Sodexho Catering Company Retrenches !

[Michael Alexander]

I heard yesterday that the contracted catering Company, Sodexho, that runs the Central Kitchen and the local mess, including the Flamingo's restaurant, called in about 60 workers, without any negotiations, handed them all a letter informing that with immediate  affect they had been retrenched..... Some of the more senior staff members were shocked and unprepared for this news, having kids at school (OPS) and bills to pay.....

I understand that retrenchment would have to happen, however, there is a right way to inform your workforce, with procedures being followed......

[SandyB]

Too  true ..   the writing must have been on the wall for a while .. so they  could  and  should have  already slowly   shed  excess numbers  not  that thats  pleasant either  but its just  not such a shockwave .. the unfortunate thing is   in order to keep the  core company afloat  this  has to be done ...

[Paula Gottsch (Willson)]

I worked for Sodexho and the contract that one signs with them statted that one's employment with them is subject to change depending on the contract that they get or have with Namded, so if Namdeb was down scaling then they should have started looking elswhere for employment or move knowing that their jobs were on the line.  Glad I moved when I did.  People wake up and smell the coffee, don't wait untill you get booted out and then say    what happened!

[SandyB]

Paula .. sadly so .. so many people sign contracts , barely reading  or getting to  understand them ..  or  choose to ignore ...   harsh fact in life are the realities  that they  sometimes choose to ignore .. my current battle with staff is the Me Me syndrome ..  forgetting the bad times we  survived  and pulled through ..  the good times when we  creamed  it  and got  bonus ..  the times we worked our butts off on low margin work and got no bonus ..  its all market related , and they dont normally think beyond their  immediate situation ..    .. but yes  despite the  contract .. I beleive sodhexo  management  if they were wide awake or at least   to use the  cliche word  that I hate when it comes from the wrong mouths  of  " proactive " would have seen the writing on the wall many months ago and started preparing people for it  vis meetings  talking sharing the companies   difficulties .. ..  we doing it all the time .. it  tends to make it easier than the sudden shock ..  also any new appointments as we doing at the moment shrt term 3 months at a time ..    blah blah .. still not nice or easy on anybody ...

[Gregg]

Glad I moved when I did.  People wake up and smell the coffee, don't wait untill you get booted out and then say  wow what happened!

Sad, but too true.