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![]() This came out of the blue. Only hope the unions don't cause too much trouble that leads to service disruption.
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![]() There has been a very serious commercial review in recent months
Reality this is the continuation of the existing pattern of 100-150 head count reduction per annum
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![]() Knowing a limited amount about IE's operations, it is hard for me to see where 450 staff could be made redundant. Not excluding the smoking geezers at Maynooth of course.
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![]() 450 is not much more than 1% of the workforce. A somewhat flatter management structure might provide some savings, if it's anything like the place whare I work.
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![]() 10%?
Over 4 years, that would be equal to natural wastage, but with no replacement.
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![]() Its 10% of total numbers.
From the simplest view, the number of staff standing around doing nothing productive still shocks me.
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![]() Don't you know that it takes five people (not counting security staff) to help out the guy at the ticket gate in Connolly.
It stands to reason that a lot of people are surplus to requirements given the number of signal boxes, ticket offices and level crossings that have been automated over the last few years. Not to mention the fact that so many trains are now driver-only where previously there would have been a ticket-checker and a guard. This can only be the start of a longer-term process though. Annually, Irish Rail take in €190m and spend €370m with the bulk of the gap closed by public service obligations. I don't think it is unreasonable to assume that 4,500 staff cost Irish rail an average 50k per year each including pension and PRSI costs. That tots up to €225m just on staff costs. |
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![]() Quote:
1 - Ticket office 2 - Boarding 3 - Showing pre booked passengers where to sit/Watching Car Park 4 - ? 5 - ? 6 - ? 7 - ? The rest were doing nothing except one gave a quick clean to the floor. After seeing that it dosn't suprise me why there are €45 million in the red. I take it some of the job cuts will come from level crossing staff? Last edited by Jamie2k9 : 05-06-2012 at 23:20. |
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![]() To be honest I'd like to see that excess labour re-employed (where feasible) as on-train staff for any service designated "Intercity" currently lacking a guard. For one thing it would help distinguish the train from the bus by having a dedicated customer side staff member (especially when so many halts are unstaffed now) but the retasked staff would need to take a firm line on stuff like people not respecting seat reservations etc.
I'd love to see what intercity staffing ratios are like here in Canada by comparison, where there are usually two-crew locos and about one staff member per carriage but I think that's in part because of high floor trains being used at low floor platforms (dictated by the freight railways) and thus passenger assistance being needed at the one door per carriage normally opened at each station. |
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![]() http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0629/iri...cost-cuts.html
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