what a waste of money

[bones]

Can you belive it our new VS workshop opened last November at a cost of £500 000 ,and now we are told its going to close by the end of the year,what a waste of time,money and 23 years of service.

[POSTMAN]

Where do you work,as in what part of RM?

[pyphon]

faverdale-Darlington is set to close too

[axeman]

Have heard that loads are closing we have also been informed we are to ferry the vans for them even on saturday i guess there could well be some grabbers who'd do it but when the later finishes kick in my guess is they will stick two fingers at any sugestion of o/t

[Lounge Lizard]

I've heard all one and two man workshops are closing and quite a few larger ones too. Hasn't anyone heard anything from the CWU on this ?

[bones]

Where do you work,as in what part of RM?

Vehicle services
We were told 50 vs workshop are to close asap, with the loss of jobs, but there is a large increase in vehicles due to the van share scheme that is being intorduced doesnot make sense to me.

[plainpat]

Where do you work,as in what part of RM?

Vehicle services
We were told 50 vs workshop are to close asap, with the loss of jobs, but there is a large increase in vehicles due to the van share scheme that is being intorduced doesnot make sense to me.

New vehicles are likely to be leased rather than owned hence not RM responsibility for maintenence/repair

[DGP1]

Where do you work,as in what part of RM?

Vehicle services
We were told 50 vs workshop are to close asap, with the loss of jobs, but there is a large increase in vehicles due to the van share scheme that is being intorduced doesnot make sense to me.

New vehicles are likely to be leased rather than owned hence not RM responsibility for maintenence/repair

Normal leasing plans don't include maintenence or repair (nor servicing, consumables, tax, insurance and petrol).

[janitor]

Heard a rumour, that they wanted to set up regional hubs for major work, with routine servicing carried out on site by mobile mechanics.

[axeman]

Health and Saftey issues there i'd imagine where do they put any hazardous waste produced on site ? wouldn't they require a ' licence ' for every one who operates as mobile mechanic if they carried it back to base ? Doubt if our do has such a licence to store waste of that nature you see it all to often these days in the local rags that firms have been fined for illegal storage etc.. of waste materials covered by regulations

[bones]

Been working in vehicle repair business since i left school 30 years ago. Believe me your cannot do a proper job laying on your back, outside without the proper equipment.

[DGP1]

Been working in vehicle repair business since i left school 30 years ago. Believe me your cannot do a proper job laying on your back, outside without the proper equipment.

Firstly you could get done for indecent exposure and then there's the weather (which can have am affect on your 'performance').