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>>cmcgin+(OP)
As a libertarian immigrant, I don't care for unions. Please no Ayn Rand jokes, I can't stand her.

So while the unions are certainly a big part of the problem, the responsibility is ultimately with management. It is ALWAYS management's fault.

It doesn't matter if it is GM or a start up, it's management. If you are considering going to work for a startup, the management should be the most important factor in your decision.

GM's management could have changed the company culture to be as efficient and productive as Toyota's. It's not like Toyota made a secret of how it works.

GM could have seen the decline of proven and easy to access oil reserves, and the rise of the middle class in the BRIC countries and done the math. They are in the car business, so they ought to have seen what's coming.

But no, crap giant gas guzzlers. The unions didn't do that, it was management.

>>biohac+71
GM didn't buy their own SUV's, Americans did. So while we're all quick to blame GM for cashing in on SUV's we all did the dance with GM in the 90's which got them drunk with success and profit.

That being said (and to counter my own point), the first Toyota Prius came out in 1997, and I don't think I need to tell everyone what gas cost then.