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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Just wanted to get people's thoughts on this.
Walkers or as i will refer to them from now on wankers crisps today ceased production at their Peterlee plant. The result of this is 400 people out of work in an area where jobs are hard to come by. What a nice Christmas gift from a multinational company. I will no longer be buying any of their products |
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They can't continue to operate somewhere if it's not profitable. They aren't a charity organisation. Yes it's shit timing and that could have been managed better but I'm sure this won't have been an easy decision for them. No one wants to put people out of jobs. |
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over a year ago
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Empathise with the people who have lost their jobs, my department was closed two years ago, but I afraid to say, it's the way of the world.
You say you won't be buying their products anymore, do you shop at Primark, Tesco, Lidl, ASDA basically any shop because they all have the same business practices and push their suppliers to do the same.
Sorry, all want cheaper goods but don't want to see or hear about how it's achieved. |
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over a year ago
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It sucks that they've lost jobs at a bad time, but no business can run at a loss just for the sake of the workers. Multinational or not, it's a business, not a charity that supplies employment. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"My son was one of the workers,they have known about the closure for months. Fortunately he was lucky enough to get a new job as a Postie."
Good to hear he got another job. But its a tough area to get work. I've been doing some digging and apparently Peterlee plant were the most cost effective for producing sensations and extra crunchy a couple of years back |
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"They can't continue to operate somewhere if it's not profitable. They aren't a charity organisation. Yes it's shit timing and that could have been managed better but I'm sure this won't have been an easy decision for them. No one wants to put people out of jobs. "
Actually, they will be quite happy to put people out of jobs if they can increase their profit margin elsewhere.
It's called corporate greed. |
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"They can't continue to operate somewhere if it's not profitable. They aren't a charity organisation. Yes it's shit timing and that could have been managed better but I'm sure this won't have been an easy decision for them. No one wants to put people out of jobs.
Actually, they will be quite happy to put people out of jobs if they can increase their profit margin elsewhere.
It's called corporate greed."
Orincrease margins by moving production abroad... |
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"They can't continue to operate somewhere if it's not profitable. They aren't a charity organisation. Yes it's shit timing and that could have been managed better but I'm sure this won't have been an easy decision for them. No one wants to put people out of jobs.
Actually, they will be quite happy to put people out of jobs if they can increase their profit margin elsewhere.
It's called corporate greed."
One of the ways to keep corporations in line is boycotts.
So fair play to OP for taking a stand, and encouraging others. |
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"Are they still owned by PepsiCo? If so you are going to go without an awful lot of stuff! "
Yeah they are swap pepsi for the real thing, quaker for ready brek job done. oh and how about crisps i may struggle with that, i mean nobody else makes those |
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"Are they still owned by PepsiCo? If so you are going to go without an awful lot of stuff!
Yeah they are swap pepsi for the real thing, quaker for ready brek job done. oh and how about crisps i may struggle with that, i mean nobody else makes those "
by real thing I assume you mean Coca Cola.... hardly a UK based company is it |
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"Are they still owned by PepsiCo? If so you are going to go without an awful lot of stuff!
Yeah they are swap pepsi for the real thing, quaker for ready brek job done. oh and how about crisps i may struggle with that, i mean nobody else makes those
by real thing I assume you mean Coca Cola.... hardly a UK based company is it"
They do have plants in the UK though so supply UK jobs.
OP I think it's great that you feel very strongly about this but I do wonder why this closure? There have been numerous numbers of jobs lost this year across all industry. |
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"Are they still owned by PepsiCo? If so you are going to go without an awful lot of stuff!
Yeah they are swap pepsi for the real thing, quaker for ready brek job done. oh and how about crisps i may struggle with that, i mean nobody else makes those
by real thing I assume you mean Coca Cola.... hardly a UK based company is it
They do have plants in the UK though so supply UK jobs.
OP I think it's great that you feel very strongly about this but I do wonder why this closure? There have been numerous numbers of jobs lost this year across all industry. "
So do walkers too they didn't close the Leicester plant which is the biggest in the world I think. |
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