rudds1 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Been on news p and o ferries have laid off at least 800 workers by prerecorded video call only to replace them with agency workers with more redundancies to come What a poor way to let the staff know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) Been listening to this on the news - there's more to come out about this company & the way they have treated staff & the taxpayer. The company say they're stony broke but paid millions upon millions to sponsor some golf tournament. Apparently P & O are in breach of an employment law by not consulting workers or RTUs. However they have calculated that the money they will get fined will be less than going through the process. Incredibly cynical move Watch this space.... Edited March 17, 2022 by Mister M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mister M said: Been listening to this on the news - there's more to come out about this company & the way they have treated staff & the taxpayer. Watch this space.... Companies have a duty to their share holders. In 2020 P+O laid off 1,100 people and it says it will continue to require forbearance from creditors. This company is just trying to stay-afloat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, El Cid said: Companies have a duty to their share holders. In 2020 P+O laid off 1,100 people and it says it will continue to require forbearance from creditors. This company is just trying to stay-afloat! The reputationable damage may send it under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet24 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Pun intended or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Bynnol Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 So as not to worry people, this does not affect the Cruise Ships. They have sacked- terminated the jobs of 1600 on the ships and another 600 on leave. They are replacing the crews with cheaper South American labour. As the firm is based in Dubai, are flying foreign flag and are hiding behind Maritime Law there is no redundancy pay etc. P&O ferries have been a failing company for year loosing business to Stena on the Belfast route and Irish Ferries at Dover. With Zebrugge already gone this might be the end of Hull to Rotterdam as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 36 minutes ago, Annie Bynnol said: So as not to worry people, this does not affect the Cruise Ships. They have sacked- terminated the jobs of 1600 on the ships and another 600 on leave. They are replacing the crews with cheaper South American labour. As the firm is based in Dubai, are flying foreign flag and are hiding behind Maritime Law there is no redundancy pay etc. P&O ferries have been a failing company for year loosing business to Stena on the Belfast route and Irish Ferries at Dover. With Zebrugge already gone this might be the end of Hull to Rotterdam as well. Though they furloughed 1400 of its staff during the pandemic, costing the taxpayer £10m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansheff Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Dubai: The Dubai owned ports operator DP World recorded a sizeable 26 per cent increase in 2021 revenues to $10.77 billion, The profit attributed to shareholders (before separately disclosed items) comes to $1.1 billion. Dubai's DP World revenues hit a record $10.77b for '21 | Markets – Gulf News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 If the Government don't act against this, then I'm sure there will be other companies looking at the P & O situation, thinking if they can get away with it, why can't we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) 32 minutes ago, iansheff said: Dubai: The Dubai owned ports operator DP World recorded a sizeable 26 per cent increase in 2021 revenues to $10.77 billion, The profit attributed to shareholders (before separately disclosed items) comes to $1.1 billion. Dubai's DP World revenues hit a record $10.77b for '21 | Markets – Gulf News It's certainly a shock and very upsetting for those poor workers affected. But the harsh reality is corporations do not make record profits like that without being absolutely ruthless in their business operations the type of which we are seeing with P&O. Fact is, the P&O Ferries subsidy has made a catastrophic loss reaching the hundred millions. Something had to be done and when a single part of the body becomes infected the decision has to be made to chop it off before it it ruins the rest of the system. Surely for those in dire straits affected by this, a job with either the agency or whoever takes over the operations is better than no job at all. Whatever the public perception and PR impact, it is clear that it was simply not sustainable to carry on with such losses. The alternative would be another Flybr or Thomas Cook or Debenhams with the entire company collapsing. I found the boycotting quite interesting, most people travelling on ferry services are focused on simply the first available one suitable for their time schedule. Dover/calais and Hull /Rotterdam particularly doesn't realistically have masses of competing suppliers so for all the hot air and outrage on Twitter I suspect that come holiday season most will forgive, forget and be back to status quo. The public are fickle. Seen it all before with the whole 'Boycott Amazon', 'Boycott Tesco', 'Boycott British Airways' 'Boycott Southern Rail'. It's business. Whether we like to admit it or not we average people in the street are just as ruthless and more than happy to exploit whenever it suits us. Edited March 17, 2022 by ECCOnoob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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