It didn’t take long for the former CEO of Home Depot to “drive the nail” into the workforce of Chrysler not too long after he took over as CEO.

On Friday it was announced that the entire company would be off for at LEAST two weeks during July. Now to most of you familiar with the auto industry you would think well everyone does that. Both GM and Ford do take time off in July your right! BUT! And this is a big BUT, Most car companies don’t know what sales will be like then so their not about to suggest that they’ll be off already 5 months out from of what the big 3 call the “summer break”. They usually wait till May or June to announce that. And furthermore, I hear that some people are saying that this break will be in addition to the 2 weeks that they usually get.

Another aspect of this story that also catches my eye is that they say that everyone will be off for two weeks. Even Maintenance? The memo that came out to workers said that some minial staffing would be needed forcritical aspects but I hear from the plant near by is that hardly anyone will be working.

I write this story from also personal experience. I used to work for Home Depot both before and after good ole’ Bob took over. The company changed almost over night we went from having enough people to take care of customers concerns and problems to having one employee cover two maybe 3 departments over a period of 4 hours a day. Now this is something that we here at American Car Freak don’t agree with. We understand that at times things need to be cut and sacrifices must be made but Home Depot is the number 2 retailer in the world. What hardships could the orange and white possibly be hurting from? Lets just hope that for the car freaks in all of us that Bob Nardelli stays on a new path Chrysler is a private company now and needs to reinvent itself and with it’s “Own It” mentality it just might do that but time will tell.