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Haha. In realistic terms they simply wanted to avoid that awkward moment. Although, if you work for GM, and exclusively drive a Toyota, would you feel pressured
by jasonsync 9y ago
Haha. In realistic terms they simply wanted to avoid that awkward moment. Although, if you work for GM, and exclusively drive a Toyota, would you feel pressured into switching at some point?
Edit - to answer my own question I searched Google and found this:
http://jalopnik.com/dear-car-companies-stop-punishing-employees-for-drivin-1746653093 http://jalopnik.com/dear-car-companies-stop-punishing-employ...
- Jonnax 9y agoI think that totally depends how high you are in the company and whether you're client facing. I doubt that the majority of people that work for Mercedes drive their cars.
- gbacon 9y agoYou’d be surprised on both counts. Union factory workers face significant pressure — as in slashed tires — from their peers not to drive foreign vehicles. Auto makers give sizable discounts to their employees.
- kinkrtyavimoodh 9y agoFunny how you put outright vandalism that would cause hundreds of dollars of loss in such an understated manner (face significant pressure).
- hodgesrm 9y agoYou should perhaps be more optimistic. ;) Mercedes has a program for "Jahreswagen" ("Year cars") where employees get cars at something like cost, drive them for a year, then can hand them back to be resold. There are a lot of these in Germany. It's popular way to get a nice car without paying the full cost of a brand new vehicle. [0] [0] http://www.expo.be/en/jahreswagen/index_nl.phtml http://www.expo.be/en/jahreswagen/index_nl.phtml, lots more info if you read German.
- stevenwoo 9y agoI live near the Tesla office near Arastradero Road. The last time I rode my bike by and paid attention, there were very few Teslas visible in the parking lot ( though one cannot see very far in the lot from the street due to the terrain/landscaping).