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Originally posted by fuelie600
Soundn't be a slap. They would know well in advance whether or not they made their goals/quotas. It can be a motivational tool.
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Not necessarily - car companies have been known to change their year end goals throughout the year to suit their bottom line needs. It's all a game, really, and a markettnig ploy, as well as a cost measure in hard times.
Ficticious example:
- In January, Car Maker "Z-man-mobile" sets a goal of selling 100,000 cars in the year.
- In March, after a dismal quarter, the number is revised to 75,000.
- In June, after the introduction of their new hybrid roadster, sales kick up a but, and the goal is changed again to 80,000.
- At the September board of govs meeting, the CEO is ousted. The new guy thinks the car maker can achieve the original goal of 100,000 sales.
- Hurriances in the carribean destroy the supply line for Z-man-mobile - apparently, the soft tops for the new roadster were manufactured in Cuba.
- The media gets word of the Cuban connection.
- The feberal government starts to investigate the company, with the new CEO denying any knowledge of the supply of soft tops from Cuba.
- Z-man-mobile stocks plummet in November, and the company is on the verge of bankruptcy. As a cost savings tactic, the 100,000 car goal is not changed, which would reflect a cost cutting measure of $1 billion for the company, since the year end bonuses are based 50 percent on the corporate goal.
- The workers, while disappointed with the lack of a bonus check, are made to believe there was nothing that could be done...
Or something like that. Watch for the 'made-for-TV' movie on Lifetime next fall. Working title: "The story of America's First hybrid roadster: the Havana Special"
-Z-man.