Going proper hardcore with them on YouTube. Just about every ad is the P&O Cruises one.
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Going proper hardcore with them on YouTube. Just about every ad is the P&O Cruises one.
They were always Tui though in the rest of Europe.
.... and did you consider the demographic of the P&O cruise staff - easy money ....
P&O cruise ship staff paid basic salary of 75p an hour
maybe they have reformed since 2012
"Let's not forget the level of take-home pay for our staff, the vast majority of whom come from India. Look at hotels in Goa ....
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Now the government are bringing in legislation forcing all ferry companies operating from UK ports to pay the national minimum wage.
It’s not really a win for the sacked staff, but I’m interested to see how P&O take it if they really are paying below the minimum wage. At least it will put them in a position whereby they might as well employ UK staff.
It’s not really a win for the sacked staff, but I’m interested to see how P&O take it if they really are paying below the minimum wage. At least it will put them in a position whereby they might as well employ UK staff.
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Or the bangladeshi workers will be millionaires when they get back home?
Na, they'll just register elsewhere and operate a vanity route. Remember capitalist society dictates operating in the best interests of the share holders, not human beings.
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They have had years to close the loopholes and choose not to. Typical Tories only now there’s public outrage they choose to do something
If I was P&O I’d now just pull the plug and move out of the UK or dissolve the company. They claim to be losing money anyway so….
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Did anyone do the old Portsmouth to Bilbao booze cruise when it was operational? Me and a few mates from work did it. It was a good laugh. I got so ****** that it was a miracle I didn’t end up somewhere in the bay of biscay
Will also be interesting to see if dfds and stenna are paying similar wages
Except that according to BBC news the union has said that if the 800 workers made redundant were to be re-employed by P & O then they should go back on their original salaries, can’t see P & O going for that.
So a Mexican stand-off by the look of things, I imagine that rather than lose face, Hebblethwaite would rather pay the foreign crews 5p per hour over minimum wage than swallow and take the sacked workers back.
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I think the company is on its knees and will not last. The people should have more accountability when they ruin a large private company like this one.
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Another ferry been detained over safety concerns.
It’s going well for them lol https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60908750
It’s going well for them lol https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60908750
This is already week two of their ships docked so no money moving. Imagine the amount of revenue lost after two weeks.
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Sounds like the 800 folk sacked weren't doing their jobs - you telling me 2 ships are all of a sudden unseaworthy because 800 folk weren't logged in for 48 hours?
Isn't the reason that the new crew have not been able to demonstrate they are familiar with the ships and the saftety procedures?
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Yes, I don’t know what Dlockers is on about
One of the quoted failures was safety documentation. Another was the poor provision of training.