pistolpete817

Jeff Strausser has been Corvette Brand Quality Manager for several years. He is now on vacation until he retires at the end of the month.
Does anyone have a name and contact info for the new quality manager?

Rapid Z

Good riddance! another un helpful GM *****! Absolutely worthless when I had an issue years back.

Fast Dawg

They didn’t fire him. He retired.

Fast Dawg

Considering that he has worked at GM since the 80s in managerial roles and he is in his 60s I think it's more than just a guess that he actually retired. I retired at 55. No need for conspiracy theories.

Fast Dawg

I worked for UPS for 35+ years. In our retirement year we could save our vacations, take the time off before our actual retirement date, and my last day was seven weeks before my actual retirement date. I got paid my full salary for those seven weeks and then my pension checks started. This isn't an uncommon practice in large corporations.

We can agree to disagree that he is actually retiring.

acrace

One of the five thousand that took the voluntary separation package that was offered this year. Those accepting the package have to depart by the end of the month.

One month of pay for every year of service, up to 12 months. So for someone with a lot of seniority and contemplating retirement, this was a nice spiff.

Corvette ED

I spent two days with Jeff at the April Bash he told me he took the buy out offer and was done at the end of June. He introduced me to his replacement Lane Rezek. Jeff has helped me with Corvette problems here at the dealership I work for. Sorry to see him leave.

Rapid Z

Sure glad to hear he helped someone unfortunately it wasn't me. My 2015 was in the shop a dozen times with A8 transmission issues. The Dealer wanted to replace it and he refused to authorize it. I ended up having to sell the car because of him.

Fast Dawg

There goes the conspiracy theory.

SneedFeedAndSeed

A buyout is in essence a firing...

acrace

GM offered nearly their entire U.S. salaried workforce, with more than five years of service, the VSP.

Fast Dawg

That is incorrect. I'm a retired HR Manager. It's much more complicated than that because of laws.

VSP stands for Voluntary Separation Plan. A VSP must be offered to a specific audience based on certain protocol so it cannot violate anti-discrimination laws and company pension requirements. I managed a ERO/VSP program in 1995 for the district where I worked - 7000 employees. The ERO - Early Retirement Program - was for people 50 years of age or over who had 25 years of service. That program offered them the benefits of the VSP we offered plus they could retire early, take a reduced pension, and get full medical benefits until they qualified for Medicare. The VSP offered was a certain dollar amount for any FT Management employee based on their years of service. It did not give them an early retirement benefit or medical coverage because they did not qualify.

In 2010 I was one of two people from HR who took part in the largest management workforce reduction in our company history. We reduced from 52 operating districts and six region offices to 21 operating districts and three region offices. Me and another HR Manager redesigned how the HR function would operate in the new environment. When our work was complete we offered a separation plan to any management person who wanted to leave and we also offered an early retirement program.

The non-believers here are essentially calling @Corvette ED, who personally knew this man and worked with him, a liar.

BPHORSEGUY

Common practice!

AORoads

I'll say that because of legal issues, and fed plus local agencies that began watching pretty carefully beginning in the '80s, there are dozens of ways of "reduction of workforce"---all legal. And the reason and logic runs the gamut from red ink, problems with specific groups or individuals, to desire to reduce the older workforce and bring in less-expensive (read: cheaper) personnel. Or, it could be simply computers taking over bodies doing work, even in the office not just the factory floor. I won't even touch the "union" issue(s), the age discimination issue, gender, color, etc. Those are both part, and separate from the above.

I called it, "de-hiring" which is a cute way of saying, firing. We don't know the reason but, while it may be a negative connotation for one person in Quality leaving, it's not impossible that some people were "let go" and senior management was glad to see them leave.

The most benign "workforce reduction" I saw was the yearly firing or handing out of "programs to de-hire" folks. It was good for the entire co's. bottom line, helped individual departments and divisions make their annual numbers, etc. AND they got rid of a lot of poor performers. Then brought on new hires that were ready to go, and work for their pay.

Corvette ED

I can tell you have never meet Jeff just by the ridiculous statements you keep posting on here? Do you also know that Kai Spande the Corvette plant manager also announced he took the buyout and is retiring? Many of the GM people I deal with across various car, truck, and fleet lines are all taking the buyout. What year Corvette do you own?

Fast Dawg

First you post that you have worked for GM. Then you call @Corvette ED an "insider" who wants to "spin" what GM is doing. I've owned many GM vehicles over my lifetime and they have never tried to "escape responsibility" with me so I don't know where you get the "common knowledge" thing. If you are looking for an excuse not to buy a C8 and want us to "keep at it I'm looking for an excuse not to" then don't buy one. This is a very good forum and the members here give out some very good information. We certainly don't need someone who makes statements like you are making and many here have debunked them.

Fast Dawg

Thanks to the Admin who removed the troll.

DebRedZR1

it’s always best to hit REPORT so we can find them faster
Jeff retired, he was always helpful to me and people I referred to him. If I worked at the General and was close to retirement it was a very generous package!

Fast Dawg

I did hit report........I'm not ashamed to report an obvious troll. I just hope he can't get back in using another screen name.

Large companies who offer these types of packages are obviously doing it to reduce cost. Management reductions always reduce operating costs and people are the most expensive line item on any company's bottom line. Contrary to what some people think they are never targeted at a specific individual or a group of individuals for poor performance, etc........ A couple of years ago the company I retired from outsourced our entire HR department and only kept a group in our Corporate office to manage the companies who now do that work. That was a huge cost reduction considering the number of people they replaced.