota employee in West Virginia. Everyone here is nervous
as well. We all know Toyota has always been loyal and we appreciate it. A company can only
be loyal for so long !! Our plant is really suffering right now. We all expect some layoffs before this thing is over.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:17:00 +0000

I am also a Toyota employee in Indiana,and we are all highly aware that Toyota will have to make difficult decisions and take purposeful steps to protect the overall health of the company.

Speaking only for myself, even as an hourly wage earner I would rather take an eqivalent pay cut than see any of our team laid off. There is still a bonus program in place, and I think that would be the first logical reduction to make before even considering shedding employees. Toyota has won a lot of loyalty from employees by retaining them amidst the constant negative news from other manufacturers, and the economic downturn. That priceless loyalty could just as easily be lost if the leadership decides to reverse all their frequent statements of company commitment to our employment security.

I belive there are many options that TMC is currently cosidering, and from what I have seen in my seven years of employment at Toyota they will make the choice that best benefits the company and its employees.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:51:00 +0000

I work for Toyota in Indiana and we are all nervous. I have plenty of seniority, but I’m still nervous about a total collapse of the domestic mfg. business (incl. Toyota). I hope Toyota considers buy-outs so that people who want to leave…will voluntarily and the ones who want to stay will be able to. This storm (economy) will not get better anytime soon and when it does, companies will be reluctant to hire. Everyone’s cautious about everything…houses, cars, and other big purchases. Toyota is suffering bad and they must do what they have to. I see companies shedding 5-15 percent of their workforce…I see more cuts at Toyota before it’s over. Good luck to everybody in keeping their jobs. It’s gonna be a rocky road for the next 12-18 months or even longer.

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