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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Lizzie_Zoom on 25 June 2009, 17:24:33
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Hardly surprisingly with the further vast reduction in the demand for steel, Corus is cutting a further 2,000 jobs:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8118584.stm
What a shadow of its great days, but times really have changed globally. :( :( :(
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Have Corus got anywhere left to shut?
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Have Corus got anywhere left to shut?
Good question, but apparently they do:
http://www.corusgroup.com/en/company/about_corus/
;)
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When i was fabricating our buyer would source the cheapest steel possible. We would take delivery of profile from India, Russia & a few other places. The qaulity was SHIT & REALLY SO.
When we took a delivery of steel from British Steel as it was known then, it was a very high standard of quality. It cut smoother, welded better & was a good deal stonger too. Hence "YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR"
I buy my own tools for work & when ever i can i always buy Britool. It's qaulity stuff at a decent price. I never buy Draper or any of these Chinese, Indian tat.
You know when you have quality :y :y :y :y
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When i was fabricating our buyer would source the cheapest steel possible. We would take delivery of profile from India, Russia & a few other places. The qaulity was SHIT & REALLY SO.
When we took a delivery of steel from British Steel as it was known then, it was a very high standard of quality. It cut smoother, welded better & was a good deal stonger too. Hence "YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR"
I buy my own tools for work & when ever i can i always buy Britool. It's qaulity stuff at a decent price. I never buy Draper or any of these Chinese, Indian tat.
You know when you have quality :y :y :y :y
Yes, that is one of the reasons, quite apart from a vast reduction in shipbuilding, motor car production and construction, why British steel production has declined form 27,006,000 tons in 1965 to just 11,700,000 tons in 2002!! ::) ::) :( :( :(
It was 16,293,000 tons in 1950 in austerity Britain, so we are even below that figure now :'( :'( :'(
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i know i work there ! >:( >:(
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i know i work there ! >:( >:(
:'( :'(
Oh dear Mark, very sorry to hear that! :'( :'(
Is your job safe? :-/
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i know i work there ! >:( >:(
:'( :'(
Oh dear Mark, very sorry to hear that! :'( :'(
Is your job safe? :-/
at the min yea its supposed to be white collar workers :(
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i know i work there ! >:( >:(
:'( :'(
Oh dear Mark, very sorry to hear that! :'( :'(
Is your job safe? :-/
at the min yea its supposed to be white collar workers :(
Well I wish you all the best Mark! ;) ;)
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It's terrible that those who actually produce something lose their jobs especially when, in the bloated Alice-in-Wonderland world of the public sector, they are still hiring people at £119k per year who have "cross-functional experience" and play a "key role in ensuring the effective integration of national, regional and local drivers"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5627849/119000-council-job-advert-attacked-for-being-written-in-gobbledegook-and-waffle.html
Oh yes, the lucky person to get the post will not do anything useful like making steel, no they will make sure "That the diversity of Kirklees is understood by all in the organisation; is valued as a strength but a strength that challenges us to respond to its complex implications; and is reflected in the career structures within the organisation."
Kirklees Council again. (I seem to recall mentioning them a short while ago - can't remember in what context though).
What a country. >:(
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hope it works out OK for you Mark
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cheers lizzie and dave :y
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The ideal candidate must have "cross-functional experience" and play a "key role in ensuring the effective integration of national, regional and local drivers", the Kirklees Council advert states.
I am pretty much up on these things but I have never heard those phrases. Perhaps if I understood what it meant I might have applied. Mind, not sure I would want to drop my salary that much........ :D :D :D
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The ideal candidate must have "cross-functional experience" and play a "key role in ensuring the effective integration of national, regional and local drivers", the Kirklees Council advert states.
I am pretty much up on these things but I have never heard those phrases. Perhaps if I understood what it meant I might have applied. Mind, not sure I would want to drop my salary that much........ :D :D :D
Sounds like somebody in Human Remains is playing w**k word bingo with the job descriptions. ;D ;D
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The ideal candidate must have "cross-functional experience" and play a "key role in ensuring the effective integration of national, regional and local drivers", the Kirklees Council advert states.
I am pretty much up on these things but I have never heard those phrases. Perhaps if I understood what it meant I might have applied. Mind, not sure I would want to drop my salary that much........ :D :D :D
It usually means that as a manager you are capable and experienced of operating in a multi-functional capacity throughout the various departments and specialist sectors of your company. You also have the ability to motivate, train and manage your team to achieve performance targets, with a driven passion for results. That was a daily mantra for my managerial life, and still would be!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) :D :D ;)
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The ideal candidate must have "cross-functional experience" and play a "key role in ensuring the effective integration of national, regional and local drivers", the Kirklees Council advert states.
I am pretty much up on these things but I have never heard those phrases. Perhaps if I understood what it meant I might have applied. Mind, not sure I would want to drop my salary that much........ :D :D :D
It usually means that as a manager you are capable and experienced of operating in a multi-functional capacity throughout the various departments and specialist sectors of your company. You also have the ability to motivate, train and manage your team to achieve performance targets, with a driven passion for results. That was a daily mantra for my managerial life, and still would be!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) :D :D ;)
i.e, in English, you should be a good manager. 8-) ::)
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The ideal candidate must have "cross-functional experience" and play a "key role in ensuring the effective integration of national, regional and local drivers", the Kirklees Council advert states.
I am pretty much up on these things but I have never heard those phrases. Perhaps if I understood what it meant I might have applied. Mind, not sure I would want to drop my salary that much........ :D :D :D
It usually means that as a manager you are capable and experienced of operating in a multi-functional capacity throughout the various departments and specialist sectors of your company. You also have the ability to motivate, train and manage your team to achieve performance targets, with a driven passion for results. That was a daily mantra for my managerial life, and still would be!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) :D :D ;)
Going to use that in my appraisal next week....... :y :y :y
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Just emailed it to work so that I do not forget it..... ::) ::) ::)
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Just emailed it to work so that I do not forget it..... ::) ::) ::)
;D ;D ;D ;D :y :y
That is what comes of 30 years in management, 5 years at board level as part of a multi-international company. You have to be able to read and write the managerial bullshit as and when necessary to stop yourself sliding down the greasy pole!! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;)
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Just emailed it to work so that I do not forget it..... ::) ::) ::)
;D ;D ;D ;D :y :y
That is what comes of 30 years in management, 5 years at board level as part of a multi-international company. You have to be able to read and write the managerial bullshit as and when necessary to stop yourself sliding down the greasy pole!! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;)
I am not a manager, but believe me, in my role I am well able to use / write the appropriate bull than enables me to say an a dozen 'posh' words what could be said in a few ordinary words. Something I am not happy with and, within my role, trying to simplify...... :y
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Despite the company I worked for making £1.8 million profit a month, which was 30% lower than plan, they decided to make me and 44 other people redundant.
Because I have saved money for my kids to go to university, I'm apparently not entitled to much in the way of benefits until I've spent it, but apparently If I spend it on paying off the mortgage that will be treated as benefit fraud, so I have to spend it all on living, at which point I'll be entitled to benefits and they might just pay the interest on my mortgage (which I could actually pay off!!).
Anyway I digress, here's my details
http://www.linkedin.com/in/markjacksonasconaattitude
If you know anyone that wants someone for a 1 month contract or more doing Lean or six sigma or supplier development.
Damm I came to omega owners dot com to buy an omega - still might if I can find a good one as that is allowed by d-SS rules, not to complain about my problems :o
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Despite the company I worked for making £1.8 million profit a month, which was 30% lower than plan, they decided to make me and 44 other people redundant.
Because I have saved money for my kids to go to university, I'm apparently not entitled to much in the way of benefits until I've spent it, but apparently If I spend it on paying off the mortgage that will be treated as benefit fraud, so I have to spend it all on living, at which point I'll be entitled to benefits and they might just pay the interest on my mortgage (which I could actually pay off!!).
Anyway I digress, here's my details
http://www.linkedin.com/in/markjacksonasconaattitude
If you know anyone that wants someone for a 1 month contract or more doing Lean or six sigma or supplier development.
Damm I came to omega owners dot com to buy an omega - still might if I can find a good one as that is allowed by d-SS rules, not to complain about my problems :o
All the best with your job hunt!! :y :y :y
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Despite the company I worked for making £1.8 million profit a month, which was 30% lower than plan, they decided to make me and 44 other people redundant.
Because I have saved money for my kids to go to university, I'm apparently not entitled to much in the way of benefits until I've spent it, but apparently If I spend it on paying off the mortgage that will be treated as benefit fraud, so I have to spend it all on living, at which point I'll be entitled to benefits and they might just pay the interest on my mortgage (which I could actually pay off!!).
Anyway I digress, here's my details
http://www.linkedin.com/in/markjacksonasconaattitude
If you know anyone that wants someone for a 1 month contract or more doing Lean or six sigma or supplier development.
Damm I came to omega owners dot com to buy an omega - still might if I can find a good one as that is allowed by d-SS rules, not to complain about my problems :o
All the best with your job hunt!! :y :y :y
You must have sent me vibes !!! I had to go to work and hand their laptop back and 'hand-over' after 3 weeks garden leave. Took about an hour. Got a call on the way home and WOOOOOOWHOOOOOOO! I've got a job. 100 miles from home, 50 week contract. Yesterday we are working out how to pay for 2 new tyres and today I'm looking for B&B in a town miles away and investigating forming a limited company.
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Despite the company I worked for making £1.8 million profit a month, which was 30% lower than plan, they decided to make me and 44 other people redundant.
Because I have saved money for my kids to go to university, I'm apparently not entitled to much in the way of benefits until I've spent it, but apparently If I spend it on paying off the mortgage that will be treated as benefit fraud, so I have to spend it all on living, at which point I'll be entitled to benefits and they might just pay the interest on my mortgage (which I could actually pay off!!).
Anyway I digress, here's my details
http://www.linkedin.com/in/markjacksonasconaattitude
If you know anyone that wants someone for a 1 month contract or more doing Lean or six sigma or supplier development.
Damm I came to omega owners dot com to buy an omega - still might if I can find a good one as that is allowed by d-SS rules, not to complain about my problems :o
All the best with your job hunt!! :y :y :y
You must have sent me vibes !!! I had to go to work and hand their laptop back and 'hand-over' after 3 weeks garden leave. Took about an hour. Got a call on the way home and WOOOOOOWHOOOOOOO! I've got a job. 100 miles from home, 50 week contract. Yesterday we are working out how to pay for 2 new tyres and today I'm looking for B&B in a town miles away and investigating forming a limited company.
That is brilliant news AB! 8-) 8-) :y :y :y None of us know what is around the next corner of life's journey, and things often work out cool in the end as they have for you! :-* :-* :D :D :D ;)
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It's terrible that those who actually produce something lose their jobs especially when, in the bloated Alice-in-Wonderland world of the public sector, they are still hiring people at £119k per year who have "cross-functional experience" and play a "key role in ensuring the effective integration of national, regional and local drivers"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5627849/119000-council-job-advert-attacked-for-being-written-in-gobbledegook-and-waffle.html
Oh yes, the lucky person to get the post will not do anything useful like making steel, no they will make sure "That the diversity of Kirklees is understood by all in the organisation; is valued as a strength but a strength that challenges us to respond to its complex implications; and is reflected in the career structures within the organisation."
Kirklees Council again. (I seem to recall mentioning them a short while ago - can't remember in what context though).
What a country. >:(
It is a sure sign of the poor poor state of this country and why we got in this mess in the first place.
Somebody really has to do some work and make something to sell to make any money, you can't just sell money to make money >:( services industry is nearly as bad, we can't all look after the money someone has to make it!!!
prime example: the largest employer in my home county (Herefordshire) is the bloody council and they're a bunch of lazy tossers >:(
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I hope you filled the laptop with viruses
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I hope you filled the laptop with viruses
No but the dvd drive stopped working about a week ago.