I mostly keep my opinions to myself at BITOG, but today the camel's back broke and I need to rant.
Some basic American manufacturing is going down the toilet because 1.)Companies have new owners every couple of years, and 2.) quarterly profits take priority over long term success.
A small part of my job is to do building and equipment maintenance. Every time I go to build or repair something, it seems the quality of materials is dropping. Today I received a whole case of defective B-vent (chimney). When I took it back, the dealer said the company moved the plant(south U.S.) and they were having problems with quality control.
I picked an American brand over a Canadian company to support the U.S.. Time and again, it seems like U.S. manufacturing is slipping big time.
It's hard to "buy American" when the product sucks. This transition we're in sucks. Both foreign and U.S. production is adjusting during this globalization of services and some of the results are not good.
Rant over.
Some basic American manufacturing is going down the toilet because 1.)Companies have new owners every couple of years, and 2.) quarterly profits take priority over long term success.
A small part of my job is to do building and equipment maintenance. Every time I go to build or repair something, it seems the quality of materials is dropping. Today I received a whole case of defective B-vent (chimney). When I took it back, the dealer said the company moved the plant(south U.S.) and they were having problems with quality control.
I picked an American brand over a Canadian company to support the U.S.. Time and again, it seems like U.S. manufacturing is slipping big time.
It's hard to "buy American" when the product sucks. This transition we're in sucks. Both foreign and U.S. production is adjusting during this globalization of services and some of the results are not good.
Rant over.