P & O Ferries

Diddums said:
Where'd this rumour come from?
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''Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) general secretary Mick Lynch said there is "growing speculation that the company are today planning to sack hundreds of UK seafarers and replace them with foreign labour".

He added: "We have instructed our members to remain onboard and are demanding our members across P&O's UK operations are protected, and that the Secretary of State intervenes to save UK seafarers from the dole queue."
 
Is this where you get rid if all your decently paid skilled staff and bring in a load of min wage agency staff to run the ship?
 
Haggisman said:
Have to say i'm not surprised theyre struggling given the prices. We were looking to go over to ireland in the summer and it was £400+ return for 2 adults + 2 kids in a car, compared to £200 for flights.
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Problem with flying is you then have to hire a car at the other end.
 
Haggisman said:
True, but even with that taken into account, the cost is around the same, and it's a 1hr flight from an airport 10 minutes drive away vs a 6 hr crossing with a 2hr drive to the port and back
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We looked in to it in 2020 as we had a two week trip booked for Ireland and with flying and hiring a car for 14 days it was hugely more expensive than just taking our own.
 
Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Yeah its pretty much practice now when you offer enhanced redundancy its conditional on signing a contract / NDA (hybrid compared to what we would historically think) that specifically excludes comments on details of the agreement and also later suing the company for failure to follow unemployment law or unfair dismissal etc
As such you need to see a solicitor (company will pay something like £350) so that your solicitor can advise whether you should or shouldn't sign.

I tend to find myself thinking its a good thing generally. I would much rather walk out with an enhanced package, cut my losses and accept it than fighting and losing anyway, walking out with more money will always be better than statutory.
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Well, it sucks, but realistically I doubt they are going to be getting their jobs back, so the 'sensible' course of action would probably be to take the money and move on. P & O has rightly suffered huge reputational damage though.
 
I wonder if there's a way the gov can get back the £10 million in furlough payments.
P & O must have been planning this for months.
 
muon said:
Right...

Not the fault of people who don't know what they are talking about.
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Without a doubt I would have considered them the same company. They probably need to look at that really considering the fall out from this.
 
P & O saying they didn't do a consultation because it would have been pointless, not sure they will get away with that one.
 
thenewoc said:
Usually whatever the British option is. Obviously there isn't one with some things like TV's. Other things such as food, then a UK grown item if possible. Trainers, check out Walsh. Toaster is Dualit.
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Still driving an Austin Montego?
 
dLockers said:
And? He doesn't run a charity, he runs a business. The global model for seafaring is get dirt cheap folk. How can he be competitive if he is the only one paying entitled Brits mega salaries? :confused:
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Do you consider yourself an 'entitled Brit' and would you be happy on £5,50 an hour?

The CEO and the company are a disgrace and should be crucified.
 
dLockers said:
They aren't working in the UK market. They are working on a ship that goes country to country. They'll get full board/fed/watered. They'll then get paid to return to wherever they came from.

The Brits do it to seek high salaries on mega yachts.


The severance packages they got were enormous indicating inflated salaries. They were paid for every hour they were simply present - whether they were working or not. Most of the seafaring world moved away from this model decades ago because paying people to do nothing isn't a good model.
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Are you on more or less than their salary, and if so do you feel jealous or just want them to be on less than you?
P & O worker £36000 a year
P & O ceo £325000 a year.
And it's the workers that are 'entitled Brits'

What is it with this race to the bottom that Brits love so much.
 
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