nhra Layoffs???

rayfin · 10-17-2009, 10:52 PM

Companies usually lay off a few hundred people that make ten bucks an hour and keep a guy that makes a thousand an hour to save money.... I never understood the math.

Dwight Southerland · 10-18-2009, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by rayfin

Companies usually lay off a few hundred people that make ten bucks an hour and keep a guy that makes a thousand an hour to save money.... I never understood the math.

Yeah. Especially since the few hundred are the ones who do the work and the one guy makes decisions based on fears that still haunt him from his adolescence.

Bruce Noland · 10-18-2009, 09:22 AM

The layoff approach does not always work. Usually a company is already on the slippery slope of financial ruin when it gets around to layoffs. The work load of the fired employees is usually placed on the shoulders of the surviving employees which doubles workplace stress and reduces the quality of the goods/services the company offers.

bill dedman · 10-18-2009, 09:45 AM

But, with the demise of the IHRA, the NHRA has NO COMPETITION, now (unless you want to call the ADRL, "competition" for the NHRA, and the ADRL, really don't have a Sportsman program (Stocker and Super Stock/Comp Eliminator cars) like the NHRA's, do they?

If the NHRA can't make it in a market in which there is NO COMPETITION, then they don't deserve to "live," it would seem to me.

Blackgar · 10-18-2009, 08:41 PM

What exactly is the "demise of IHRA"

Doug Blackley · 10-18-2009, 08:50 PM

IHRA becoming like the monster truck events certainly looks like their demise. How long before they own the "pro" team cars like in the monster trucks.

bill dedman · 10-19-2009, 12:49 AM

RE: "The demise of the IHRA"

I didn't word that very well, did I?

What I meant to say, was something more like "The demise of the IHRA as a direct competitor with the NHRA program, because with the new Professional format at IHRA, they seem so different to me (from the NHRA) that it's like they're not even trying to attract the same fans"
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It's sort of an apples/oranges comparison with the IHRA going for the glitz (jet truck competition, "Professional" racing by invitation, only (will they invite Tony Schumacher and Larry Dixon???), and letting the "show biz" psychology dictate where the priorities regarding racing vs. showmanship lie.

I am in NO WAY defending what the NHRA does, nor how they do it... they're disgusting.

But to me, this new IHRA direction has thrown out the baby with the wash...

Just my 2-cents....

10-17-2009, 10:52 PM	#1
rayfin Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: sioux city Posts: 134 Likes: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: nhra Layoffs??? Companies usually lay off a few hundred people that make ten bucks an hour and keep a guy that makes a thousand an hour to save money.... I never understood the math.

10-18-2009, 09:22 AM	#3
Bruce Noland VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,855 Likes: 83 Liked 444 Times in 145 Posts	Re: nhra Layoffs??? The layoff approach does not always work. Usually a company is already on the slippery slope of financial ruin when it gets around to layoffs. The work load of the fired employees is usually placed on the shoulders of the surviving employees which doubles workplace stress and reduces the quality of the goods/services the company offers. __________________ Bruce Noland 1788 STK

10-18-2009, 09:45 AM	#4
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: nhra Layoffs??? But, with the demise of the IHRA, the NHRA has NO COMPETITION, now (unless you want to call the ADRL, "competition" for the NHRA, and the ADRL, really don't have a Sportsman program (Stocker and Super Stock/Comp Eliminator cars) like the NHRA's, do they? If the NHRA can't make it in a market in which there is NO COMPETITION, then they don't deserve to "live," it would seem to me. __________________ Bill

10-18-2009, 08:41 PM	#5
Blackgar Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Antonio Posts: 119 Likes: 1 Liked 48 Times in 18 Posts	Re: nhra Layoffs??? What exactly is the "demise of IHRA"

10-18-2009, 08:50 PM	#6
Doug Blackley Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Hanover, MA Posts: 430 Likes: 3 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: nhra Layoffs??? IHRA becoming like the monster truck events certainly looks like their demise. How long before they own the "pro" team cars like in the monster trucks. __________________ Doug Blackley 1697 STK

10-19-2009, 12:49 AM	#7
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: nhra Layoffs??? RE: "The demise of the IHRA" I didn't word that very well, did I? What I meant to say, was something more like "The demise of the IHRA as a direct competitor with the NHRA program, because with the new Professional format at IHRA, they seem so different to me (from the NHRA) that it's like they're not even trying to attract the same fans" . It's sort of an apples/oranges comparison with the IHRA going for the glitz (jet truck competition, "Professional" racing by invitation, only (will they invite Tony Schumacher and Larry Dixon???), and letting the "show biz" psychology dictate where the priorities regarding racing vs. showmanship lie. I am in NO WAY defending what the NHRA does, nor how they do it... they're disgusting. But to me, this new IHRA direction has thrown out the baby with the wash... Just my 2-cents.... __________________ Bill

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