Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I recently watched a programme about Albert Dock many years ago, when dock workers were being made redundant because of changes to industry practice.

The same thing has now happened with the affected VM employees (but it could and should have been handled a lot better) and will no doubt happen again to other people in the future.

The world of work constantly changes and I do not see that changing anytime soon, in fact it will soon start to change in a faster and more extreme way than, even a few years ago, anybody could possibly have imagined.

No matter what ones personal beliefs are about the subject, in order to stand a chance of remaining relevant in the workplace, employees are going to have to get ever used to more flexible and innovative ways of working. This includes doing more, for less with decreasing resources.

A lot of people will resent this, but, unfortunately, the worst is yet to come as people face the stark choice of rising to the challenge or falling by the wayside (and don't expect/rely on the Government to step in to help- they may not be in a position to be able to).

Sorry to be so despondent, but forewarned is forearmed.