Trumps comments make me wonder if goodyear is getting kicked out of the GSA catalog. All of those Fords they buy, have them.

I have the new Goodyear Enforcers on my car, I guess I will be switching brands. If Michellin just made Pilots in my size, I wouldn't have the goodyears now.

So, imagine you are fleet manager for a Police Department.

86 days straight you see people marching in the streets chanting on and on; Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter.

You see patrol cars being returned all trashed and with BLM, ACAB, & Pig painted on them.

Now you see Good Year proclaim that BLM is acceptable, but Blue Lives Matter is not.

Contract is due for tire provider.

Who, ya gonna call?

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Originally posted by kimber1911:
So, imagine you are fleet manager for a Police Department.

86 days straight you see people marching in the streets chanting on and on; Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter.

You see patrol cars being returned all trashed and with BLM, ACAB, & Pig painted on them.

Now you see Good Year proclaim that BLM is acceptable, but Blue Lives Matter is not.

Contract is due for tire provider.

Who, ya gonna call?

^^^^^^^^^^

Leaked Audio Shows Goodyear Lied, Endorsed BLM While Banning ‘Blue Lives Matter’

Eeeesh. What a shit show.

Not that their stock is doing much but if I were a stockholder, I'd be pretty pissed right now. If I worked for them, I'd be pretty pissed for them to jeopardize my job like that.

I bet it was some dumb fuck with a degree in diversity and inclusion or an MBA who is 25 years old with no work experience who came up with this.

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I bet it was some dumb fuck with a degree in diversity and inclusion or an MBA who is 25 years old with no work experience who came up with this.

Similar point made, below:

Goodyear hands a political triumph to Trump

In terms of the reality TV show of the presidential campaign, Goodyear has caved-in to Donald Trump’s pressure and affirmed its support for law enforcement, handing a potent symbolic victory to his reelection effort. The now-notorious Topeka “zero tolerance” slide framed a simple tale of PC bullies taking over a corporation and terrorizing the employees into verbal conformity, silently hewing to the party line with all the enthusiasm of a 1986 East German.


Twitter screen grab

Donald Trump, the champion of the liberty of the ordinary American, fought back:

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Don’t buy GOODYEAR TIRES - They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS. Get better tires for far less! (This is what the Radical Left Democrats do. Two can play the same game, and we have to start playing it now!).

By midday, yesterday, after trying to weasel their way out with inside baseball about corporate versus Topeka, the Chairman of the Board surrendered and affirmed the company’s “support for law enforcement.”


Goodyear
@goodyear

A message from Rich Kramer: By now, you are aware of a visual from our Topeka factory that has been circulating in the media. I want to personally clear the record on what you are seeing and hearing.



Note that signature on Rich Kramer’s letter is first name-only, adding a personal touch and implied commitment from the very top.

That’s the story as part of the campaign narrative as Trump is telling it, another example of the Democrats and their ruling class support base oppressing mainstream Americans, with Donald Trump the only protection they have against the progressive bullies.

I actually had a certain amount of sympathy for Goodyear’s top management when the story broke. I am sure it came out of the blue as far as they knew and was the product of the human resources bureaucracy, perhaps even the locals out in Topeka. Throughout corporate American diversity consultants are hired as an insurance policy to minimize exposure to racial discrimination lawsuits, and their anti-bias indoctrination uses such materials on PowerPoint slides that top management never sees. Diversity training is pervasive and widely resented, but openly criticizing it can get you into trouble, so top management gets no real feedback.

In an ideal world, Goodyear and the rest of corporate America would understand their vulnerability to similar PR disasters and rein in the diversity training consultants that got them into this trouble. But more likely, the response will be to ban photography and voice recording of anti-bias brainwashing sessions, maybe even confiscating cellphones for the duration.

If Trump wants to push the point and provide a happy ending (no lost jobs in Akron, blue collar workers protected) he could invite Kramer to the White House for a chat on the importance of corporate free speech and the problems of the overzealous diversity commissars, emerging from the meeting to affirm that the Beast will continue to glide along on American-made Goodyear Tires and that Goodyear cherishes freedom of speech.

Read more: https://www.americanthinker.co...p.html#ixzz6Vl0eM3Az

Having worked for several large multi-national investment banks, Corporate culture across the board was both left wing and very toxic.

It went so far that they pressured every employee to have gay pride and LGBTQ friend placards on every cubicle except for Muslims, who were exempt.

Anyone who spoke up or tried to remain neutral was disciplined and/or had to undergo mandatory "sensitivity" training.

I switched back to Federal employment recently and it is actually much less political with less PC BS than what we were subjected to in my former roles in IB.

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Originally posted by HKAngusKL:
Having worked for several large multi-national investment banks, Corporate culture across the board was both left wing and very toxic.

It went so far that they pressured every employee to have gay pride and LGBTQ friend placards on every cubicle except for Muslims, who were exempt.

Anyone who spoke up or tried to remain neutral was disciplined and/or had to undergo mandatory "sensitivity" training.

What was annual reviews and goal setting like....did one of your objectives had to be focused on 'supporting company values'?

Had to take the Goodyears off my car. They were pulling left.

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Originally posted by corsair:

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Originally posted by HKAngusKL:
Having worked for several large multi-national investment banks, Corporate culture across the board was both left wing and very toxic.

It went so far that they pressured every employee to have gay pride and LGBTQ friend placards on every cubicle except for Muslims, who were exempt.

Anyone who spoke up or tried to remain neutral was disciplined and/or had to undergo mandatory "sensitivity" training.

What was annual reviews and goal setting like....did one of your objectives had to be focused on 'supporting company values'?

No kidding, we had a criteria on our annual review before bonus and variable comp that was called "inclusivity, volunteer activities, and coworker support."

HR and Exco management jumped the flipping shark about a decade ago and passed the point of no return.

How many damage control ehhh I mean clarifications from corporate have been issued now? 2? 3?

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Originally posted by corsair:
What was annual reviews and goal setting like....did one of your objectives had to be focused on 'supporting company values'?

Before retiring, I worked for a large corporation. One of my “goals” that was part Of my annual review was the demonstration of my commitment to diversity and inclusion.

It was a mystery to me how this related to my job performance or how it was measured.

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Originally posted by Jelly:
Good catch xmod!

FWIW The Goodyear shops are franchises that must adhere to Goodyear policies and procedures.

Also I added Dunlop to my list of not buying. Since it looks like Goodyear is the parent company of Dunlop. Dunlop tires are somewhat popular with some motorcyclist.

They haven’t been popular with sportbike riders for a decade and a half. They are never have been at the forefront of tire construction or compounds imo. We call them Dun-slops. No fan of the French either and don’t like Slippelins (Michelin). Bridgestone is the preferred tire of choice for sportbikes. I like Metzeler/Pirelli as well and someone mentioned it, but ChemChina returned 50+% control back to the Italians so Pirelli and Metzeler are still Italian controlled.

Fuck Dunlop and Goodyear. This is a mess and their CEO is just trying to stop the bleeding. Should have thought about that first. Fed and LE and EMS vehicles, oh my, they’ll happily migrate to Continental or someone else. Idiots.

As far as politics and wearing BLM or whatever bs at work. I have never worked anywhere but my own businesses that I have ran, where I could where shit like this. You keep this out of the work place. I hope other companies learn from this shit that LGBTQ, BLM, whatever it is, take it outside of the work place. Work is for business. Go cray cray on your own personal time and with your attire. Geez what this world is turning into.

Sumitomo owns Dunlop Motorcycle Tires


Pays to research that stuff, Dunlop Motorcycle tires are not part of Goodyear, hasn't been since 2015.

So far the new Dunlops are best suited to heavy bikes, not those monkey humper crotch rockets you young guys hump, those tires you mention won't make it on a 900 pound bike, compounds are too soft, they're more for the light bikes.

I get about 12 to 14K out of a set they ride really good, long tread life, dual compound tires or tyres depending on where you ride...

“First to be clear, Good Year does not endorse any political organization, party or candidate.
We have a longstanding corporate policy that asks associates to refrain from workplace expressions in support of any candidate or political party.”

The problem with many companies is within the interpretation of “political organization”.

I would consider, Black Lives Matter (BLM) as a political organization right along with Antifa.
I would consider, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride (LGBT) as a political organization.
If not political organizations they should clearly be considered political affiliated slogans, which their slide showed to be unacceptable, with a zero tolerance policy.

Can a worker wear a Black Lives Matter T-Shirt?
Can a worker wear an All Lives Matter T-Shirt?

Can a worker wear a LGBT Pride T-Shirt?
Can a worker wear a Proudly Heterosexual T-Shirt?

The Union workers rushed right out with their Democrat Representatives to give orange man bad speeches which climaxed with, “Dump Trump, Dump Trump” chants from the assembled Good Year union workers.

There was no mention of, nor support expressed for law enforcement from anyone at this event.

Good Year logos were viewed on shirts, signs and a tire at the speakers podium.
There were also signs in support of Democrat political candidates.

The event organized by Good Year workers, clearly gave the impression that Good Year supports these political candidates.

Will Good Year be issuing a letter of clarification that their emblem should not be used in a manner which implies endorsement to a political candidate?

Seems like the back peddling, is simply back peddling with no change of heart.
Only change is, that articles can be worn expressing support for the Police may be worn.

I would guess Black Lives Matter, and LGBT Pride T-shirts are still considered acceptable, where-as All Lives Matter or Proudly Heterosexual T-shirts would get the worker fired.

Companies will continue to support Liberal agendas, regardless of any back peddling statements made.
This issue has faded away, however I now know where they stand.

I was just thinking- isn't it about time LeBron James took a helicopter ride?

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Originally posted by parabellum:
I was just thinking- isn't about time LeBron James took a helicopter ride?

Lol. We were just suggesting this at work last night

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Originally posted by stickman428:
How many damage control ehhh I mean clarifications from corporate have been issued now? 2? 3?

Not enough. I'll never put Goodyear tires on my car. I wouldn't be caught dead with their logo.

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Originally posted by HKAngusKL:

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Originally posted by corsair:

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Originally posted by HKAngusKL:
Having worked for several large multi-national investment banks, Corporate culture across the board was both left wing and very toxic.

It went so far that they pressured every employee to have gay pride and LGBTQ friend placards on every cubicle except for Muslims, who were exempt.

Anyone who spoke up or tried to remain neutral was disciplined and/or had to undergo mandatory "sensitivity" training.

What was annual reviews and goal setting like....did one of your objectives had to be focused on 'supporting company values'?

No kidding, we had a criteria on our annual review before bonus and variable comp that was called "inclusivity, volunteer activities, and coworker support."

HR and Exco management jumped the flipping shark about a decade ago and passed the point of no return.

Fortunately, those of us in sales, its all about hitting numbers, if not, hope everyone else across the country or, region is having the same issues. Working remotely is a big plus, means we're not subjected to all the in-house corporate office 'activities' that 'require' participation or, some presence. Getting creative with our goals/objectives on Workday has now become an art...amazing there's people in HR and upper management who's job it is to come up with such things.

Why not just leave all "politicking" out of the office? Does that make too much sense? (Rhetorical.)