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P&O sacking of 800 employees is no surprise, according to analyst firm

The mass layoff by ferry operator P&O Ferries should not surprise anyone, notes analyst firm – P&O’s finances are weak, and the temptation to hire cheaper staff is ”too strong.”
The Port of Dover. | Photo: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
The Port of Dover. | Photo: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
by JENS THOMSEN

Ferry company P&O Ferries’ mass sacking of 800 employees in order to replace them by cheaper agency workers is neither unique nor surprising, writes analyst firm Transport Intelligence (TI) in a comment.

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