Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Clandestine
They're not looking to acquire undocumented workers, just less-skilled workers who can be trained and paid at a lower wage. Like I said, it's not ideal for the employees, but it's better than GM placing bets on a sleepy economy and possibly having to do mass-layoffs further down the road, and with much less incentive for those being canned. And I'm sure quite a few employees will be spared this fate because of the invaluable skills they offer the company.



I understand your frustration completely, and have always thought we needed stricter border controls. There will always be people willing to risk their business for super-low labor costs by illegal immigrants, but hopefully the future will see many of these companies getting audited and shut down for their negligence. Companies that knowingly allow this kind of labor aren't doing anything for our struggling economy, as most of the employees in question end up sending most of their money out of the country to their own families. Fines are increasing, and penalties are becoming more harsh for those found to be knowingly supporting this kind of behavior. I think GM knows this, and isn't going to risk the outrageous fines they'd be slapped with if they got caught. After all, they're trying to save money.
Yah I hear ya, less skilled haha, "why is my windshield leaking? and where in the hell did my side mirror just go?" lol. let's hope the quality doesn't suffer any more then it has in the past.
I actually used to work for a company who did this, and they used me as their translator. They kept replacing workers because it was cheaper....
It was job security for me but had I not known what I did, I may have lost my job this same way. They were actually turned in anonymously by one of the illigal workers. (I heard them talking about it, there was an issue with someone spanking off in the mens b-room. Well once they found out who did it they fired him-but didn't think about the rest of his cousins and brothers and brothers cousins and aunts and aunts of aunts and etc that STILL worked there)
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