Land Rover Workers attitude....Assholes still on the track...

[Robgw]

Had a conversation with a mate back home in Birmingham this week. He was telling me how his friend who works at the Solihull track advised him never to buy anything that comes of the line..

The current workers are just like they were back in the Rover days and still have a "don't give a **** attitude" was the quote.

This is sad news as in the early 90's it was very well know in the Midlands that Land Rover's were thrown together at the track which was a major cause of reliability problems. We thought / assured as customers that this was addressed under BMW management post 96.

So very annoying to hear that the same old work ethic up there remains.

These ungrateful assholes should move on and get another job as their will be plenty of people lining up who care...

[superquag]

... Could also have something to do with the way the workers have been treated by the (Upper Class) management since creation... Not isolated to LR, but pervades a lot of British Industry.

I know of a few production lines and work-forces that may be suitable, in a year or three....

- Would make a lot of marketing sense, to build LRs, the most capable 4WD in the world...in the toughest 4WD country.

Oops, sorry.... I used the word "sense" in the same sentence as Land Rover.

[kenleyfred]

I really like that show 'Ultimate Factories', on 7mate I think. It documents the making of all sorts of things, planes,ships cars etc. They've had some good ones, making Rolls Royce's, Bentleys, Porsches, Audi's etc. The attention to detail throughout and the constant quality checks are amazing. Panel alignment and then waterproof checking at the end.

I often watch that show and feel it would be a comedy if they tried to do a show on the Defender production line.

I love my Defender, but it was definitely assembled by workers who couldn't give a **** about what they do.
So sad, because it would be an even better vehicle if the workers cared.

In no other vehicle I've owned do I need to take towels, or keep my smart clothes on back seat and change on arrival, or get waterproof case for phone.

Sounds like a whingefest but the barbs are in anyway, I'll never get rid of her.

Kenley

[superquag]

All of the above explains why LR got sold... more than once.

Imagine if they were built by Mazda to their standards...

[Rickoz]

Had a conversation with a mate back home in Birmingham this week. He was telling me how his friend who works at the Solihull track advised him never to buy anything that comes of the line..
The current workers are just like they were back in the Rover days and still have a "don't give a **** attitude" was the quote.
This is sad news as in the early 90's it was very well know in the Midlands that Land Rover's were thrown together at the track which was a major cause of reliability problems. We thought / assured as customers that this was addressed under BMW management post 96.
So very annoying to hear that the same old work ethic up there remains.
These ungrateful assholes should move on and get another job as their will be plenty of people lining up who care...

Geee if i were a POM i'd be so ashamed of my fellow Useless English Cousins,
what they should of done a long time ago was throw them all out of LR & employ the Foreign Workers witch have better understanding how to do things correctly & get the job done in good time.

[snowbound]

Should have been built by the Cornish. We hate the bloody POMS and would do a way better job!

OK Rugby aside then, my old Rangie is still going strong, without the crappy build quality where would be the character? If it wasn't for the character, LR name would be mud, or worse... Toyota!

[Ausfree]

Why don't they build them in India ??? Tata Motors is Indian is it not!!!!

http://www.tatamotors.com/

[chuck]

Jaguar Landrover profit, volume, quality & model turn around would certainly not be indicative of personnel not caring.

JLR is the shining light of UK manufacturing at the moment.

Ford would be ruing the day they sold it.

Sounds like an off the cuff comment from someone who is not happy with management perhaps because they have been disciplined for poor performance.

[UncleHo]

Yeah! kinda sounds like one of the older union types that was told to pull up his socks and had a dummy spit.

[alittlebitconcerned]

Although the cavemen on the production line are the ones slapping them together with as much finesse as my toddler eating his dinner, the blame for it sits squarely with the highest management. Not exactly a new problem.