General Motors: Back from the Dead | Winds of Change | 3
Business Movers
Wondery
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In the face of disruptive changes in the automobile industry, Mary Barra throws out the old GM playbook and writes a new one for making the cars of tomorrow.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to business movers add free on Amazon music, download the app today. |
| 0:22.0 | It's 1980 at GM's Assembly Plant in Pontiac, Michigan. |
| 0:26.0 | 18-year-old Mary Barra walks through the assembly floor headed for her workstation. |
| 0:30.0 | She's one of only a handful of women who work on the factory floor. |
| 0:33.0 | Until the 1970s, women weren't allowed to work on the assembly line. |
| 0:37.0 | Mary's presence on the floor is a sign that the times are changing. |
| 0:42.0 | As Mary rounds the corner, she hears a whistle and then laughter from a group of men. |
| 0:47.0 | Mary stops walking. This is one part of her job she could do without. |
| 0:51.0 | Since she started at GM a few months back, the cat calls have been a regular occurrence. |
| 0:55.0 | But today, Mary decides that enough is enough. |
| 0:58.0 | Hey, can I help you? |
| 0:59.0 | One of the men looks Mary up and down in smiles. |
| 1:02.0 | No, ma'am. Just looking. |
| 1:06.0 | Can't you just say hi instead? |
| 1:08.0 | Hey, relax. We're just messing around. You know? No harm in all half, right? |
| 1:13.0 | And one exactly is so funny. |
| 1:14.0 | Well, look at you. A little lady getting all greasy and mucked up in a factory. |
| 1:18.0 | Never seen anything like it. |
| 1:20.0 | Yeah. I'm a real modern marble. Get used to it. |
| 1:23.0 | Well, with that attitude, you'll see how long you last. |
| 1:27.0 | You've been here in what? A couple of months? |
| 1:29.0 | I've been bustin' my hump in this factory my whole life. |
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