Mercedes cuts 8,500 jobs

[weebobster]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4288818.stm

Hope this is part of the ongoing restructuring process intended to reinstate high quality benchmarks and not the slippery slope of 'stack em high'.

 

[marc777]

Nice Christmas Present.... ..........same as the mother in law got last week (works for Unwins).......

 

[Rory]

The article's from September.

 

[esox]

Nice Christmas Present.... ..........same as the mother in law got last week (works for Unwins).......

Marc,whats happened to Unwins?

My local one has just closed too.

Very handy it was.......

 

[glojo]

I have a very good friend that is being made redundant at Mercedes-Benz UK this coming Thursday...

Merry Christmas or what?

John

 

[mobeyone]

I have a very good friend that is being made redundant at Mercedes-Benz UK this coming Thursday...

Merry Christmas or what?

John

guess who else is being made redundant in march

 

[DITTRICH]

I hate to say this again, but it does seem that one person's job is another W210 owner's rust warrantee claim. Why did they hire all these people in the first place?
Les

 

[kikkthecat]

guess who else is being made redundant in march

That'll be me and you then. And I've got 27 years service in, more than half my life.

 

[C240Sport97]

my local Unwins also "temporarily" closed .... after about 2 months with virtually no stock on the shelves

Marc,whats happened to Unwins?

My local one has just closed too.

Very handy it was.......

 

[C240Sport97]

you should get a decent payoff.

That'll be me and you then. And I've got 27 years service in, more than half my life.

 

[esox]

my local Unwins also "temporarily" closed .... after about 2 months with virtually no stock on the shelves

Same with my local one...
Everytime i went in there was less and less on the shelves.
In the end it looked well sad - but the staff still insisted "oh ,we`re just waiting for more stock to come in.Should be Friday...."

 

[marc777]

Everytime i went in there was less and less on the shelves.

Same with our local ones and the Mother in laws. Last week the takings for a day were £3 - simply nothing there.

The Unwins shops have been included in Commercial property foe sale catalogues recently.

They've seen it coming for a while I think.

Mother in law has 15 years + service and likely to get very little or nothing

 

[mobeyone]

That'll be me and you then. And I've got 27 years service in, more than half my life.

aye, except i will be arguing for 6 years but will probably (lucky) if i get 5!!! and on reduced terms!!