[Shop-talk] There is more wrong with Toyota than the gas pedal

[Randall]

> This would counter what I've read about Toyota.  My understanding is
> that they're great employers, run efficient operations that empower
> their workers, are careful to minimize wasted resources, etc.  Toyota
> is often held up as a model in the corporate world for how processes
> should be designed.

Indeed, a friend of mine has been studying how Toyota manages to avoid the
"us vs them" mentality that seems to permeate the US car makers and their
unions.

That's not to say all of their workers love them; and possibly even some of
them have died on the job.  But overall their employees seem a lot happier
than those of the "big 3".

Randall