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| James Dyson |
James Dyson is set to do his own version of a Chinese takeaway as he gets ready to move his testing division to the Far East.
Dyson broke the news to employees in Malmesbury this week that it is considering relocating the testing division to China.
Thirty jobs are under threat at the Tetbury Hill headquarters, which plays a crucial role behind the science and engineering of the vacuum cleaners.
The company's multi-millionaire founder Sir James Dyson came under fire in 2002 when he relocated the manufacturing side of the Malmesbury production to Malaysia.
Further jobs were cut in 2004 when part of the customer service department was axed.
The move has sparked fears among other employees in the research and development section, who believe they will all eventually lose their jobs to cheaper foreign labour.
An engineer at the Malmesbury base, who wished to remain anonymous, said: "I feel so bitter I had to do something. I have worked really hard for them and they have kicked us in the teeth.
"A lot of my friends are in that department. That's the worst thing. It's losing the people you work with.
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| Fears are growing for the future of James Dyson's Malmesbury factory |
"They called them in on Monday and said that the department was no longer viable. They have all been given gardening leave until they decide what to do.
"Some have been offered the chance to work in China but that's hardly an easy relocation, especially if you have families.
"It is just so hypocritical especially with all the emphasis on British design and what with him building that engineering school in Bath."
A spokesman for Dyson said it was still just a proposal: "Malmesbury is our growing ideas and engineering base. Our engineers and scientists research new technologies and invent here.
"For the past five years production preparation and support has increasingly happened close to production in the Far East. This proposal reflects that model."
Chamber of Commerce chairman Alan Woodward said: "Obviously it's not good news for those involved but I suppose they know their market.
"If it's going to go into hundreds of people it will be a major concern. It makes you wonder if recession is biting in the UK now."
However the disgruntled employee added: "They have been mimicking our departments in Malaysia. A lot of the technicians here are worried because their jobs are probably going to go there ."
10:19am Thursday 1st May 2008
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CommentPosted by: moonraker1, chippenham on 2:09pm Thu 1 May 08
[quote]An engineer at the Malmesbury base, who wished to remain anonymous[/quote]
I wonder why Dyson employees always wish to remain anonymous. very strange.
anyone want to guess why ?
An engineer at the Malmesbury base, who wished to remain anonymous
I wonder why Dyson employees always wish to remain anonymous. very strange.
anyone want to guess why ?
Posted by: The Maxter, Chippenham on 2:24pm Thu 1 May 08
Well I'm anonymous on here... Anyway, the real problem with modern business relations, is lack of employee representation. Hence the individuals are forced into anonymous protestations, in fear of their jobs.
JD has made great steps into peoples houses, but not into our hearts, he is a user of Victorian industrial proportions, who's methods would sit comfortably alongside poor sanitation and workhouses.
The weak get crushed, while the strong grow stronger!
Well I'm anonymous on here... Anyway, the real problem with modern business relations, is lack of employee representation. Hence the individuals are forced into anonymous protestations, in fear of their jobs.
JD has made great steps into peoples houses, but not into our hearts, he is a user of Victorian industrial proportions, who's methods would sit comfortably alongside poor sanitation and workhouses.
The weak get crushed, while the strong grow stronger!
Posted by: who dat? on 8:50pm Thu 1 May 08
Got a knighthood the last time he sacked shed-loads!
This time I can feel a peerage coming on!
No doubt for encouraging Anglo -Sino relations!
Got a knighthood the last time he sacked shed-loads!
This time I can feel a peerage coming on!
No doubt for encouraging Anglo -Sino relations!
Posted by: spooks, calne on 11:37am Fri 2 May 08
At the end of the day the guy is a buisness man.If he can make more money abroad he will.He is not to blame ,if anyone its the goverment.
Good on him.
www.calnetalk.com
At the end of the day the guy is a buisness man.If he can make more money abroad he will.He is not to blame ,if anyone its the goverment.
Good on him.
www.calnetalk.com
Posted by: The Maxter, Chippenham on 2:43pm Fri 2 May 08
The paradox is, that while ordinary people protest at Chinas human rights, business queue up to move there to increase their margins, and we all run down the shops and buy the cheap goods! Welcome to the global economy, and your new job in a supermarket.
The paradox is, that while ordinary people protest at Chinas human rights, business queue up to move there to increase their margins, and we all run down the shops and buy the cheap goods! Welcome to the global economy, and your new job in a supermarket.
Posted by: donteventhinkit, Corsham on 12:43pm Sat 3 May 08
[quote][bold]The Maxter[/bold] wrote:
The paradox is, that while ordinary people protest at Chinas human rights, business queue up to move there to increase their margins, and we all run down the shops and buy the cheap goods! Welcome to the global economy, and your new job in a supermarket.[/quote] absolutely agree at the end of the day its way to costly to manufacture goods here what with rising costs of just about everything and of course the minimum wage which is ever increasing and so to make money you need to cut costs which means moving to a country where everything can be done for the equivalant of 10p a unit so we can pay £300 a unit once its been shipped back here. So who's the real mug us or him?
The Maxter wrote:
The paradox is, that while ordinary people protest at Chinas human rights, business queue up to move there to increase their margins, and we all run down the shops and buy the cheap goods! Welcome to the global economy, and your new job in a supermarket.
absolutely agree at the end of the day its way to costly to manufacture goods here what with rising costs of just about everything and of course the minimum wage which is ever increasing and so to make money you need to cut costs which means moving to a country where everything can be done for the equivalant of 10p a unit so we can pay £300 a unit once its been shipped back here. So who's the real mug us or him?
Posted by: Marley, chippenham on 5:46pm Sun 4 May 08
Maybe if the town council had not been so narrowminded about the expansion ideas and the sports facility that was proposed by dyson he may have been more loyal to Malmesbury in his buisness decision. I would love to know how much the backhander was for putting all those houses up so fast over Filands !
Maybe if the town council had not been so narrowminded about the expansion ideas and the sports facility that was proposed by dyson he may have been more loyal to Malmesbury in his buisness decision. I would love to know how much the backhander was for putting all those houses up so fast over Filands !
Posted by: old jarge, beanacre on 6:24am Fri 9 May 08
Better get used to it. We don't make anything any more. When I were a nipper there were car factories everywhere - Morris, Humber, Riley, Wolseley - dozens of em, all gone. Time were when half the world's ships came from the Clyde and Belfast. Now its Korea. Don't envy kids trying to find a decent job.
Better get used to it. We don't make anything any more. When I were a nipper there were car factories everywhere - Morris, Humber, Riley, Wolseley - dozens of em, all gone. Time were when half the world's ships came from the Clyde and Belfast. Now its Korea. Don't envy kids trying to find a decent job.
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