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Re: Mgt. at work dictating the car you drive

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From: Tim Schreiner
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 00:00
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I don't see how it is any of the employer's business, unless you
entertain clients or represent them in a sales or public relations
position. Most of these people are furnished company vehicles anyway.

There may be a case where you work for a manufacturer, and they really
don't want workers driving Fords into GM plants or vice-versa. That is
certainly understandable.

Tim Schreiner

Spam Hater wrote:
> 
> If you work for any of the car companies such as
> GM, Ford, etc, please disregard. The same goes for
> salesman.
> 
> I am doing researching if there are any companies that
> dictate what kind of car you drive to work. I along with
> several other people use to work for MCI and a couple of
> us got a lecture on what kind of car we should drive as
> opposed to what we had. One guy had an old Suburban
> and a Sr. Mgr. told him to park way out. I use to have a
> 1990 Mustang GT and was chewed out for driving a "redneck"
> car and it looked bad on the company (not a yuppie car).
> 
> A number of years back, the father of one of my friends
> worked for a company that had a regulation on what kind
> of car they could drive to work. A memo was put out that
> only people in executive positions can drive a car like
> BMW, Saab, Porsche, Lincoln and Cadillac.
> 
> Is this more common that we think or is it still rare?
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From: Tim Schreiner <timschreiner@ibm.net>
Subject: Re: Mgt. at work dictating the car you drive
Date: 1998/04/27
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