Three More Former Greentech Workers Confirm They Were Told To Put On A “Show” When Investors Visited

According To Three Separate Former Employees, GreenTech’s Management “Sometimes Asked Workers To Pretend That They Were Assembling Cars” When Potential Investors Were Visiting. “In separate interviews, Griffen and another former employee, Charles Overstreet, said that management sometimes asked workers to pretend that they were assembling cars when potential investors visited, usually from China, and that employees would remove parts from previously assembled cars and reattach them. A third former employee, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he observed the same.” (Fredrick Kunkle, “McAuliffe’s GreenTech Car Company Launched With High Hopes, But Reality Dogs Campaign,” The Washington Post , 8/10/13)

• “We Would Just Be Standing There Acting Like We Were Doing Something. But It Was Pre-Planned What We Were Going To Do. It Was Like A Show,” Overstreet Said. (Fredrick Kunkle, “McAuliffe’s GreenTech Car Company Launched With High Hopes, But Reality Dogs Campaign,” The Washington Post , 8/10/13)

One Of The Former Workers Reported That Company Officials And Investors Were More Interested In Obtaining Green Cards Than Making A Sound Investment. “Griffen said company officials and investors seemed more interested in the EB-5 program than in whether the cars would be successful. ‘It just seemed like they were more interested in getting green cards than in making an investment. They emphasized that a lot,’ Griffen said. (Fredrick Kunkle, “McAuliffe’s GreenTech Car Company Launched With High Hopes, But Reality Dogs Campaign,” The Washington Post , 8/10/13)

• Most Of GreenTech’s Potential Investors Came From China, According To The Workers. “In separate interviews, Griffen and another former employee, Charles Overstreet, said that management sometimes asked workers to pretend that they were assembling cars when potential investors visited, usually from China, and that employees would remove parts from previously assembled cars and reattach them.” (Fredrick Kunkle, “McAuliffe’s GreenTech Car Company Launched With High Hopes, But Reality Dogs Campaign,” The Washington Post , 8/10/13)

Workers Also Reported That GreenTech’s Cars Were Poorly Engineered

Melvin Griffin, A Former GM Employee Who Worked At GreenTech, Called GreenTech’s Plant Dysfunctional. “Melvin Griffen, 53, a former GM employee who worked at GreenTech for 2½ years until February, said that what he saw inside the Horn Lake facility was like no other automobile plant he had seen, and the dysfunction was frustrating to him.” (Fredrick Kunkle, “McAuliffe’s GreenTech Car Company Launched With High Hopes, But Reality Dogs Campaign,” The Washington Post , 8/10/13)    More