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Old 04-05-2019, 06:11 PM   #1
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just in case you didn't know, yesterday the remaining mechanics, electricians, fitters, and general non-trades payroll people working in the Ford Product Development team were invited in to HR, and only two thirds of them walked out with jobs.

Thinking of you all guys.
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Old 04-05-2019, 07:02 PM   #2
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This in Geelong?
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Old 04-05-2019, 10:08 PM   #3
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Not good and doesn’t leave others with much to look forward too.
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Old 04-05-2019, 11:20 PM   #4
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damn... you did tip there was more to come.. do you know how many lost jobs this time about?
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Old 05-05-2019, 12:57 PM   #5
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yes Geelong and Lara. Between VSP and CSP it's around 90 jobs :(
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Pretty sure staff was told a while back that this was going to happen
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yes, but suddenly it's here, and it's not the end of it all.
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Well how long was the American car company, who builds cars in Thailand going to continue supporting jobs in Australia?
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Well how long was the American car company, who builds cars in Thailand going to continue supporting jobs in Australia?
Thats it, same with local suppliers, we lost Ford and Holden years ago where I work.

The company I work for, Ford and Holden were forcing cost reductions every year on us, we put all our eggs in one basket with Mitsubishi and we all know how that went in 2008.

Went from 700 people to 39 of us.
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