Ford To Offer Employees Home PCs (fwd)

[Tom Lehman]

Mike---How about that Ford profit sharing!!!  My neighbors averaged
$8,000 dollars in profit sharing last year.  That's average profit
sharing.  Word on the street has it that some of the folks in the 'hood
got over 12 grand.  For example my neighbor Mr. Perfect who does a
similiar job for the UAW that I do for the Steelworkers no doubt broke
into the 5 figure column.  Mr.Perfect is a nice guy--he has a perfect
lawn--a perfect home--and does everything perfect or so my wife tells
me. Me I still haven't taken the Christmas lights down or thoroughly
cleaned up my desk at home to the little dear's satisfaction.  I won't
even mention the state of my garage.

Then there are my UAW electrical pals like Ralph.  Ralph already has
some sort of mysterious high speed cable hook-up to the internet.  It's
mysterious to me anyway.  I got a lousy average 48k bps connection and
Ralphie is on there at light speed.  After this profit sharing check I
expect to see a tractor trailer unloading a super computer into Ralph's
garage.

Tom

Michael Hoover wrote:


> forwarded by Michael Hoover
>
> > Ford Motor Co. on Thursday took the wraps off plans to offer
> > each of its more than 300,000 employees worldwide a home
> > computer, a printer, and Internet access for $5 a month.
> > Ford CEO Jac Nasser says the program is necessary because
> > Internet technology is affecting every aspect of the
> > automotive industry.
> >
> > Company executives and United Auto Workers union leaders
> > have been negotiating ways to improve workers' computer
> > skills more quickly and make sure everyone in the company
> > understands and can use the Internet. "It's all about our
> > people. It's about bringing their capabilities up to meet
> > the needs of our business in the future," Ford CIO Jim Yost
> > says.