As most of you here know, I work at a Saturn dealership. I think you might find this interesting on how Saturn treats thier employees and thinks of people.
Last Wed night while driving home down a dark I95 southbound, I drove into a very heavy rainstorm. In a second's time, with no time to react, a wheel came out of nowhere and smashed in the front of my 94 SL2. The wheel came off a car going northbound on the highway, crossed a deep grassy median, struck me with such velocity that it bounced on my hood and flew over 3 lanes of 95. I found the driver and the wheel the next day. My car is totalled. The saturn saved my life. Seems the driver didnt have lug bolts in his tire and the entire wheel came off while he was speeding. He has no ins., is a ghetto bro and the car is stolen. I reported this to the FHP and they said they cant do anything, nice. At least I am alive, one more foot higher and it would have been the windshield.
I had the car towed to work. My ins. came out and declared the car totalled. I asked my boss for a loaner until I can get another car. (remember I sell cars?) He saw this as an opportunity to sell me something instead of helping me out and tried selling me some of the most expensive cars on the lot. our dealership is doing poorly and I am damn nearly broke, espacially due to the hurricanes, so I cant afford much.
My boss and the GM refuse to give me a loaner car to get to work. To make matters worse, I am borrow "Retail comes before people"
This must be Saturns new logo. Then the General Manager called me and told me that "I" have a bad attitude????? And offered me an unsafe used car to drive for "a few days" I drive 65 miles a day on the hwy, no good. I told him I need a safe car to drive and would like the car checked out , his reply was " I drive used cars all the time w/o checking them out" and "you can look at the car and tell if it is safe".
In the meanwhile they are working me to the bone and wont give me any time off to look for a new. I am one of the top salesman there but I can tell you now that I came there with a love for Saturns and the company and now feel deeply betrayed and insulted. I am so tired and upset and so is my family (who all own saturns). My next car will not be a saturn.
"Retail comes before people"
I guess they are no longer "a different kind of company" when they treat people (especially thier employees) as bad or worse than any other car company.