More jobs to go at ,Stobarts.
Stobart Group are to lay off 60 trampers at their Stoke depot.The day/night trunkers are o.k.,for the moment.This is on top of the loses at Goole,Barlborough&Chesterfield.plus the closure of theLeeds Depot.Certainly down sizing.
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Running a pub in this climate,Robert.Pubs up here,are either being demolished or turned into mini markets.A couple of lads i know [ex Stobart] have found new jobs on general haulage.Certainly a sharp drop in earnings.
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Unless they've were on general before joining Stobarts's, it will be a bit of a culture shock too.
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Yes Robert,certainly a culture shock.But they have been round the block a couple of times.Thought they would be there till retirement.[Best laid plans of mice and men]cheers.
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There was to be a gold watch after 25 years (serviced free by the company) and a generous pension that encouraged retirement after thirty years service. It all started to go seriously wrong after 15 years (there had been setbacks, but the maxim had been last in first out, so things had become increasingly 'secure'). The unions renegotiated terms so that the management decided on a 'random' policy for redundancies which encouraged those who could find alternative employment to jump before they might be pushed. At a time when things in the country seemed to be worsening, I was offered a job overseas at what seemed to be a lucrative salary, so I jumped. It gave my young family an experience that broadened their outlook. The lucrative salary was subject to pernicious rates of taxation that reduced it to a 'comfortable' rather than lucrative level, but I enjoyed a period of international travel that, otherwise, I might have (almost certainly) missed. Returning to the UK wasn't without problems - a long period of unemployment followed by two further redundancies and a couple of house moves. I retired without the substantial pension that I would otherwise have enjoyed had I stayed put, but I have downsized such that I can pay my bills each month. |
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2E0BLL.Cheers,i thought they would have been on a better hourly rate than that.But never really discussed the pay side with them.Just discussed how their earnings had dropped.But like you say if they were out 5 nights a week.
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Well what goes round comes round,asset stripper now gets a taste of what he gave other hualiers ,yes i was one of the drivers who used to give STOBART DRIVERS THE FINGER in the early shirt and tie bo----ks.
now, have they any union or do they pay dues just for the job and keep quiet.... spit and polish goes wrong.. get some rope and sheets and learn .not how to iron your shirt..lol |
Deckboypeggy,i have never been a fan of Mr.Stobart & Co.But in this climate it,s sad to hear of any job loses.Cheers.
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In the mid 1960s, one could leave a job on a Friday and start a new one (without prior notice) on the following Monday.
I was able to choose where I worked (and who for). By the time my son was looking for work in the mid 1990s things were different and more difficult for him (as they had been for me in the mid 1980s). It's no fun being out of work, especially when you have a family (and a mortgage) to support. The risk of losing your home is devastating to contemplate. Who knows how much worse things might get in the next few years (mid 2010s) or for how long things might go on getting worse? |
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