Corus to cut jobs
26 January 2009, 10:41 AM
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Agreed, wasn't he the one who for years went on and on about how house prices will not fall and anyone waiting for them to do so is a fool?
26 January 2009, 11:23 AM
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My degree was more or less sponsored by them (British Steel at the time) and we had a tour of Port Talbot. I am yet to find a more sinister and depressing place. Bladerunnertastic.
26 January 2009, 11:43 AM
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26 January 2009, 12:40 PM
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I'm based in Scunny, just round the corner from Corus. Infact I have recently started, and passed, the first stage of application for a modern apprenticeship... at Corus. These for the first time I have seen them, have been advertised publicly on job websites etc. Usually its school/college leavers who these positions are reserved for (or at least that is my previous understanding of it).
The plant here employs about 4,500 staff (used to be 17-18,000 years ago mind). When I take the Mrs to work at approx 6.30 every morning, we drive past Corus. Had news vans/reporters all over today. Unluckily, my fiancee's father's job is at risk as he works in the blast furnaces. He has already had to start faffing about and swapping shifts from Sundays to Fridays etc. as there is so little requirement for production. He's worked there 20+ years so I would assume he has respectable transferable skills and qualities (such as loco driving) which could find him alternative work.
Maybe my understanding is lax in this, but why publicly advertise job vacancies for school/college leavers when the company is making sharp cut backs. In the case of her father, I believe he will find out this a.m./p.m. depending on his shift today.
Doesn't look good, but it didn't deter me from applying. I assume the cutbacks in production wouldn't necessarily affect the area for which I personally have applied too.
The plant here employs about 4,500 staff (used to be 17-18,000 years ago mind). When I take the Mrs to work at approx 6.30 every morning, we drive past Corus. Had news vans/reporters all over today. Unluckily, my fiancee's father's job is at risk as he works in the blast furnaces. He has already had to start faffing about and swapping shifts from Sundays to Fridays etc. as there is so little requirement for production. He's worked there 20+ years so I would assume he has respectable transferable skills and qualities (such as loco driving) which could find him alternative work.
Maybe my understanding is lax in this, but why publicly advertise job vacancies for school/college leavers when the company is making sharp cut backs. In the case of her father, I believe he will find out this a.m./p.m. depending on his shift today.
Doesn't look good, but it didn't deter me from applying. I assume the cutbacks in production wouldn't necessarily affect the area for which I personally have applied too.
Referring to the recruitment of trainees I think they desparately need this. The conference I first went to I was shocked at the average age of the workforce. You have a vast amount of people on 20+ years experience and then there is a huge gap with the rest on 2/3 years at best.
But in this climate I just don't know where they can go as they have such extreme short term views.
26 January 2009, 01:37 PM
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I'm based in Scunny, just round the corner from Corus. Infact I have recently started, and passed, the first stage of application for a modern apprenticeship... at Corus. These for the first time I have seen them, have been advertised publicly on job websites etc. Usually its school/college leavers who these positions are reserved for (or at least that is my previous understanding of it).
The plant here employs about 4,500 staff (used to be 17-18,000 years ago mind). When I take the Mrs to work at approx 6.30 every morning, we drive past Corus. Had news vans/reporters all over today. Unluckily, my fiancee's father's job is at risk as he works in the blast furnaces. He has already had to start faffing about and swapping shifts from Sundays to Fridays etc. as there is so little requirement for production. He's worked there 20+ years so I would assume he has respectable transferable skills and qualities (such as loco driving) which could find him alternative work.
Maybe my understanding is lax in this, but why publicly advertise job vacancies for school/college leavers when the company is making sharp cut backs. In the case of her father, I believe he will find out this a.m./p.m. depending on his shift today.
Doesn't look good, but it didn't deter me from applying. I assume the cutbacks in production wouldn't necessarily affect the area for which I personally have applied too.
The plant here employs about 4,500 staff (used to be 17-18,000 years ago mind). When I take the Mrs to work at approx 6.30 every morning, we drive past Corus. Had news vans/reporters all over today. Unluckily, my fiancee's father's job is at risk as he works in the blast furnaces. He has already had to start faffing about and swapping shifts from Sundays to Fridays etc. as there is so little requirement for production. He's worked there 20+ years so I would assume he has respectable transferable skills and qualities (such as loco driving) which could find him alternative work.
Maybe my understanding is lax in this, but why publicly advertise job vacancies for school/college leavers when the company is making sharp cut backs. In the case of her father, I believe he will find out this a.m./p.m. depending on his shift today.
Doesn't look good, but it didn't deter me from applying. I assume the cutbacks in production wouldn't necessarily affect the area for which I personally have applied too.
So it makes sense to **** them off for more productive, younger members of staff, who take home 3/5th of the pay, and get no final salary pension (thanks new labia).
Sad but true fact, i know i worked at AZ for a few years, and it was rife there!
26 January 2009, 01:40 PM
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My old plant at Wilton, Invista (formerly DuPont nylon) has already been announced as shutting, with the loss of at least 300 jobs. It's been there since the mid 50's... I'm glad I got out when I did, though times aren't exactly great in the oil industry presently either
26 January 2009, 01:44 PM
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Jobs at the Teesside plant are safe apparently... for now, anyway. Corus are trying to sell their 100% stake in it and supposedly have a buyer. I'm sure job cuts will follow at a later date though... Steel stays on Teesside at Corus - Gazette Live
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26 January 2009, 05:40 PM
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I spoke to one of the lads today
The site in Dalzell is closing. Pontradoulais (spelling) half the staff on the Port Talbot site are going an keeping half (Mothballing the site)
There is going to be another big announcement in April about more job losses.
IT/HR are been told to make 20% savings
The site in Dalzell is closing. Pontradoulais (spelling) half the staff on the Port Talbot site are going an keeping half (Mothballing the site)
There is going to be another big announcement in April about more job losses.
IT/HR are been told to make 20% savings
26 January 2009, 06:46 PM
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It's scary. About the only thing we make here that would be next to impossible to import, is the long steel rails as used on Railtrack.
Their length and rigidity makes them almost impossible to ship overseas.........but they could always come in through the channel tunnel
We are now down to one blast furnace from four, only Queen Victoria is still working, the other three Queens are down...........not even mothballed, just shut down, so even if there IS an upturn, they'll need a reline........ NOT cheap.
Their length and rigidity makes them almost impossible to ship overseas.........but they could always come in through the channel tunnel
We are now down to one blast furnace from four, only Queen Victoria is still working, the other three Queens are down...........not even mothballed, just shut down, so even if there IS an upturn, they'll need a reline........
NOT cheap.
27 January 2009, 09:13 AM
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My Dad retired 4 years ago from Corus in Rotherham...but all his friends still work there and my girlfriends dad, they have just cut 750 jobs in Rotherham Corus, it has been coming for a long time...companies prefer to get there steel from China or other countries that produce it alot cheaper.
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