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BMW To Cut 850 Jobs At Oxford Mini Plant: [Workers Booed and Threw Apples And Oranges At Managers]
London Times ^
| February 16, 2009
Posted on 02/16/2009 10:07:39 AM PST by Steelfish
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:07:39 AM PST
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
"Its a disgrace. I feel as though Ive been used. We should have been given one months notice Why? So they could REALLY trash the place?
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:09:36 AM PST
by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
To: Steelfish
OK, make it an even 1,000 jobs.
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:09:36 AM PST
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(Mr. Bernanke, have you started working on your book about the second GREATER depression?")
To: Steelfish
As if BMS wanted to do this.....(eyes rolling)
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:09:52 AM PST
by
Badeye
(There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
To: Fido969
That was an unprofessional thing to do. They could have given the courtesy 2 week notice.
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:10:29 AM PST
by
DonaldC
To: Steelfish
LOL! If you’re gonna buy a BMW product, buy a real one. :0)
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:10:33 AM PST
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(WELCOME TO THE OBAMANATION!!!!! Markets and Marxists Don't Mix!)
To: Steelfish
I’m sure there were valid reasons for cutting these people, but an hour’s notice is bullsh*t.
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:10:50 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Dissent Is Patriotic!)
To: Steelfish
Apples and oranges? I guess they didn’t get the memo. The chic thing to do these days is to throw your shoes.
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:12:32 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Have You Punched A Democrat Today? - Do it for the children.)
To: Steelfish
I never gave notice to anyone I fired.
It was obvious when I handed them 2 checks in the middle of the week if it was after wednesday or one check between monday and wednesday.
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:12:52 AM PST
by
dalereed
To: Attention Surplus Disorder
OK, make it an even 1,000 jobs. No. When the job cut plan was first drafted, the initial plan was to cut 525 jobs. That didn't save enough, so it was increased to 735 jobs. The final revised version has upped it to 850 positions , which is just the right number.
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:14:31 AM PST
by
libh8er
To: Steelfish
It says they are weekend agency staff. Doesn’t that mean they really work for someone else?
To: Steelfish
Wise to not give the union thugs time to plan sabotage.
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:15:14 AM PST
by
Seruzawa
(Obamalama lied, the republic died.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
The chic thing to do these days is to throw your shoesThey don't wear them in Miss.
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:16:08 AM PST
by
llevrok
(The word "shan't" should be used more.)
To: libh8er
Forgot to mention, at the very infancy of the cost reduction program, BMW wanted to eliminate only 330 mid and lower level manager.
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:17:05 AM PST
by
libh8er
To: libh8er
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:17:35 AM PST
by
libh8er
To: Steelfish
Yes an hour’s notice was bogus...BMW had to known somewhat beforehand that they needed to lay off people.
They probably will bring in Third Worlders next week...
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:17:55 AM PST
by
UCFRoadWarrior
(The Biggest Threat To American Soverignty Is Rampant Economic Anti-Americanism)
To: llevrok
They don't wear them in Miss. Woops. I take that back. This is the UK.
Well, they could have thrown their dentures, but.....
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:18:13 AM PST
by
llevrok
(The word "shan't" should be used more.)
To: Steelfish
...workers then immediately collected up the apples and oranges as they realized it would not be a good time to waste food.....
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:19:15 AM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: reagan_fanatic
but an hours notice is bullsh*t.It seems more like a week's notice, but it's still a tough pill to swallow.
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:20:02 AM PST
by
Petronski
(For the next few years, Gethsemane will not be marginal. We will know that garden. -- Cdl. Stafford)
To: DonaldC
I disagree. I’ve been layed of twice in 40 years. We had heard that layoffs may be coming. The layoffs came on a Friday morning, not notice. Two weeks notice would not have accomplished a thing other than problems in production. If you are going to layoff employees, get it over with and get on with business.
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posted on
02/16/2009 10:21:32 AM PST
by
RC2
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