City Link collapses, 2700 jobs at risk...

M3G4UK said:
Well to be honest I was wondering how long it would take for this to happen - they've not once delivered/picked up a parcel on the many occasions I've stupidly paid for their services. They've made no effort to keep up with other firms and their customer service is atrocious. It's a shame about the jobs, but the rainforest now has a logistics firm and Yodel was creaking under pressure this year so I'd be hopeful in thinking they might have jobs waiting at their competitors.
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Amazon logistics....... translated to ....... we pay any random to deliver your stuff days after you expect it to arrive. Or that's how it works for me.
 
Whilst I've not personally had the best of experiences with them, it will ultimately mean more pressure on other delivery companies which could go either way.
 
Never had an issue with them in my area. Sucks for those staff and I wonder if the other companies will be a to handle their contracts.
 
glen8 said:
Just found out about this

I'd like to know what's going to happen to my herman miller aeron, which I should be sat on right now :mad:
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I've read it should be available at the depot from/on Monday for you to collect, although don't quote me on it if you go after it, ie ring first :).
 
Spit said:
Not had the best service from City Link but shame about the jobs. Hope they can sort something.

http://news.sky.com/story/1397670/2700-jobs-at-risk-as-city-link-collapses
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Known about this for months, rats have been jumping ship since the beginning of September.

At one point in 2007 or so they would have lost less money if they had just sent the entire work force home on full pay and not moved any parcels at all.

An absolute disaster of a company and a shining example of chasing the bottom end of the market and volume at any cost.
 
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They don't deliver to channel islands so there no loss to me...

But I do feel sorry for all the employees as some maybe out of work for a while as winter & autumn is normally the hardest time to find a new job ..:(
 
firstborn said:
Amazon logistics....... translated to ....... we pay any random to deliver your stuff days after you expect it to arrive. Or that's how it works for me.
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They contract same day companies to put drivers in and pay them a pittance on day rate.

They want 7 day cover, 12 hours a day, monthly drug and drink testing, crb checks, driving license checks, random security checks etc etc.
 
I know of a OcUK competitor that I also use regularly that cancelled City Link last year for DPD due to poor performance. If companies were ditching City Link one by one then no wonder they have gone bust.
 
anything I don't mind said:
That is odd, must be just a very competitive industry as can't see how they couldn't be making money with large contracts and petrol price dropping.
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They were charging £4 a consignment.

Doesn't matter how many million parcels you move, at £4 there isn't any money for anything once operational costs are taken out.

I went into a guy who sent flowers out with them last year, he had them refunding the cost of delivery AND the invoice cost of goods on any damaged parcels.

He was actually in profit using them to the tune of £100 a month or so.
 
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