Felixstowe Docks in trouble?

agent_orange_2

Spend-it-now wrote: »

I hear on the grapevine that come June (possibly sooner) if things do not improve there will be some 300 hourly paid redundancies.

So you quote 'the grapevine'? Personally speaking, it's better to not repeat such unsubstantiated rumours.

pickles110564

agent_orange wrote: »

So you quote 'the grapevine'? Personally speaking, it's better to not repeat such unsubstantiated rumours.

I can confirm that I have not heard from anybody that there are going to be Hourly Paid redundencies.
I am getting sick and tired of people slagging the PORT of when they have not got a clue and all these made up rumours just scare people for no reason.
Facts are the only thing that should be written about.

mewbie_2

pickles110564 wrote: »

Facts are the only thing that should be written about.

Fact - the port is having some problems despite CDs being bigger than iPods.
Fact - there is a restructuring happening.
Fact - there will be more 'restructuring' in the future.
Fact - restructuring nearly always means lay offs, short time, loss of bonus or position - it's never good news.
Fact - there was going to be a press release, and then there wasn't.
Fact - this sort of mis handling of information will always lead to speculation.
Fact - I suspect there is only one story on the mind of most workers in Felixstowe at present - and that is - what is happening with the port.
Fact - the management will not tell the workers the true story even if they know it themselves.
Fact - if you want the facts - you may as well speculate until its printed in the press.

FungusFighter

pickles110564 wrote: »

I can confirm that I have not heard from anybody that there are going to be Hourly Paid redundencies.
I am getting sick and tired of people slagging the PORT of when they have not got a clue and all these made up rumours just scare people for no reason.
Facts are the only thing that should be written about.

Pckles mate, seems you are always the last to know :beer:

No one's "slagging" anyone or anything off, they just wanna talk about it and guess what mate, you can't stop them!:rotfl:

Now be a good boy and go back to making up fantasy BTL's :rotfl:

Lear_Jet

Surely its not a question of `slagging` the port ?
There are some basic economic facts that people everywhere need to take on board . Some things that WILL happen in Felixstowe are obvious and not scare mongering .

The is a major recession coming .
The economic downturn of this magnitude has not been seen since 1980 .
There will be a million people losing their jobs in the UK this year .

You can hide you head in the sand and hope it doesnt affect Felixstowe or you can face up to reality .

The amount of business moving through the Docks is well down , as i understand it .
The restructuring we know will lead to job losses .
Its highly unlikely that there will be no hourly paid workers layed off .
Companies relying on the Docks will go bust and jobs will be lost .

Because of this people (very sadly) will lose their houses .
People made redundant will struggle to find new jobs in this climate .
Because of this it will be difficult to sell a house , with prices falling and more property on the market .

And yes i am getting depressed writing this , but unfortunately its true .
Felixstowe town and the docks faces a tough few years .

The good news for the lucky ones , is that the recession will end and if the docks are competitive , business will eventually pick up and the economic cycle will turn to the positive .
But i feel very sorry for those who face a very tough time over the next few years .

Face up or pretend all is well in the world . Why would the Docks not be affected by the recession ?? It doesnt make sense .

FungusFighter

Lear_Jet wrote: »

Surely its not a question of `slagging` the port ?
There are some basic economic facts that people everywhere need to take on board . Some things that WILL happen in Felixstowe are obvious and not scare mongering .

The is a major recession coming .
The economic downturn of this magnitude has not been seen since 1980 .
There will be a million people losing their jobs in the UK this year .

You can hide you head in the sand and hope it doesnt affect Felixstowe or you can face up to reality .

The amount of business moving through the Docks is well down , as i understand it .
The restructuring we know will lead to job losses .
Its highly unlikely that there will be no hourly paid workers layed off .
Companies relying on the Docks will go bust and jobs will be lost .

Because of this people (very sadly) will lose their houses .
People made redundant will struggle to find new jobs in this climate .
Because of this it will be difficult to sell a house , with prices falling and more property on the market .

And yes i am getting depressed writing this , but unfortunately its true .
Felixstowe town and the docks faces a tough few years .

The good news for the lucky ones , is that the recession will end and if the docks are competitive , business will eventually pick up and the economic cycle will turn to the positive .
But i feel very sorry for those who face a very tough time over the next few years .

Face up or pretend all is well in the world . Why would the Docks not be affected by the recession ?? It doesnt make sense .

Good points mate, all of em :beer:
Trouble is some people just want to live in denial and get in a strop when reality is forced on them

FungusFighter

Has anyone else noticed that "longtug" has deleted all his posts?

I smell something and it didn't come off no stone neither:j

neverdespairgirl

pickles110564 wrote: »

I can confirm that I have not heard from anybody that there are going to be Hourly Paid redundencies.
I am getting sick and tired of people slagging the PORT of when they have not got a clue and all these made up rumours just scare people for no reason.
Facts are the only thing that should be written about.

Pickles, weren't some of the people writing earlier in this thread right, when they said there were difficulties, and you denied them?

pickles110564

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Pickles, weren't some of the people writing earlier in this thread right, when they said there were difficulties, and you denied them?

Company's restructure to make themselves more fitter to take on thier competitors.
If company's dont they start to struggle and can end up like woolies etc and go out of business, making ALL their employees redundent.
Surely it is important that company's address situations that arise in the global economy straight away so that they are better equiped to face these arwful challenges head on and go from strength to strength.

Generali

pickles110564 wrote: »

Company's restructure to make themselves more fitter to take on thier competitors.
If company's dont they start to struggle and can end up like woolies etc and go out of business, making ALL their employees redundent.
Surely it is important that company's address situations that arise in the global economy straight away so that they are better equiped to face these arwful challenges head on and go from strength to strength.

Preumably in the short term, Felixstowe (and other ports across the world) will be cutting staff as trade volumes are falling quickly.

Longer term, if Felixstowe are as good as I think you've said in the past there will be opportunities for them as less competitive ports go bust leaving the survivors with a larger share of the market and the ability to levy higher fees.