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10 Nov 14
14:15
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A sandwich-making company is to search for new employees in Hungary after being unable to find enough applicants from Britain.
Greencore Group's new £35m factory in Moulton Park, Northampton, is due to open in the spring of 2016.
Human resources director Allyson Russell said most of its 300 new staff members would be recruited from Hungary.
She said "very low unemployment" in Northampton meant few people had applied for the positions locally.
Mrs Russell told the BBC recruiters would be heading to Hungary to find new employees.
"In Northampton, we do have a problem in that there is very low unemployment.
"There aren't enough people around and it is not always the kind of work people have wanted to do."
She said Greencore had run a scheme with job centres in Northampton, but had not attracted many applicants from the town.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11220116/Sandwich-company-seeks-employees-from-Hungary.html
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Greencore Group's new £35m factory in Moulton Park, Northampton, is due to open in the spring of 2016.
Human resources director Allyson Russell said most of its 300 new staff members would be recruited from Hungary.
She said "very low unemployment" in Northampton meant few people had applied for the positions locally.
Mrs Russell told the BBC recruiters would be heading to Hungary to find new employees.
"In Northampton, we do have a problem in that there is very low unemployment.
"There aren't enough people around and it is not always the kind of work people have wanted to do."
She said Greencore had run a scheme with job centres in Northampton, but had not attracted many applicants from the town.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11220116/Sandwich-company-seeks-employees-from-Hungary.html
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Can't you Magyar own?
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they're only trying to make a crust
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They Ottoman their factories with local workers imo.
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Do they use Buda or Magyarine?
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Is it wise to have Hungary sandwich makers? Shirley they will eat all the ingredients.
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On a serious note why would anyone apply for a job that starts in 18 months time.
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Well ideal for university students planning their sandwich year
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Someone at uni at the moment with a year off in 18 months? What are those courses called
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yes quite - a gap year that needs filling
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They dont need to go to Hungary at all. They just need to offer more money. Thats the free market that the bosses of these places always use to justify their huge salaries. Its simple they are not paying the market rate for the job.
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I thought these companies were offered huge financial incentives to locate in areas of high unemployment too.
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blank • November 10, 2014 2:44 PM GMT
On a serious note why would anyone apply for a job that starts in 18 months time. that is a good pint Northampton must be very unusual. There is a shortage of jobs where I am, They open a factory near me, believe me they would get the staff (as long as they pay a fair wage) |
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on another serious note, why can't people make their own sandwiches? What have we become where we can't even slap a bit of ham between two slices of bread, wrap it in clingfilm and take it to work?
Last days of Rome stuff this. |
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You're on the Liszt.
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the country's a boat without attila
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If they are not getting enough applicants then the wages are too low...they are complete ****
vote UKIP to stop the madness. |
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hear hear
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I bet if they built the factory in almost any other midlands town they wouldn't have a problem filling the vacancies, but they already know that, all they want is people who think that the minimum wage is good money.
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you're on a Roll Crisp |
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 this is making me very angry, it is the sheer dishonesty of these humanresources managers,the lowest form of pondlife! |
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why don't they put that bl..dy Berlin wall back up!
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humour baguettes yet more humour I suppose.
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To be fair I remember a similar story from the 80's when Greggs at their Birmingham factory got in immigrants from Holland. Locally they made a real song and dance about Pastie Dutchie.
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lfc1971
10 Nov 14 15:21 Joined: 06 Nov 11 | Topic/replies: 3,792 | Blogger: lfc1971's blog If they are not getting enough applicants then the wages are too low...they are complete **** vote UKIP to stop the madness. I wouldn't want to the job for minimum wage. It's no picnic working in these factories. |
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On the other hand, if some young lad decides he's going to get off his backside and apply for one of these jobs, he'd be his mother's pride.
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Her son would be blessed
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Good job for a young person with nimble fingers.
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I had a rye smile on my face when I heard about this earlier
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the HR manager needs to handle this in a very delicate manner - otherwise she'll be toast.
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Until then she should just soldier on.
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The should offer a free football sticker album to every successful applicant
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...and probably butter up the Press
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macarony is spot on another so called whizz kid entrpenaur filling people full of shoite,
imagine standing in front of lord sugar saying i,m openning a factory ive done my homework all i,m short off is 300 workers,sugar would say your either thick or a liar either way your fired |
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The Daily Mail is right. And the guardian has the proof....
http://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2014/nov/10/sandwich-makers-of-britain-concede-daily-mail-front-page-is-right |
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The jobs aren't for 18 months.
People can't live on jam tomorrow. |
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Pan the idea now
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Surely this will hamper the local peoples job prospects.
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