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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 79905" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Trick,</p><p>The TF sponsorship is likely only costing a couple of mil a year at the most. NHRA only has about 20 races a year verses 38 plus for NASCAR and unless something bad happens, body damage is very rare although severe and costly engine failures are common. The other large cost of a fuel car is the 1/4 mile run itself. The car burns 15 to 20 gallons of nitromethane per run and with just general between round maintenance the average cost of a fuel car is between $3000 and $5000 per run. Each national event will have 4 qualifying runs although Indy has 5 and then if you make eliminations and go to the finals you'll make 4 runs on Sunday. So say the average run is $4000 then if you go all the way, a weekend of just running the car will cost you $32,000 plus in fuel and general maintenance costs. Bomb a motor or what they call "winder (that's window for normal folk) a block? $75k to $100,000! Nope, it's not cheap but it's not near the cost of running NASCAR either.</p><p> </p><p>Impacted,</p><p>When I first saw all the posts about the TSG situtation I thought about our local guys because I've known them for years. I asked them about their situation and in our district everything is AOK and there will be no layoffs of TSG folks. Being very surprised I asked why not. My TSG guys told me for all these years whenever we were called by someone, their immediate boss (TSG division man.)had a standing policy that they could not respond unless the HelpDesk was called first and a log generated. Of course everyone in the building moaned and whined and complained but now it turns out that manager that we all use to @%#$^%&*^ about was dead on right and when it came time to cut our district was able to fully justify the need for TSG techs and therefore none of them are going anywhere.</p><p> </p><p>I know what you guys are getting is likely a raw deal and the worse part is you'll get laid off and not to far down the road reality will set in and the need will be obvious. However the damage is done. UPSers who know the deal are gone and now many areas will have to start over from scratch and deal with that until time and experience get them up to speed.</p><p> </p><p>The money being spent on NASCAR and now NHRA whether you like it or not can be shown to be cost effective in company and product exposure. In other words, the money can be justified. This may seem like a harsh question and I'll tell you upfront I think the company is making a terrible mistake of eliminating tech jobs if what I'm hearing is true but did you forego the helpdesk and generating a log and instead being the goodguy trying to expedite and help get the job done quicker in the end just cut your own throat without realizing it? </p><p> </p><p>What happened to TSG should be a hard lesson to everyone. This ain't Jim Casey's UPS anymore I'm sad to say!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 79905, member: 2189"] Trick, The TF sponsorship is likely only costing a couple of mil a year at the most. NHRA only has about 20 races a year verses 38 plus for NASCAR and unless something bad happens, body damage is very rare although severe and costly engine failures are common. The other large cost of a fuel car is the 1/4 mile run itself. The car burns 15 to 20 gallons of nitromethane per run and with just general between round maintenance the average cost of a fuel car is between $3000 and $5000 per run. Each national event will have 4 qualifying runs although Indy has 5 and then if you make eliminations and go to the finals you'll make 4 runs on Sunday. So say the average run is $4000 then if you go all the way, a weekend of just running the car will cost you $32,000 plus in fuel and general maintenance costs. Bomb a motor or what they call "winder (that's window for normal folk) a block? $75k to $100,000! Nope, it's not cheap but it's not near the cost of running NASCAR either. Impacted, When I first saw all the posts about the TSG situtation I thought about our local guys because I've known them for years. I asked them about their situation and in our district everything is AOK and there will be no layoffs of TSG folks. Being very surprised I asked why not. My TSG guys told me for all these years whenever we were called by someone, their immediate boss (TSG division man.)had a standing policy that they could not respond unless the HelpDesk was called first and a log generated. Of course everyone in the building moaned and whined and complained but now it turns out that manager that we all use to @%#$^%&*^ about was dead on right and when it came time to cut our district was able to fully justify the need for TSG techs and therefore none of them are going anywhere. I know what you guys are getting is likely a raw deal and the worse part is you'll get laid off and not to far down the road reality will set in and the need will be obvious. However the damage is done. UPSers who know the deal are gone and now many areas will have to start over from scratch and deal with that until time and experience get them up to speed. The money being spent on NASCAR and now NHRA whether you like it or not can be shown to be cost effective in company and product exposure. In other words, the money can be justified. This may seem like a harsh question and I'll tell you upfront I think the company is making a terrible mistake of eliminating tech jobs if what I'm hearing is true but did you forego the helpdesk and generating a log and instead being the goodguy trying to expedite and help get the job done quicker in the end just cut your own throat without realizing it? What happened to TSG should be a hard lesson to everyone. This ain't Jim Casey's UPS anymore I'm sad to say! [/QUOTE]
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