Redundancy 30 - 40 hard workers HELP!!!

gar32

I am looking for advice as we do not have a Union in work. Part of the business is closing but company doing very well. Seems like people some with 17 year service will be let go. Need any advice to fight their corner. I have 11 years there & due to my education which I finished 17 years ago I may be let go myself. I just have a couple of weeks to try come up with something to save some jobs & people livelihoods.

Many thanks Regards

Gar

positivethinkin

Sh**t man good luck with that!!!

gar32

Looking more like 100 will go now. After meeting with Managment the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsmAMKUIXbE

Comes to mind.

:mad:

danbohan

gar32 wrote: »

Looking more like 100 will go now. After meeting with Managment the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsmAMKUIXbE

Comes to mind.

:mad:

sorry to hear that , makes the waffle coming from mick martin and fianna fail this morning even more stomach churning

gar32

7 Stages feeling now. Not looking forward to anger one speed bump in live but we still can eat good food & enjoy the break.

fat__tony

Sorry to hear that fella. As a matter of interest, why are the bastards making 100 of you redundant when the company is doing well?

gar32

http://www.swp.ie/industry/intel-fight-redundancy-organise-resist-unionise/3590

They say we are not qualified. Level 6 technical diploma needed. Just not enough jobs for us in the end. Automation will replace us all in the end.

Mrs OBumble

Any chance of convincing them to spend the money on getting you qualified instead of redundancy?

gar32

That is a good idea & I will put it too them. Issue is they say the have maxied out the training capability. What was suggested was use the money to train yourself & apply for a job there again.

Thanks for the idea

doolox

I'm sorry to hear about your news and, from what I can gather, the situation regarding qualifications in the Electronics Industry is a difficult one.

I left the company the OP refers to about 3 years ago on voluntary redundancy.

18 years ago I was part of an INVOLUNTARY redundancy plan in a large multinational in Galway, forced to leave the city I love and move for work.
There is a world of difference between voluntary and involuntary redundancy
and I also felt shocked betrayed and angry when forced to leave my Galway employment. When I left my second employment I was sick and tired of the work and environment in the place and felt ready for change.

In the past 3 years I have only managed to get 6 months work in Electronics I am giving up on the sector for good. It may be possible for a younger person to pick up the pieces and re-educate but I would only have about 10 years left to work, hardly enough time to get payback on a 3-4 year degree.
I know how hard you worked.

gar32

Update. Seem it will be more the 100 & as many as 150 let going in a few weeks. Nothing can be done the writing is on the wall. We will just have to join the more then 1/2 million with out jobs. Yes more then they say on the news as people are on Fas courses or many other ways the govenment hide the number of people not working. Do the maths. Just under 2 million with jobs. How many people in the country.

So I will be starting a new tread soon for people looking for new jobs. Information & education is the way to get people back to work.

p.s. Please PM me if you have a job for me

Whippo

With Intel IFO closing down, they tried to save as many positions as possible. There were a number of opportunities and paths available for people to move to F24.
Experienced IFO/SORT equipment technicians with a minimum level 6 technical qualification applied for new positions via interview for a range of positions in F24, be it manufacturing/eng/cs… etc..
Experienced IFO/SORT equipment technicians without a minimum level 6 technical qualification applied for new positions in F24. The successful people have to return to college and obtain a recognized qual at level 6 standard. Intel will pay for this. They must pass the exams, else they will be put on a corrective action plan.
Ops/process techs with a level 6 qualification were also allowed apply for jobs via interview. The successful people have to go on an 18 mth equipment up skilling programme.
The three scenarios above require a signing of updated contract which requires people to travel to either some part of States or Israel or China for a minimum of one year or as Intel see fit. Bear in mind that 1270 or 1272 still has not been announced, so Intel could leave people in another Country for a prolonged period of time.
Then there is the vsp. Intel are looking for 100 people to go. Don’t think they’ll get a sniff of that number.
So the fact that IFO is closing down, the people they do not want are people unwilling to commit or sign to a contract with travel or people without a level 6 qualification and without equipment experience.

doolox

A level 6 Cert would be no use if trying to secure a job from the dole without the experience most IFO people would already have. Such jobs would need a level 7 or 8 degree in order to be considered.

Level 6 should be doable even if the person has been out of education for a long time.

The 18 month stint abroad would , in my opinion, only be doable by single people or people in childless relationships or ones depending heavily on a materially high standard of living, where the alternative: unemployment and poverty for a number of years, might be seen to wreck the relationship.

I have known several people who had to live apart for 1-2 years or more for economic reasons and it is not easy. Equally I have known a hell of a lot more who lost relationships when forced onto the dole, losing their house etc....