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Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks to axe 1,400 jobs

macaque_2
macaque_2 Posts: 2,439 Forumite
in Debate House Prices & the Economy
Apparantly they are axing their 'Financial Solution Centres'. If it is anything like 'Finanacial Solutions' in other banks this means selling overpriced or worthless financial products to the public. Assuming that is the case, UK PLC are better off without these jobs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17890721
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  • shortchanged_2
    shortchanged_2 Posts: 5,546 Forumite
    Don't be daft. You don't have non jobs in the private sector.
    Why are we here?......................because we are not all there.
  • RUN_RABBIT_RUN
    RUN_RABBIT_RUN Posts: 426 Forumite
    yep, 1,400 more on the welfare bill - great news :T
    'Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.'
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  • macaque_2
    macaque_2 Posts: 2,439 Forumite
    RUN_RABBIT_RUN wrote: »
    yep, 1,400 more on the welfare bill - great news

    The implication of what you are saying is that these people are incapable of holding down a different job. That is neither flattering nor true. Historically, banks have tended to recruit the more capable members of the workforce. The skills of these people would be better employed creating wealth than skimming money from the general public.
  • Loughton_Monkey
    Loughton_Monkey Posts: 8,913 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Hung up my suit!
    RUN_RABBIT_RUN wrote: »
    yep, 1,400 more on the welfare bill - great news :T

    Not quite true.

    They are losing 1,400 jobs between now and 2015. Not quite the same thing as sacking 1,400 people overnight.
  • RUN_RABBIT_RUN
    RUN_RABBIT_RUN Posts: 426 Forumite
    Loughton_Monkey wrote: »
    Not quite true.

    They are losing 1,400 jobs between now and 2015. Not quite the same thing as sacking 1,400 people overnight.

    oh you've ruined it now - i was hoping for mass unemployment and for nasty bankers to be kicked out of their jobs

    i guess i'll just have to scour the internet for another source of economic armageddon :(
    'Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.'
    GALATIANS 6: 7 (KJV)
  • daveyjp
    daveyjp Posts: 13,733 Forumite
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    shortchanged wrote: »
    Don't be daft. You don't have non jobs in the private sector.

    Ecology and Biodiversity Manager. Essential or non job?
  • shortchanged_2
    shortchanged_2 Posts: 5,546 Forumite
    daveyjp wrote: »
    Ecology and Biodiversity Manager. Essential or non job?

    Well if they're in the private sector they must be essential. There's no such thing as wastage in the private sector.
    Why are we here?......................because we are not all there.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    shortchanged wrote: »
    Well if they're in the private sector they must be essential. There's no such thing as wastage in the private sector.

    The difference between the two is that I don't have to pay for private sector waste for the most part whereas I have to pay for public sector waste under threat of imprisonment.
  • shortchanged_2
    shortchanged_2 Posts: 5,546 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    The difference between the two is that I don't have to pay for private sector waste for the most part whereas I have to pay for public sector waste under threat of imprisonment.

    And quite rightly so Gen. ;)
    Why are we here?......................because we are not all there.
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    The difference between the two is that I don't have to pay for private sector waste for the most part whereas I have to pay for public sector waste under threat of imprisonment.


    Not called waste in the private sector it is profit, doesn't really matter though because we still pay for it when we consume something.
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    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
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