shocking treatment of aa staff

jlrtech

now you can see what your paying for :mad:

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/ojkfkfmhauid/

and they are getting rid of 400 uk patrols , by paying them off with 18k :eek: . if your a aa member just think how it will impact you at the roadside

redped

Where does it mention 400 staff, and 18k pay-offs in your link? Without any links to verify these figures, how do we know you're not making the numbers up?

maninthestreet

The article mentions 12 layoffs, not 400. There is no menton of the redundancy payments.

redped

Why let the facts get in the way of a good story, eh?

hcb42

I worked for AA years ago. Loved it

As for 12 redundancies, well when asked how i would think about my membership (which i have had since 1986) i would say it wouldnt impact me I dont think. Companies have to review staffing levels, perhaps cars are more reliable than they were in 1986. £18K is decent pay off, best part of a years net wages I expect.

gilbert_and_sullivan

If it's true then good luck to the people being laid off, some companies do try to lessen the blow by paying decent redundancy packages.

Maybe people travelling less miles and slower due to recession and fuel costs has resulted in less breakdowns...you seldom see cars broken down on the hard shoulder any more, plenty of accident damaged vehicles though which AA don't deal with.

Hintza

Workers' union SIPTU has sought a meeting with the Automobile Association next week, after 12 staff members at its offices in Cork were laid off by the company yesterday.

Since when was Cork in the UK (about 90 years ago!!)

OP your previous posts suggest you have a vendetta against the AA and dragging up stories from foreign countries is scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Flyboy152

gilbert_and_sullivan wrote: »

If it's true then good luck to the people being laid off, some companies do try to lessen the blow by paying decent reduncany packages.

Maybe people travelling less miles and slower due to recession and fuel costs has resulted in less breakdowns...you seldom see cars broken down on the hard shoulder any more, plenty of accident damaged vehicles though which AA don't deal with.

Or that people are not bothering to spend as much money maintaining their cars any more.

jlrtech

http://www.aapeople.co.uk/forum.html

password to get in is 150 , then you can see the truth . here is a post from there from a patrol .

18K improvement plans etc etc etc


Right guys, this is to everyone not just the guys who are being offered 18k or whatever.

A relative of mine is a clued up HR solicitor, he has been looking closely at the apparent way the company is trying to get rid of lads, ie the personal improvement plans. He gave me this advice for everyone, I know for some it will sound simple but for others the concept is hard....here goes....

Sign on, accept any job you are given with out question! this includes ridiculous drive times and silly jobs, at the end of the day its the AAs diesel. Only question jobs that are obviously wrong ie direct recovery on transit!

Arrive on the job and do your best. If you need to recover, move it as far as possible or to final destination.

Code it honestly and make sure your 124 is filled in with as much detail as you can, this will protect you in the event of claims!!

If you do everything they send you, try your best and state all the things you checked on 124 THEY CANNOT SACK YOU! You are only doing what you have been given. If you do come under fire then get a solicitor yourself!

Hammyman

hcb42 wrote: »

Companies have to review staffing levels, perhaps cars are more reliable than they were in 1986. £18K is decent pay off, best part of a years net wages I expect.

They definitely are. As a lorry driver doing 125k a year, over the last few years of my career it was quite a rare occurrence to see a broken down car. I suspect most of their callouts now are flat batteries or flat tyres.

For the last decade I owned Ford Capris. They'd be well past it at 80k and need a lot of work doing mechanically. I have a MK3 Mondeo that has twice that mileage and everything is working fine.

peter_the_piper

jlrtech wrote: »

http://www.aapeople.co.uk/forum.html

password to get in is 150 , then you can see the truth . here is a post from there from a patrol .

!

Still says its in Ireland doesn't it? Are there any in the UK?