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8 walks and 7 people

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Rommagic
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8 walks and 7 people

Post by Rommagic »

Saves 6,500 jobs instead of 11,000 with 4 into 3.
Perseus
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Re: 8 walks and 7 people

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Rommagic wrote:
06 Nov 2025, 17:44
Saves 6,500 jobs instead of 11,000 with 4 into 3.
Wait, are there redundancies?
Rommagic
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Re: 8 walks and 7 people

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Prob few vrs.
Perseus
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Re: 8 walks and 7 people

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Where is this from - tonights CWU meeting?

First time i've seen job losses mentioned if thats the case.
A2B
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Re: 8 walks and 7 people

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VR has been used as a carrot from the start it's compulsory redundancy which is off the cards..... till 2028
Rommagic
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Re: 8 walks and 7 people

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Tonight's meeting.
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Re: 8 walks and 7 people

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With the current staff shortages, people leaving and the inability to attract new employees I think by the time the new ODM is in there will be no requirement for any job cuts.
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Re: 8 walks and 7 people

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And VR will only happen where there is surplus staff so not in any office that I know of
Rommagic
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Re: 8 walks and 7 people

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How would this work with day offs?.
A2B
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Re: 8 walks and 7 people

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Rommagic wrote:
06 Nov 2025, 18:59
How would this work with day offs?.
Your office runs on SA for Saturday so no idea
Mr Rush
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Re: 8 walks and 7 people

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JFC. First it was 3-on-4, then it was 11-on-12, now 7-on-8. I feel like I'm in doing fractions in double period Monday morning maths again.
funkflex55 wrote:
06 Nov 2025, 18:29
With the current staff shortages, people leaving and the inability to attract new employees I think by the time the new ODM is in there will be no requirement for any job cuts.
Same as the announcement of 10,000 job losses in October 2022 and the following VR preference exercise. Everyone clamoured to apply and seemingly no-one got it because 20,000 quit of their own accord in the same time period. Considering all the regulatory fines in each year since, the company should really stop turning the screw so carelessly.
The machine stops.
Rommagic
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Re: 8 walks and 7 people

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A2B wrote:
06 Nov 2025, 19:01
Rommagic wrote:
06 Nov 2025, 18:59
How would this work with day offs?.
Your office runs on SA for Saturday so no idea
Ok
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Re: 8 walks and 7 people

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Rommagic wrote:
06 Nov 2025, 19:06
A2B wrote:
06 Nov 2025, 19:01
Rommagic wrote:
06 Nov 2025, 18:59
How would this work with day offs?.
Your office runs on SA for Saturday so no idea
Ok
I also have no idea how either the RM or CWU proposals are supposed to work
Rommagic
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Re: 8 walks and 7 people

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A2B wrote:
06 Nov 2025, 19:10
Rommagic wrote:
06 Nov 2025, 19:06
A2B wrote:
06 Nov 2025, 19:01
Rommagic wrote:
06 Nov 2025, 18:59
How would this work with day offs?.
Your office runs on SA for Saturday so no idea
Ok
I also have no idea how either the RM or CWU proposals are supposed to work
True.
Perseus
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Re: 8 walks and 7 people

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I doubt it's going to be something as simple as chopping 8 into 7 for instance.
I could pick 4 duties in ours and maybe another 7.
The 4 duties take longer (in man hours) to deliver than the 7.

Easily 2 hours difference from one to the next.