Can anyone explain why we are cutting our back room staff now? The furlough scheme doesn’t end until October.
Are we becoming like British Airways and some of the other big businesses that pretend to care about its employees but in reality couldn’t give a toss?
I genuinely don’t understand why this needed to be done right now and why it has been done so ruthlessly.
Talk of player revolts, I can’t believe what I’m reading after we’ve sold nearly 9k season tickets.
What the hell is going on?
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17-06-2020 08:18 AM #1
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17-06-2020 08:21 AM #2
We’re back training the staff are no longer furloughed and we have a lack of income. What do you want the club to do?
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
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17-06-2020 08:22 AM #3
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Has there actually been any confirmation that this is happening?
The club are on the record as saying that they are entering a period of assessment and consultation.
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17-06-2020 08:25 AM #4
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Employers then have to start paying NI and pension contributions in August and then a portion of their salary as well from September.
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17-06-2020 08:31 AM #5
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Makes sense and means the club have kept folk on the books for as long as they can.
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17-06-2020 08:32 AM #6
It's fairly simple really. Legally a process has to occur in any redundancy, it cannot happen quickly.
Hibs will need to start that process now, in anticipation that furlough support at its current level ends in just over a month. Although October is the furlough end date, the contribution from the government reduces from August.
The comparison with BA isn't really accurate.
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17-06-2020 08:46 AM #7
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Thanks for all the replies, wasn’t aware of some of the rules surrounding furlough. Worrying times for the club and everyone really.
Worrying times indeed.
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17-06-2020 08:47 AM #8
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The club is playing it by the book in terms of their legal responsibilities and is entering the consultation period honestly and openly, and from what I hear with compassion..
I hope those being made redundant get first dibs at re-employment when the situation eases and the clubs revenue streams re-open and fans are re-admitted.
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17-06-2020 09:13 AM #12
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Timing is still there or thereabouts and Hibs for redundancies being effective at the end of the month. I’m sure in one of the articles I read about Grant Murray etc, it was mentioned they’re expected to leave their roles at the end of next month.
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17-06-2020 09:43 AM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Difficult one...
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17-06-2020 09:47 AM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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fair to say question marks are starting to appear regarding our new owner though.
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People are moaning about him just as they moaned about STF before him when he didn't make a big thing about putting money into the club (which he did).
Give the guy a chance and see how we're placed compared to other clubs in a few months time.
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The club have been pragmatic about deferring wages and are having to cut costs like every other business in the country. We will stil have a top flight football club at the end of all this. The side on the park might different but that depends on how flexible the players are willing to be.
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17-06-2020 11:55 AM #22
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17-06-2020 12:08 PM #23
October isn't some magical date when everything returns to normal. Many businesses have seen their turnover absolutely obliterated for at least one quarter whilst still retaining significant fixed costs. Football in particular is likely to still be operating under severe restrictions for several months whilst having to return their highest earners from furlough.
Redundancies are sad but inevitable in a lot of industries and football falls into that bracket. I'm currently putting in 50-60 hour weeks covering all sorts of stuff outside my normal remit and the reward at the end of it will hopefully be still having a job and having as many of my colleagues return as possible. I'm not alone in that and the repercussions of the last 2/3 months will be felt for months if not years. That's just the reality of the situation and Hibs are taking a course of action that it's obviously felt is necessary. We can point to all the money still going into the club in the form of STs and the like and say 'why is this happening' but looking at it objectively the drop off in income streams has been huge and will continue to be for some time.
It's a worrying time and a horrible situation for those impacted directly and indirectly but it's reality for the foreseeable future.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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wee Jambo on the Platform Offshore where I am working absolutely full of himself in the tea shack , Hibs are doomed.
dont you worry wee man, we haven’t resorted to robbing the Earl Haig Fund yet.
no a happy wee jambo any more
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