Chrysler to Take Two-Week Break

**rickaren** · #1 (**permalink**) 03-13-2008, 11:16 AM

March 13, 2008 12:37 p.m.

DETROIT -- Chrysler LLC plans to shut down the entire company for two weeks this summer as a cost saving move to "accelerate Chrysler's recovery and transformation," Chief Executive Robert Nardelli told employees in a memo distributed Thursday.

Mr. Nardelli told employees they will have to take vacation for the weeks of July 7 and July 14 "in order to create better alignment and efficiency across organizational lines and boost productivity," according to the memo, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

LINK: The Wall Street Journal

**rickaren** · #2 (**permalink**) 03-15-2008, 03:34 AM

March 15, 2008

Development on products excepted

Chrysler LLC employees with time-sensitive jobs developing new vehicles or working with the company's dealers and customers will not be part of the company-wide two-week shutdown in July, the automaker's top executives said Friday.

"If we shut down a factory, we should have its management team off when the factory is closed, not on vacation when we need them," he said.

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