Toshiba relocate factory to poland...

Crabs

fc123 wrote: »

Good for Poland though. They've had a hard 2 decades (minimum) and many of their population with the energy and 'a get up and go' mentality, got up and left.



I wonder which industries he had in mind??? I am struggling to think of any.

I assume you would be of the same opinion should YOUR Job be transferred somewhere else within the EU ?? :rolleyes:

fc123

Crabs wrote: »

I assume you would be of the same opinion should YOUR Job be transferred somewhere else within the EU ?? :rolleyes:

Nope. why? does my post imply that? Just pointing out that it's good for Poland.......obviously it's Bad for Plymouth but I didn't feel the need to repeat that.

I make my own job so don't feel able to comment further on your remark.

neas

If you cold pay smeone half the amount you do. for the same unqualified, no expereince required, low intellect job...

Would you?

No you say? Then you'd go down because your pricesd wouldnt be competitve enough with those using said labour force.

All the staff shouldve done su taken a pay cut to that the polish workers would get paid? No you say? Oh well guess that business.

neas

We enjoy the 600 quid 40 inch flat screens.. they gotta come from somewhere and that somewhere is poland and china :P

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Just for the record Mars was once the biggest privately owned company in the UK.

ruggedtoast

Plymouth is so horrible.

wymondham

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Plymouth is so horrible.

not strictly true, it's got some nice ships!

PasturesNew

wymondham wrote: »

not strictly true, it's got some nice ships!

I see no ships, only hardships...

... I'll get my coat.

StevieJ

neas wrote: »

Wrigleys is now american yeah... it was uk up till they were bought by mars... then they do pants lol....


Originally 5-6 companies were enticed down to plymouth... by uk giving them grants/tax breaks... this was to regenerate the south west.

Main pnes were Britis Aerospace (which is now gone/sold and very small compared to what is was), Becton Dickinson (still there atm), Toshiba, Wrigleys and another company i cant remember now.

Seems itws dminishing... from this area at least.

16 out of 450 doesn't seem a lot, I admit if you are one of the 16 it would seem it.

Up to 16 jobs are to go at the Estover site in Plymouth.
About 450 people are employed at the company's headquarters in its factory and offices. A further 200 are employed in other parts of the UK.

StevieJ

fc123 wrote: »

Nope. why? does my post imply that? Just pointing out that it's good for Poland.......obviously it's Bad for Plymouth but I didn't feel the need to repeat that.

I make my own job so don't feel able to comment further on your remark.

Maybe it is revenge, for when we left them in the lurch and at the mercy of the Ruskies at the end of WW2.