Redundancies Quotes
Yet because the administration has not consulted the agencies it is moving around, the proposal risks creating huge new redundancies and unnecessarily expanding the size of government at a huge cost to taxpayers.
- David Obey
We have no layoff targets and no company-wide numbers. We never announce overall layoffs because we don't plan for them across GE. We leave it up to individual businesses to decide what actions are necessary to meet their objectives. However, it's clear we'll need fewer jobs at GE because of redundancies from the Honeywell acquisition, the Montgomery Ward bankruptcy, modest volume-related reductions and GE's digitization activities.
- Gary Sheffer
Until now we have been able to maintain the direct workforce at the levels that existed at the date of our appointment, to deal with the lower margin, high volume workflows. However, as a consequence of the changed order levels, unfortunately it has now been necessary to make redundancies in the direct workforce.
- Charles King
This week's redundancies also serve as a reminder not to talk up the benefits of a Free Trade Agreement with China. While some will argue the benefits in a FTA for New Zealand agricultural exporters, the effects on the 300,000 workers employed in the manufacturing industries could be devastating.
- Ross Wilson
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