They should have gone for the extended guarantee when they took the job...
Dixons tells HQ workers: Yes, that IS a creaky trapdoor you hear. You're at risk of redundo
Dixons has unlocked but not yet opened a trapdoor underneath at least 100 bods at its Hemel Hempstead HQ. The retail biz today kicked off a 45-day redundancy consultation with headquarters staff. This comes ahead of a £3.7bn merger with Carphone Warehouse (CPW), first mooted in February, but Dixons insisted the head office …
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Monday 12th May 2014 12:05 GMT Anonymous Coward 101
Re: Consult?
"Why do they insist on calling it 'consultation' ?"
Legally they have to 'consult' with staff for a period of time before doing redundancies, presumably so that staff can suggest different working arrangements instead of redundancy. However, the redundancies are a fait accompli, and the period of consultation merely acts as a brief stay of execution.
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Monday 12th May 2014 12:25 GMT auburnman
Re: Consult?
The bright side is those in the 'consultancy' have the right to time off for jobhunting & interviews etc. But it is pretty much a tick-box exercise on the company's part. Even if the employee came up with a really good solution that would save jobs, I doubt management & HR would go for it as this would mean admitting being wrong.
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Monday 12th May 2014 22:46 GMT Sir Barry
When I worked there until 2006 there was circa 2,000 bods employed across 3 buildings, they must have shed a load of jobs under the table.
If Carphone Warehouse has a HQ in the same town then I apologise, just let the 500 go, poor buggers.
Anyhoos, DSGi are well known for their *shortsightedness when it comes to cost cutting, just make a few more jobs redundant, save some cash, the chief exec gets a bonus and then moves on when the brown stuff hits the ceiling whirligig...
*Yup, I got hit with redundancy and after the second time just walked.