He's still at Nissan, and today he's probably glad he never left. But over the last 12 months there has been a massive exodus of talent from Ford and GM (Chrysler seems to be in a better place these days). Unlike that Nissan guy, who knew the company was having trouble but still felt like it was going to turn out OK eventually (thus his reluctance to leave), these people are running from their employers as fast as they can. And on top of all the people who have already bailed, I happen to know several others who are seriously looking to get out of Ford and GM. These are good, hard-working people, and if the brightest stars with the greatest potential all leave GM and Ford it will make an already tough situation truly dire.
I suppose every corporation goes through this sort of thing during the tough times, but it does add to the mounting challenges facing Detroit.
By blueguydotcom
on November 3, 2005
11:26 PM
Karl, unrelated but I don't know if you look at the lower blogs after you post them. What's your take on the Mazdaspeed6? Does it handle at 330i levels? Does it require a shift to 3rd just to reach 60?
I'm running out of cars to replace my current e46 330i performance package and the review at Edmunds doesn't really come clean on how good or how bad the handling of the mazdaspeed6 might be.
By ateixeira
on November 4, 2005
08:25 AM
This is part of the Dilbert Principle. He called it "Bright Sizing", i.e. the brighest employees see the ship is sinking and they're also the ones that are most likely to be able to find other jobs fast.
This is not a good sign at all, if it's happening in large numbers.
By kodename
on November 4, 2005
09:34 AM
Can you imagine being a talented engineer or whatever and seeing you work wasted in a bureaucratic maze of mediocrity like GM? All the while you see crap being green lighted year after year? Surely the best have moved on and the weak and lame stay for 30 years. Bill C.
By sylvia
on November 4, 2005
09:45 AM
Good point Bill.