How can large companies make such incredibly stupid decisions?

Question

ever see the toyota pickups with TRD(toyota racing division) stickers?....nobody at toyota realized they were marketing a t**d?

applebees......wtf is a "riblet"?

jared......"the galleria of jewlery"......wow, talk about making your product sound like garbage......

how do these people keep their jobs?

Answer 1

uhhh.... trd is toyota racing development

Answer 2

you remembered the company and slogans didn't you? the advertising works.

Answer 3

The worst one I ever saw was the company I work for. They wanted to get rid of the union workers at one plant so they built a new factory out west.

First they had a hard time convincing people to work the evening and night shifts. In order to get them to do it they paid them more than what the union workers made.

Then they made so many bad parts and got so far behind in deliveries they had to bring some of the work back here.

They lost millions on that deal.

The president who started that debacle was given the presidency of another division of the corporation.

Greed did it.

Answer 4

They put a lot of trust in their marketing department who tell them that you have to be edgy, fresh, and hip to catch market share.  So they end up doing stupid things to look and sound cool and up to date.

Answer 5

You must remember that a company is not its own entity... they are run by humans... and humans make mistakes and silly marketing campaigns.

Answer 6

they keep their jobs by you marketing their product online, stop it, that is SPAM

lol i actually dont care