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VERY BAD DAY AT TOYOTA/BT

HOT OF THE PRESS... JOB LOSSES JUST ANNOUNCED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WHOLE OF THE COMPANY.MEETING WAS CALLED TODAY TO ANNOUNCE REDUNDANCIES.WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT? BUT NOT TOO SURPRISING AS COSTS MUST BE HORRENDOUS.LOOKS LIKE THE INTEGRATION TRUMPETED BY THE TOP BRASS IN 2007 HAS BEEN A BAD MOVE.
  • Posted 4 Mar 2009 01:00
  • Modified 4 Mar 2009 01:04 by poster
  • By sean_d
  • joined 4 Mar'09 - 30 messages
  • uk, United Kingdom
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i agree but its the engineers who bring in income. Hopefully it will pick soon
  • Posted 4 Mar 2009 03:47
  • By DAVE160
  • joined 7 Jun'08 - 147 messages
  • yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Unfortunately unlike the last 3 resessions where the indians were not impacted very much this time round with the dramatic fall off in new orders and casual hire the work for the Indians is disappearing at an alarming rate so they are being hit much harder and at a faster rate.
  • Posted 4 Mar 2009 02:34
  • By veteran
  • joined 8 Jan'09 - 11 messages
  • Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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most large companies are in the same boat. To many chiefs and not enough indians
  • Posted 4 Mar 2009 02:13
  • By DAVE160
  • joined 7 Jun'08 - 147 messages
  • yorkshire, United Kingdom
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According to studies published in the English Journal of Medicine, the impact of daylight savings is revealed by a 24% increase in heart attacks on the Monday following the spring shift forward. When clocks move back in autumn, heart attacks drop by about 21%, suggesting that loss of sleep is an important driver.