Hi Guys,
It would certainly be a bitter pill to swallow when you have been laid off (voluntary retrenchment) by either Ford or Holden while knowing millions of dollars are leaving the company in the form of sponsorships. I know this generates advertising, but if the product is good, how much do you need.
Closer to home, take JAYCO. The amount of money that Jayco backs the horse racing, sport of kings, apparently, must be absurd. Stop the flow of that money out of the company and put it back into the product by the use of better quality materials, processes, staff training and so forth. Dough, silly me, a better quality product for the same price? Yes the product looks ok from the outside, has some great features, but quality is replaced by quantity of sales. No, I'm not a happy Jayco camper at present and to know that my hard earned money goes to horse racing, just about makes me cry.
John