Carrier Corp. Moving out of Indy, 1,400 Jobs Gone

[2ADMNLOVER]

Sucks for the good folks but for the rest , couldn't have happened to a more deserving bunch .

 

[miguel]

Just sent them an email. I hope they go out of business.

Tell them they suck: https://www.carrier.com/carrier/en/worldwide/contact-us/send-an-inquiry/

 

[hoosierdoc]

I heard an employee call The Chicks On the Right show, talking about how carrier could get a rather expensive unit made, according to him, for $28, and it sells to the public for $10,000! He said it was costing them a little over $100 to make here.

one example of one product, I'm sure that tells the whole story.

 

[Hiker1911]

^^^ Just contacted them, thanks!

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

Just sent them an email. I hope they go out of business. Tell them they suck: https://www.carrier.com/carrier/en/worldwide/contact-us/send-an-inquiry/

Be sure to send one to the chicago led steel workers union that works there also .

 

[bwframe]

I don't know anybody that works there but it sucks anyway.

There are INGOers that work there.

 

[KittySlayer]

And 700 UTEC jobs from Huntington going to Mexico too. Another division of United Technologies.

UTEC leaving Huntington for Mexico at cost of 700 jobs | WANE

 

[miguel]

Be sure to send one to the chicago led steel workers union that works there also .

Nah, I'm OK as-is. I'm at the point in life where I have decided two wrongs can make a right, one just has to decide which side one is on for the end game.

I'd rather have Americans screwing Americans for the sole benefit of Americans, rather than Americans screwing Americans for the benefit of people in another country and a small group of Americans.

 

[cbhausen]

¿You think with all the Mexicans coming here, they would just stay put?

You took the words right off my keyboard. This is one way to slow illegal immigration.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

My 62 yr old brother works there. Don't know if he's union or not. I haven't heard from him yet if he's going to make retirement before the 2017 date quoted.

There are INGOers that work there.

I've been close to being in this situation a couple of times. I still remember the stress it placed on us as we waited for the hammer to drop and not knowing if we should just proactively move on, etc. I would not wish that on anybody.

 

[Cameramonkey]

I heard an employee call The Chicks On the Right show, talking about how carrier could get a rather expensive unit made, according to him, for $28, and it sells to the public for $10,000! He said it was costing them a little over $100 to make here.

I heard it too. $100? Seems too low. There has to be VERY little materials involved and very little manpower to assemble it for a total cost of $100.

 

[churchmouse]

I heard an employee call The Chicks On the Right show, talking about how carrier could get a rather expensive unit made, according to him, for $28, and it sells to the public for $10,000! He said it was costing them a little over $100 to make here.

Those price points are not correct.
It does suck. I worked at that plant right out of High School until the Carter crash. Laid off and never looked back.

 

[churchmouse]

Sucks for the good folks but for the rest , couldn't have happened to a more deserving bunch .

???????


We use Carrier equipment pretty much exclusively. It has been reliable and efficient. Price points are acceptable as well.

We may change in light of this.

Amarican standard (Trane) makes good equipment as well. A bit pricier but to my knowledge built in the states. At least for now.

 

[tbhausen]

Something's gotta give when 3/4 of the workforce is making $70k (if that article is accurate...). Combine high wages with benefits, pensions, and costs associated with increased regulation and what does one expect to happen? The Golden Goose dies when things get out-of-balance. Saw the same thing happen in Bloomington at the GE refrigerator plant when I was there discussing some contact work. It wasn't pretty.

 

[indykid]

That giant sucking sound that H. Ross Perot talked about, and every one told him he was an idiot. Funny how that sucking sound is getting louder.

Funny story about the first Japanese company to build cars in the USA, including body panels stamped here, tires from Akron, an engine plant built here and one of the highest US content of just about any car at the time, Honda decided to make their current generation Fit in Mexico. Honda prided itself on very high quality, and were shocked to find parts being stolen from their transportation vehicles, trains and semis. And the assembly line quality was nowhere near what Honda mandates requiring many cars coming off the line to have to be repaired including some cars found with parts missing.

When they say it is cheap, they weren't kidding. Cheap not inexpensive.

I wonder what the quality of Mexican Carrier HVAC will be?

 

[HamYankee]

But Obama said the economy is doing really well
It really sucks our economy and policies actually discourage business and hiring here.

 

[Angry Pirate]

It's sad that this is becoming so common with companies. How do these companies expect to sell products if people don't have jobs to pay for them?

 

[phylodog]

But Obama said the economy is doing really well
It really sucks our economy and policies actually discourage business and hiring here.

Almost as if it is the desired outcome, no?

 

[17 squirrel]

Something's gotta give when 3/4 of the workforce is making $70k (if that article is accurate...). Combine high wages with benefits, pensions, and costs associated with increased regulation and what does one expect to happen? The Golden Goose dies when things get out-of-balance. Saw the same thing happen in Bloomington at the GE refrigerator plant when I was there discussing some contact work. It wasn't pretty.

Same with a the GM plants , AC Delco plants and so on leaving Anderson.
G M had been telling union employees for decades, its gonna come to a end..

 

[hoosierdoc]

These are factory jobs that call for manuel labor... Now they're getting it