Just my opinion, however the comment by Stephanie deserves a response. Her comment is in "..." and italics.
"What an insightful letter you have posted for us today. While I do sympathize with your struggles, I am a bit turned off by this supposed from the floor letter"
Well Stephanie, aka "spring128chick@yahoo," you are entitled to your opinion even if I am a little offended by your insinuation regarding the origin of the letter. The comment was posted because the factory worker is entitled to his opinion as well. Some of us have long since lost the ability to treat others in a civil manner. In fact, the way some people treat others shows a complete lack of manners.
"If I am to understand this correctly, this is coming from one of the employees's that actually put together the homes? For all the time he spends complaining about poor form and shoddy work, he doesn't seem concerned enough to report any of these on goings."
At least he is willing to express his opinion. I was told by a Champion employee that the majority of factory workers in the Champion factory located in Chandler Arizona do not speak English, let alone write it. There is little communication between upper management and the low status factory workers. For that matter, there is little or no communication between upper management and their customers. Just ask a customer with a problem if they have ever heard from Champion Genesis.
"He speaks of the "arcatect" being the cause of the houses not being put together properly, but isn't that really his job?"
Just out of curiosity, are you an "arcatect?" So it is misspelled, big deal, it is phonetically correct. It is interesting to note, that the way we treat others is often used to maintain our power over others. That is to say, if we are critical of how they say something, attack their self-worth, perhaps we can keep them from saying anything at all. His lack of education does not prevent him from expressing his opinion.
"If he takes such pride in his work why doesn't he do something to fix it. Oh that's right because, like the others he works directly with on a daily basis, it's a good paycheck to him. funny he seems to think less of his co-worker for that little problem, wonder if he has a hard time living with himself. Probably not, "the only reason why i am working there is cause its the only good paying job in the small town i livein"" Certainly sounds like someone who takes pride in his work and is the only one doing things properly."
The last statement reeeeeks of entitlement, maybe your are an architect. You tear apart the society in the hopes that putting someone down, somehow makes you look better, more superior. Our duty to one another does not depend on whether we agree with them or like them, it matters that we treat them with the respect that each of us living in our society deserves.
It is unfortunate that some of us care less about our fellow citizens, because we care more about ourselves, trying to make ourselves look better at their expense. We may see others as competitors, or we may see them as not deserving our respect. We look for ways to demean other people who have not had the opportunities to learn.
"Perhaps if he took pride in the fact that he was building someone's home those who are having such a hard time with their own 'American Dream' (homeownership for those of you who didn't catch on) wouldn't be having such a poor experience."
Very condescending to "those of you who didn't catch on."
"I myself own a modular home from a company in PA, who shall remain nameless, and have nothing but good things to say about the process. As I said before I truly do feel bad for those stuck in this horrible situation, but are you really going to listen to someone who can barely form a coherent thought when it comes to why your houses are the way they are and commend him for blatantly sitting by and not doing anything to correct the problem?"
The views of the factory worker are insightful and yes, he should be commended for sharing his opinion. As for sitting by and doing nothing, at least he has the courage to comment and who is to say that he does not do his job to the best of his ability. What is a shame is thinking that because he is not able to express himself to meet your standard, he should not be allowed to express his opinion. Like I said at the beginning, just my opinion and anyone and everyone is welcome to agree or disagree, just be civil about it.
8/25/2007 1:26 AM
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First off I would like to say. All i was doing was trying to let u guys know how the homes are built and my observations of them being built. I am only 1 person in the many of people who work there. i do, do my job corectly cause i have been in that line of work since i was 15 yrs. old. Many times have i showed my foreman something that wasn't right that should be fixed and all get is a "ohh i will get someone out here to fix that" does it happen? sometimes yeah, but alot of the time no. All i was trying to do, was to say that they dont care about the end product. all they want is the production. all the foreman want is their "Hitch bonus"for the week. As for the people who work with me, some of which have been there for over 20 yrs. i can see excatly why they dont care about the jobs they do. how would you feel if someone who just got hired made more money than you? to explain that we work on what champion calls the early out bonus. the faster we get done with our jobs the earlier we get to go home and still get paid for a full day. we are split up it to groups that are assigned formans who control us. if we get done with our job at lets say at 1230. we tell him we are done and they say see ya tom'w with out checking to see if it was done correctly or not. the earlier we get out the higher our bonus for the week. alot of the people there leave everyday at 1230. they have the mind set that ohh someone else will get it later im going home. my first week working there i had a $4.20 bonus while some other groups had around $1.50 and boy oh boy did that make people mad. at the time i didnt know how things worked i was new. after 2 yrs. being there i can see why it would make them mad. its hard work building houses and when you build on an average of 3 full houses a day, sooner or later all the job means to you is a paycheck. i show up there do my job to the best of my ability, and try and get the hell out of there. i hate my job and the person i have become i look at it this way i am building someones house if i was them i would want it perfect and thats what you deserve, but how can i control the people i work for? go to my plant manager i dont even know what he looks like never seen him. most of the time he is on vaction in florida living in his 1.5 million dollar home that he just bought. i decide to share with u guys something that no other employee ever has on this site(i think) about the things i see as an employee on a daily basis to try and steer people away from buying a mobile home. so if u didnt like what i had to say or how i said it dont get mad at me. you are the one who bought it not me, bet them dealers told you so much B/S just remember they work on commision. if you are gonna buy a house from champion homes i dare you to go in to a dealer and say "wow this is a nice traier house" and watch their reaction. champion homes is a buissness that wants to make money and they make alot of it to praying on people like you. DONT BUY ONE!!! Reply to this
8/25/2007 5:37 AM
Mike wrote:
Thank you very much for posting. All any of us can do is give people the facts and let them draw their own conclusions. Hopefully, they will realize that Champion is not the answer for their housing needs. Reply to this
12/16/2007 2:29 PM
Mike wrote:
There are numerous plants around the country that seem to have a difficult time producing quality product, at least according the comments on this blog. That said, mine as well as many others experiences are related to the Champion Genesis Redman Manufactured and Modular plant located in Chandler Arizona. The plant has replaced the general manager many times and the end result is always the same...poor quality and workmanship.
