# Another paid vacation for GM employees

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**Created:** [August 27, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-paid-vacation-for-gm-employees/264871 "2012-08-27T15:21:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-paid-vacation-for-gm-employees/264871/3 "2012-08-27T18:00:20Z")

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> [@Reverse?...?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/reverse/50603/26):
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> Another 4 week halt on volt production from GM. I wonder who is paying these people? Taxpayers or GM…who am I kidding, there isn’t a difference.
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> 90% pay for 4 week, and you wonder why this company, and this country can’t afford a pot to piss in. I’m not saying cut their benefits to 0, it’s not the employees fault that the company refuses to produce profitable cars instead of volts 1/2 the year and leave them out of employment the other half.
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> [http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/27/gm-volt-plant-idUSL1E8JRI7U20120827](http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/27/gm-volt-plant-idUSL1E8JRI7U20120827)

Did you read the whole article? The plant is also used for the new body malibu and part of the idle is to retool it for the new generation of impala. Also it’s common knowledge that GM isn’t making money on the volt, it’s the first vehicle of it’s kind offered to the public and until the battery cost and efficiency improves it will never be a large market vehicle. You have to start somewhere though.

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