The site is closing down but it was good until this was announced - Anonymous employee Weir Group Employee Review

2.0
Feb 25, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The pay was above average and you were working with some good lads who looked after each other and made a pretty grim job bearable.

Cons

In January it was announced that the site will close in December this year. Since this announcement, the lack of respect for the staff that have given this business its reputation in the market and consistanlty delivered for both the business and it's customers is shameful. The site was being told to grow and expand until December last year, only for them to announce the shut down in January this year because we had too much capacity. There were new CNC machines delivered in December We have consistantly hit every KPI and continue to meet the demands asked of us. Since the announcement was made the lack of respect from those who are representing Weir is disgraceful. There are lads here, some of whom have worked for them for over 25 years, that have just been told they will be made redundant by the end of the year and they haven't even got the respect to turn up to meetings during the consultation period "because they are busy" This is obviously a very turbulent time for the business but an hour out of your day, for a meeting that was planned well in advance, to discuss the future of the staff who are about to lose their livelihood despite consistantly achieving what was asked of them is a rather small ask. The retention package we were initially offered to stay and continue production until its inevitable closure was comical and the redundancy package that was initially proposed only added further insult to injury. It takes a certain type of person to work in a foundry. Its hard physical work in hot and unpleasant conditions and there are lads here who have done it for over 25 years only to be sent packing with peanuts for it

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