mathematics Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, JamesP_81 said: 42 minutes ago, mathematics said: Dad and soon-to-be brother-in-law just got laid off from Wabtec, Kilmarnock. Whole site to shut. Surely an essential employer?! My work's trying to get more trains running for supermarket customers while the capacity on the network is there but have a whole train's worth of wagons lying about in need of new wheel sets before they can go back out. They were claiming they were essential this week when they had everyone in finishing a job. As soon as the job was finished they let everyone go. Edited March 27, 2020 by mathematics 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 minute ago, NewBornBairn said: What? Your dad is going to marry your sister? Same old Ayrshire, never change. Only a webbed-footed bairn could have seen that. I applaud you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: For employers laying off staff now rather than furloughing them, what are the benefits to them of this? Is it an indication of poor cash flow to the point they couldn't survive until the grants are available for them to claim back, or is there something else going on? Hire them back on lower wages and worse terms. As for your point about climate it clearly will have an effect. Air pollution is horrific in lots of major cities and planes not flying also impacts weather. https://edition.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/08/07/contrails.climate/index.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 16 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: yes they absolutely do PML -4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, NewBornBairn said: What? Your dad is going to marry your sister? Same old Ayrshire, never change. Don't you talk about my Brother like that !!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Granny Danger said: The stock market should be suspended. Stock prices at the moment are not a reflection of companies’ value but are a reflection of stock manipulation for profiteering. Mind you since the people doing this are all Torycunts I doubt the government will take action. I'd much rather the markets stayed open, thanks. Volatility is a brokers dream and is probably the only thing that is keeping us in a job right now... 15 minutes ago, WATTOO said: Indeed, anyone who thinks that company's are actually valued on their fundamentals has a rather romantic notion of how the markets work. AIM in particular should be closed down, there's virtually no regulation at all and insider dealing, scams involving brokers, hedgefunds and bod's are rife yet nothing is ever done. They don't call it the wild west for nothing. London, on the whole, is considered a bit of a joke as far as regulation goes. It is very much the Wild West of the markets, and AIM is the OK Corral. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, Gordon EF said: Pretty much. We've just been furloughed at my work. Companies will be applying now and so they may well have to pay April's wages before they get the grant to cover it. if you simply don't have that cash, i can see why some companies are making lay-offs. Could they not at least say "Sorry folks, we haven't the cash to pay you now but you'll get back paid in April when the Government's 80% comes through"? Beats just getting laid off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 11 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: For employers laying off staff now rather than furloughing them, what are the benefits to them of this? Is it an indication of poor cash flow to the point they couldn't survive until the grants are available for them to claim back, or is there something else going on? There could be many businesses who are close to the brink and maybe they've just decided that it's just not worth it, as the Economic climate is unlikely to pick up massively even when this has all blown over. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 minute ago, MixuFixit said: I'm not at it. How is your analogy at all useful? Customer phones up -> Exchange & software to allocate to call -> call goes to person at desk in office. versus: Customer phones up-> exhcnage & software to allocate to call -> call allocated to person's number -> call forwarded to person's home phone. My analogy was to show how a large-scale operation cannot be simply downsized to a cottage industry overnight. A for the technical explanation of how it would work - who'd have guessed it was so easy. it's not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 48 minutes ago, mathematics said: Dad and soon-to-be brother-in-law just got laid off from Wabtec, Kilmarnock. Whole site to shut. Incest thread for this sort of pish... (Bad news.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 hour ago, welshbairn said: Meanwhile Trump's bestie and hopefully infector takes decisive action. I love darwinism 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 55 minutes ago, MONKMAN said: Someone’s investments are clearly taking a hit. That’s already happened. It would have been impractical and wrong to close them right away, companies were going to take a hit and that had to be reflected. However we’re now seeing companies dropping 12% one day then gaining 10% the next; that’s speculation pure and simple. 42 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: At what stage would you re-open them, and what do you think would happen within 5 minutes of said re-opening? Once the thing is over, then there will be a genuine and realistic assessment of a company’s worth. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Just now, Jacksgranda said: Incest thread for this sort of pish... (Bad news.) Too slow, old man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Detournement said: Hire them back on lower wages and worse terms. As for your point about climate it clearly will have an effect. Air pollution is horrific in lots of major cities and planes not flying also impacts weather. https://edition.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/08/07/contrails.climate/index.html That article doesn't say "planes contribute to global warming" It also says there is a possibility they offset it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Romeo said: A self employed person I know has spent years laughing at how they bump the tax man. Now almost in tears because they will hardly get anything under this scheme. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Just now, MixuFixit said: why not? Luckily I have a 7-year old son so I'm used to this type of conversation. So my answer is because not. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Thing that annoys me about call centres is how the telecoms companies allow Bangalore cold caller/scammers to pretend they're phoning from an Inverness area code. Makes call blocking impossible unless you restrict it known numbers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: That article doesn't say "planes contribute to global warming" It also says there is a possibility they offset it. Its 2020. Even the c***s that get paid to lie about climate change have given up. Impressive idiocy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 I've never voted tory and never will. It's got f**k all to do with that right now, but actually this country realising and appreciating the importance of the nhs can only be a good thing going forward (in terms of political funding /decision making). The SNP have to shoulder a large amount of blame here too. Their lack of preparedness will no doubt up the death toll to a level that could have been avoided. But i agree that primarily the tories underfunding and devaluing of the NHS which has been rampantly cheerleaded by the far right supremacist brexiteer im alright jack types are mostly to blame. Whats happened in Scotland is a mixture of tory intent and SNP lack of preparedness. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Just now, Detournement said: Its 2020. Even the c***s that get paid to lie about climate change have given up. Impressive idiocy. Fucking hell mate. All i've done is read an article you told me to read 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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