I began working at the General Motors OKC AssemblyPlant when I was 19-years-old. As a Quality Control Inspector, I was responsible for inspecting paint, brakes, electrical, tie-rods, doors, hoods, etc. Here are some images of the vehicles that I worked on:
Buick Century
Chevy Celebrity
Chevy Citation
Chevy Malibu
Chevy Trailblazer EXT
Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera
Pontiac Phoenix
Pontiac 6000
GMC Envoy XL
GMC Envoy XUV
Isuzu Ascender
The most popular color: White
Best thing about working at GM: Money, benefits, lay-offs, and insurance
Worst thing about working at GM: No windows, long hours, injuries, and repetitive work
GM was my life until the plant closed in 2006. Today, I wear a different hat--as a UCO college student. But I hope it will be provide a good job and bright future.
Our plant built lots of trucks. The last factory that manufactured trucks was in Moraine, Ohio on December 23, 2008 as seen in the HBO documentary - "The Last Truck Closing of a G.M. Plant." Every 43 seconds, a vehicle zoomed by. If I didn't focus, I could miss checking something that may cost someone their life.
How interesting! I wish I could have gotten a job with such great benefits as a 19-year-old!
ReplyDeleteThank you for giving us your backgroound and some history on the GM plant here in OKC. I enjoyed viewing your pictures of the GM cars! Were you able to take an early retirement? Wwere you given options to follow the job to another location at the time? Were you able to take an early retirement? Reference your Health Care Bill posting - I don't think we will know everything in the bill and all of its repercussions for several years.
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