VM to shut 4 call centres - Page 2

1andrew1 · 03-05-2018, 20:15

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Originally Posted by denphone

Indeed sad news for those affected Mr K.

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Terrible news - so many jobs lost in a deprived part of the country. I wish everyone concerned the best of luck for the future.

richard s · 03-05-2018, 20:26

Outsourcing jobs abroad for cheap labor should be banned full stop. Put the people of this so called Great Britain first.

RichardCoulter · 03-05-2018, 20:31

Totally agree.

03-05-2018, 21:14

Perhaps it's time our government looked at punitive measures for companies that outsource jobs that can be more then adequately done by workers in this country when the company outsourcing has primary revenue from this country. It's time quality became a normal consideration again rather then constantly chasing the bottom line happily screwing over workers in this country. Nothing against workers in other countries I've found them very polite but accents both mine and theirs can be very hard to overcome at times.

Arthurgray50@blu · 03-05-2018, 23:34

All this does is move everything abroad. Prices will go up. And we will end up paying for it.

RichardCoulter · 03-05-2018, 23:37

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing

Perhaps it's time our government looked at punitive measures for companies that outsource jobs that can be more then adequately done by workers in this country when the company outsourcing has primary revenue from this country. It's time quality became a normal consideration again rather then constantly chasing the bottom line happily screwing over workers in this country. Nothing against workers in other countries I've found them very polite but accents both mine and theirs can be very hard to overcome at times.

Yes, i've often thought that there should be a rule like that.

Doubt it would ever happen under this Government though as it would be regarded as going against the free market economy and their quest to deregulate wherever they can.

When these companies aren't finding tax loopholes they are doing this sort of thing, then it's claimed that there isn't enough money for public services.

1andrew1 · 04-05-2018, 00:19

The headline in today's FT is "BT set to reveal plans for thousands of job cuts"

heero_yuy · 04-05-2018, 11:21

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Quote from The Sun:

BT is set to reveal plans to cut thousands of job next Thursday to try and save £500million over the next three years.

The telephone communication company could cut 6,600 jobs worldwide after it announces its yearly results next week, according to The Financial Times .

Analysts told the FT that they expect BT to make redundancies across the company's 106,000-strong workforce.

Around 80,000 people work for the company in the UK so it is possible these cuts may affect employees at home as well as internationally.

The FT is reporting that if BT follows through with the redundancies it would be the largest round of job cuts in almost a decade.

It already cut 30,000 jobs in 2008 and 2009 due to problems with the company's international business.

FT sister paper.

I think as AI advances we'll be seeing more of these jobs get deleted as the bots take over.

RichardCoulter · 04-05-2018, 15:45

Absolutely. There won't be enough jobs for people as it is, let alone any immigrants.

This is why I think we need to curb immigration and any that are allowed in to fill skill shortage jobs should only be given a temporary right to stay. When automation really gets going we can then start to get rid of any that are no longer required.

Gavin-D · 10-05-2018, 08:41

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BT is to cut 13,000 jobs over three years, about 12% of its workforce, as it seeks to slim down its management and back-office roles.

The telecoms giant said that the job cuts and other measures would help it to reduce costs by £1.5bn.

It added that it would be hiring about 6,000 employees to "support network deployment and customer service".

A third of the job reductions will come from outside the UK in its Global Services division.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44065422

ianch99 · 10-05-2018, 23:33

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Absolutely. There won't be enough jobs for people as it is, let alone any immigrants.

This is why I think we need to curb immigration and any that are allowed in to fill skill shortage jobs should only be given a temporary right to stay. When automation really gets going we can then start to get rid of any that are no longer required.

Bit harsh I feel ...

Sad how easily we get from VM cutting call centres to getting rid of unwanted immigrants.

RichardCoulter · 11-05-2018, 00:28

The two are intertwined and will become ever more so in the future as automation takes hold.

Sephiroth · 11-05-2018, 20:23

I'd prefer to see the term "illegal immigrants" used rather than "unwanted immigrants".

Carth · 11-05-2018, 22:05

You can never have too many highly skilled flower pickers

Sephiroth · 11-05-2018, 22:16

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Originally Posted by Carth

You can never have too many highly skilled flower pickers

That is a somewhat asinine comment. If we need people to pick vegetables, fruit and flowers (inter-compatible skills), then those workers are useful to the economy. I'd rather they were here doing that then somewhere else while our produce rots.

Turning your remark on its head, though, you can never have too many rubbishly skilled offshore support agents.