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File Size: 947 KB
Print Length: 262 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0446394009
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (December 2, 2008)
Publication Date: December 14, 2008
Sold by: Hachette Book Group
Language: English
ASIN: B001MT5NVE
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I have an interest in cars in general and the design and manufacturing process behind them. I don't think I could ever work on an assembly line, but I'm very interested in how they are able to build that many complicated machines that quickly and get them right as often as they do. That is what I wanted to get out of this book, but it fell a bit short of my expectations. I agree with the reviewer who said it had a little too much Ben Hamper in it and not enough GM. Overall it was much better in some spots than others, which is why I stuck with it until the end. There were places in the book that were so eye rollingly bad that I was tempted to stop wasting my time with it, but then came something a bit more worth reading. It was just good enough to keep me hopeful that it was about to get better. At times Hamper seems a bit more self-aware and willing to own up to his dysfunctions, while at other times he wallows in too much scapegoating and doesn't seem to see how he tended to be his own worst enemy. It was very hard to feel sorry for him and his periodic "misfortunes" when at other times he described how he gamed the system to get paid for work he didn't do (or wasn't even present for) and mostly got away with it. I also could have done without his political views. I really just wanted to read about the assembly process from a line worker's point of view. I knew two GM auto assembly workers in the late '70s, one who worked the line at Lordstown and the other at Wilmington, Delaware, and I enjoyed hearing their "war" stories. It's worth noting that they were two of the most "normal" guys you'd ever want to meet, Neither was a substance abuser, neither smoked, one didn't drink at all and the other was a light social drinker only (a glass of wine with dinner, etc). So no, contrary to the implication in this book, not everyone who worked in those plants in those days was or needed to be a Ben Hamper type.
Pay zero attention to the trolls. This book is one of the great ones. Jim Bouton's Ball Four about downward spiraling from the major league to the minors, Anthony Bourdain's tale about life in America's kitchens, Kitchen Confidential, and this classic about life on the GM assembly line. Ben Hamper is a great writer, just that simple. And this is a great story. Anyone who says otherwise -- like the reviewer from Library Journal who complains about four-letter words -- doesn't know great writing and is not deserving of attention. Read this book.
I grew up in Flint until I graduated high school and left to avoid the fate of becoming a character in this book. Actually I was an eighty nine day temp at Fisher Body when there was such a thing. The money was great for a summer job but there was no way I could ever commit to it for real. Ben spells it out here. It sucks to have any creativity in your resume and do this time. I always think back to this kid who worked across from me on the endless line of swinging dashboards. He figured he had it knocked. He got the best looking girl in his high school pregnant, got married and got this job. The way he figured it he only had 29 more years of this and he could retire at 49. All of this said with a big stupid grin. That place is gone as is anything of lasting value in Flint. This book is how it was. No s***..
I would have to say the book was enjoyable, creative, but not intellectual by far. There was a lot of dry humor which I didn’t think was amusing and I thought it hindered the thought process of imagining the average blue collar worker. This book was written roughly about the 70’s and 80’s of a man who worked the assembly line for General Motor’s in Flint, Michigan. They called him “Rivethead†which suited his character.I guess it’s hard for me to think that this person, Ben Hamper and others spent so much time mischievously causing chaos everyday they went to work without any concern about their job, co-workers or management. It was clear that Mr. Hamper’s ambitions went no further then quitting-time, whether it was 10 am, 1 pm, or 3pm. Him and his buddies would drink on the job, some did drugs and the management sometimes gave out warnings but mostly looked the other way because the workers would harassed them intensely. All their effort went into booze, drugs, and rock and roll music prominently in the lives of these men in the 70’s.Most of the men wanted to get their thirty years in for their pension but in this time of auto making it was off, collecting unemployment and on the job working when the economy permitted. So, it was going to take years to be able to get that pension. I felt like it was a catch twenty-two situation for them so maybe their behaviors were warranted. Combinations of daily repetitious routine, lack of a clear sense of purpose, and guiltless self-destructive habits can make thirty years seem like an eternity. However, the life of Ben Hamper seemed like an endemic of downright insanity….His motto was, “to work less, make more money, and spend it all on booze and music“. The motto was the hard labor he did day to day.Ben Hamper wrote an excellent description of the assembly line and American automobile industry but it was shocking to read how the workers behaved. However, this is only one man’s description of the blue collar job but there were plenty of reviews that agreed with his definition of the management and auto-workers at General Motors at that time. The umpteen stories, comical events, bad behaviors, and working on the assembly line kept the lives of these men surviving in order to receive their pay-checks. Yet, I have to say the authenticity to the blue collar voice Ben sometimes sounded like a fair stand-up comic with the intent of keeping the readers laughing through dry-irony and wisdom.I also worked in a shoe factory for years in the 70’s and 80’s and I was on an assembly line; paid by piece-work and made good money, became one of the top stitcher’s, and created quality work. My co-workers and I had plenty of fun and laughter but we respected others and the company. I guess some men might have been friskier and thought a job is something you make the best of…and they did!!
My used version, was cheap, but had too many highlighted passages....at first it was annoying, but I got used to it.Very interesting and, at times, humorous recounting of union, GM assembly worker life in the 70's to 80's.Amazing how big Corp treats their workers. Really lousy...and I'm no fan of unions. I've been an office guy most of my career in Const.
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