START
MESSAGE:
Snapman
Liecester, United Kingdom
Have just heard that Briggs UK are laying off 60 engineers by X Mas. And Hyster may be laying off in the UK as well engineers and sales staff. Any one heard this or are they just rumours.
REPLIES:
Sort
replies by
Oldest first
Newest first
upliftUK
leicestershire, United Kingdom
do you meen barlow world?kjghkjhkh
Snapman
Liecester, United Kingdom
Hi uplift, yes I mean barlowworld and not Hyster.
LexHarveyRip
West Midlands, United Kingdom
Brigg are on the way out.
danny_k
Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
You say compete with the big boys, but I think you will find that it is the so called big boys that are in the S**t!! Big turnover does not always mean big profit as most of the UK big boys show!
tugmaster
United Kingdom
i'd love to be in lex's pit meetings.it seems like the old mushroom syndrome.
kevin_k
dumfriesshire, United Kingdom
kept in the dark and fed s**t . ha ha . only news you hear is bad news
lindyman
west yorkshire, United Kingdom
yep tis true,60 gone.i no of 2 guys that have gone!
tugmaster
United Kingdom
well thoughts go out to those guys.hope we're ok this year!
STEVEL7500
berkshire, United Kingdom
i use to work for briggs myself and could see the trouble looming back in 2007,when they started doing roadside calls on compressers and the new tailift section,i new then they were in trouble then so it obviously got a lot worse , we had a good team , nice bunch of guys
STEVEL7500
berkshire, United Kingdom
its only because of the holding company sammonds in the states that its still running i think
DAVE160
yorkshire, United Kingdom
Do briggs deal in Taillift now Shaw the new benchmark for quality and
innovation
DAVE160
yorkshire, United Kingdom
Do briggs deal in Taillift now Shaw the new benchmark for quality and
innovation
STEVEL7500
berkshire, United Kingdom
well just before i left we all had to do a compresser course,for the underfloor van type (water board etc )and while we were all on that , the tailift section was being formed about 12 engineers with trucks built to do loler inspection s weight testing and repairs , not long after i got out of it , as no overtime and only basic wage , so went on to do
kevin_k
dumfriesshire, United Kingdom
tail lift as in strapped to the back of a box van . not tailift , dodgy toyota cross breed
RIPLEXHARVEY
staffordshire, United Kingdom
Its a lex harvey throw back mending anything and everything....... believe me i know !!!!!! as briggs are run by the old Lex shower of second rate managers and friends of, it was always going to happen........
STEVEL7500
berkshire, United Kingdom
well you are right of course , the three muskateers head the show ,Garry sykes runs the show with Richard Close and Greg Mulhearn or they were there when i worked for them , obviously not now of course , i m still trying to get back into work currently ,but hey life moves on !
tugmaster
United Kingdom
sounds familliar! looks like we're due for a massive *** kicking from the board room numpties pretty soon!!
LexHarveyRip
West Midlands, United Kingdom
20 WORKSHOP GUY GONE TODAY AND MORE WILL FOLLOW
STEVEL7500
berkshire, United Kingdom
perhaps they could start to park some of the stuff on the hills around the place , it is a crying shame it all has come to this , but its been said before many times the engineer on the ground is the one that makes the whole thing tick , they seemed to dis associate us guys we were never anything other than a tool for them too use ,they never listened to our comments or recomedations to make things move in the right direction , and selling or hiring everthing up short to gain a fraction of a already thin budget , well the writing was on the wall after that !
DISCUSSION FORUMS : Forkliftaction.communicate
My forum profile
Printable version
Forum:
