Of course they don't want to pack chicken. Who would? Guess what, being a technical manager in the same place isn't exactly cushy, but guess what again, it's what I do for money. I'd rather be Kylies toyboy, but she's not hiring.
You edited/deleted the one that caught my eye...
Anyway, I don’t really have the words right now and I’m likely to ramble, I’m just looking at these posts over a cuppa this morning and my initial thought is the problem has been created over many years by flawed neoliberal policy at both national and EU level. It’s 2021 and my opinion of how workers are exploited is the same as that of my mother who was born in 1933. Things
look different but work out the same in the end...exploitation of workers by business.
I don’t expect a reply from you as you like to report to the forum you ignore me, but might it be true people are considering the whole employment package and industry reputation? We hear a lot about supposed well paid HGV drivers but working conditions are poor. Describe the overall employment package and working conditions. For example, you emphasised people earning £300 overtime on a Saturday. Is that extra work
necessary to pay the bills for the average person? I don’t think people want that in 2021, and why should they? Many have gone to Uni, after all, they are better educated than in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. They want better and why shouldn’t they? This is a rich country, as a society we should be striving to make things better.
So what exactly is involved in packing chickens? Are people on their feet and non-stop for 5 hours, can’t go for a slash, then get a 5 minute break with an aggressive time and motion manager monitoring every move they make, keeping them in fear of their job then another few hours on their feet? This is how it was in a car factory in the 70’s but it’s 2021. What are the normal start and end times? Do people need a car to get to the factory? Can people get a phone call on any random day and are expected to drop their plans and come to work that day immediately? It’s hardly an industry with a great reputation regardless of how your factory may operate.
I would sooner drive a HGV, a bus or many other things that claim they are short of people right now.
I think what is happening is companies are refusing to wake up to the fact they have to offer a decent overall working package, 20-45 year olds nowadays are simply not like those of a generation ago and why should they be?
I doubt this is how the tories and their backers envisaged it but it will be great if the days of cheap labour and piss-taking working conditions have gone. Good riddance. The private sector needs to step up, pay less to executives and managers, attract staff by improving both pay and conditions plus creating a respectful working environment for everyone.
I’m off out with the dog. I am probably barking up the wrong tree, anyway.