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I sincerely think it is time for Artco employees to organize a strike or a possible class action lawsuit against TOG. Please spread the word and post some responses!
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I'm really interested in hearing what other employees think about this statement. I have no clue who posted this but hopefully we get some good comments. Also, for all those who do not know what TOG means it stands for "The Occasions Group" owned by Taylor Corp. I believe there are a few employees at Artco who work directly for TOG and some, not all, have the attitude that they really don't care about what happens to Artco because they'll always have a job with TOG. Something to think about I guess.
On a lighter note I've fully recovered from the Artco minionism... hahaha - I'm heading to Vegas for a truck show. I'd never be this successful if it wasn't for Artco getting rid of me. THANK YOU
If we were to strike......You would watch glen close the doors here and just move everything to Mankato. we are lucky that it hasn't happened yet. I believe Artco is losing like 1.4 million dollars a year and sue TOG for what, We don't like you!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell Artco mainly acts as a fulfillment company now for many of the product lines. Basically taking in a small portion of the total sales while not having to advertise and things like that. Yet according to the pie chart, in the all employee meeting, we are sending a large amount of our income to advertising/ecommerce. Enough to almost match what we spent on labor and benefits. A lot of this I suspect is going to TOG. Why should Artco be throwing money into something that doesn't really benefit us, especially when we are not making profit? Why does Taylor Corp keep us open if we have continued to show we can not make profit? Because TOG receives an equal amount of money from each company that is apart of that group for advertising/ecommerce. Yet we see so little of the benefits from that investment while other companies see all the benefits. Making Artco look bad while TOG as a whole looks good, but TOG tells Taylor Corp to keep us open because we show promise or some BS like that so they can keep taking from us. That would be my guess. That does not seem so lawful. If this is remotely true, just seems rather fishy and I'm sure a lawyer would be eager to at least look into it. If this is not the case, what the hell are we spending all that money on? Dawn? Or maybe on some of our many failing lines? Novatus? (Look how amazing that has turned out to be) Web design? If these are true there are some devastatingly poor decisions being made. We cut labor more and more dramatically during the summer months yet still pay that much in advertising/ecommerce. When, for a lot of products made, we only get a small portion of each dollar in sales anyway. No wonder Artco is losing money, if we didn't dump so much money into these things that don't really apply to us would we still be losing money? I don't know, but I really doubt it would be as bad. I also understand we are a seasonal company and labor needs to be reduced in the summer but ohh my god! This much? And next year will be worse, like they are slowly trying to mold us into a third world factory. As for feeling lucky Artco is still open, I guess. Like Aaron though, being forced out of Artco might just be the best thing for almost everyone (except management) in the long run. If there was a chance that things could improve for the average employee and put a little bit of the power back into our hands, I think a strike would be worth a shot or at least the threat of it even with the risk of shutdown or replacement. I think many employees may feel this way. I am absolutely tired of what seems to be the only solution, coming from management, to the lacking profits. The employees need to work harder and do a better job.
ReplyDeleteLooks like another long time employee has took the demotion path at Artco....can't mention name yet.....They will have a really hard time to fill what he has learned from experience over the years. Have to wonder who is next?
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