| New Sleeve Sponsor 22:39 - Aug 6 with 1275 views | SaintNick |
At least they aren't a betting company, P & O Cruises a brand associated with Southampton for many years |  |
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| New Sleeve Sponsor on 23:53 - Aug 6 with 1221 views | PatfromPoole |
Where were they in our financial hour of need 12 months ago? |  |
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| New Sleeve Sponsor on 07:39 - Aug 7 with 1108 views | Heisenberg |
They were heavily criticised across the political divide after the decision to fire over 800 staff with little notice and consultation and replace with cheaper labour. After the decision it was found its Senior Managers had awarded themselves huge bonuses.
Good work Saints. |  |
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| New Sleeve Sponsor on 07:53 - Aug 7 with 1096 views | saintwizzler |
| New Sleeve Sponsor on 07:39 - Aug 7 by Heisenberg |
They were heavily criticised across the political divide after the decision to fire over 800 staff with little notice and consultation and replace with cheaper labour. After the decision it was found its Senior Managers had awarded themselves huge bonuses.
Good work Saints. |
That was P & O Ferries.
The sponsor is P & O Cruises.
2 different companies. |  |
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| New Sleeve Sponsor on 08:13 - Aug 7 with 1077 views | PatfromPoole |
| New Sleeve Sponsor on 07:53 - Aug 7 by saintwizzler |
That was P & O Ferries.
The sponsor is P & O Cruises.
2 different companies. |
They are.
However my wife and daughter are currently on a P & O cruise, and about 90% of the staff on that are from overseas.
Not totally certain of how minimum wage regulations work for those people, if at all…. | |
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| New Sleeve Sponsor on 08:16 - Aug 7 with 1068 views | Heisenberg |
| New Sleeve Sponsor on 07:53 - Aug 7 by saintwizzler |
That was P & O Ferries.
The sponsor is P & O Cruises.
2 different companies. |
I didn’t know that. Thanks. | |
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| New Sleeve Sponsor on 08:34 - Aug 7 with 1058 views | TripleNiemi |
| New Sleeve Sponsor on 08:13 - Aug 7 by PatfromPoole |
They are.
However my wife and daughter are currently on a P & O cruise, and about 90% of the staff on that are from overseas.
Not totally certain of how minimum wage regulations work for those people, if at all…. |
This is quite ‘standard’ Pat much akin to ships being ‘registered’ say in the Bahamas under the ‘Flag of Convenience’ laws which ensures favourable Tax Regimes are employed. Staffing ships is no different in that employing UK staff is simply more £’s to pay in salaries. [Post edited 7 Aug 2024 8:38]
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| New Sleeve Sponsor on 18:58 - Aug 7 with 901 views | Number_58 |
Shouldn't they be sponsoring Orient? |  | | |
| New Sleeve Sponsor on 09:52 - Aug 8 with 840 views | SouthSeaSaint |
| New Sleeve Sponsor on 08:34 - Aug 7 by TripleNiemi |
This is quite ‘standard’ Pat much akin to ships being ‘registered’ say in the Bahamas under the ‘Flag of Convenience’ laws which ensures favourable Tax Regimes are employed. Staffing ships is no different in that employing UK staff is simply more £’s to pay in salaries. [Post edited 7 Aug 2024 8:38]
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P & O Cruises have historically employed a lot of Indian crew, especially from Goa.
I remember having a chat with a waiter on one P & O cruise who was studying to be a Doctor.
The money he made working 6 months per year with P & O allowed him to pay for his studies and sent some money back home for his family.
He was very grateful for the opportunity as there was not the opportunity to make what he considered to be decent money back in his home land albeit the rates of pay was less than a UK or European counterpart would be paid.
I guess the other option was for the guy to go and work in one of the many scam centres based in India and try to rip off lots of UK pensioners. |  | | |
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