Credit Crunch

[drummindefender]

looks like its going to be easy peasy for me to get a job.....

 

[bocadillo]

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That's the spirit boc!!

I do appreciate your difficulties but as a resident of a small town of no more than 4,000 inhabitants, I also know of the difficulties that are created when you have a 6,000-employee industry dumped right on your doorstep. It should never have been allowed to expand in the way it has and I won't shed a tear when Pfizer finally ****s off to whatever place will next be willing to give them huge financial incentives to develop there.

I know people who will be involved in this round of redundancies which will take employee numbers on the site well below the 2,000 mark. They have known that this was coming for a long time and have made plans for it. Many of them have delayed career moves, knowing that they can be better off by taking the redundancy and then making the move.

For the rest of us, it means that we will be able to travel about normally without the huge tailbacks that are caused by thousands of cars following the same route into their two car-park entrances. The sooner the lot goes, the better. Yes, it will have some negative effects locally, but at least locals will be able to afford local housing and not have to compete with the sky-high salary earners that this giant has imported to the area.

 

[FIF]

Pfizer sold up a lot of plants in France some time ago.

The Credit crunch is also a good excuse for a lot of the fatter companies to slim down and get rid of some waste.

 

[homer]

The Credit crunch is also a good excuse for a lot of the fatter companies to slim down and get rid of some waste.

If only BG would take the same opportunity........

 

[Hazzman]

looks like its going to be easy peasy for me to get a job.....

There's a historian needed at the relaunched Kinlochleven Tourist Centre.

 

[highland fox]

There's a historian needed at the relaunched Kinlochleven Tourist Centre.

My business was in Mallaig,if you are going to take the piss at least get the location right

 

[Yorkshire Vixen]

looks like homebase/argos are having problems - could possibly be getting rid of 350 jobs

 

[highland fox]

Barclays Bank are too

 

[homer]

Thank the Lord for the good old Public Sector

 

[highland fox]

I would imagine a good few people who thought their jobs were safe a few months back are now realising that this isn't the case and this is going to hit all areas.

 

[Yorkshire Vixen]

i think that goes without saying really

 

[highland fox]

i think that goes without saying really

No it doesn't.I wouyld think a good few people were sat there thinking ,this on't effect me a few months back and I bet agood few are still thinking it now

 

[Yorkshire Vixen]

i dont think anyones job is totally safe well maybe an undertakers

 

[highland fox]

i think that goes without saying really

 

[Yorkshire Vixen]

ooh funny

 

[highland fox]

Me ? Never

 

[Darth Vodka]

i dont think anyones job is totally safe well maybe an undertakers

and HR...

 

[fcukcov]

Thank the Lord for the good old Public Sector

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7830521.stm

presumably you won't be thanking this Lord!

 

[homer]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7830521.stm

presumably you won't be thanking this Lord!

He's not wrong, though

Especially this bit ....

"I was amazed, quite frankly, at how many people deserved the sack and yet that was the one threat that they never ever worked under, because it doesn't exist."

 

[fcukcov]

He's not wrong, though

Especially this bit ....

too scared of being sued for discrimination in some form presumably.