One of the people let go has been one of the main people standing in the way of young Bermudian males development at the company. He has had a “I got here, so if I let you get here, my getting here will be less significant” attitude towards the workforce development.

With some of the people that has been made “redundant”, BELCO will be able to move forward and provide services and allow the professional development of young Bermudians.

Where are those wind farm and solar systems they have been talking about,those rotators don’t have to be as high as the lighthouse.

Surely they know that fossil fuel will not be viable over the long term .

AIRCARE is mostly a seasonal enterprise,Sorry guys, hold on to your hats, your next.

Thats $130 per home per year!!!

And by the way Onion Juice – we all know that the reason the PLP hired 1,000 people to the Civil Service is to try and hide how bad the job losses were, and to mask the true unemployment disaster that the PLP caused.

How many Job losses during the PLP years 4000 I believe? So if in 4 years the OBA unemployment figures show JUST ONE job created and it isn’t in the Civil Service that shows true progress.

That hurts after 26 years a recession took me out as sales went down.

I feel so sorry for those 10 people who no doubt gave of their very best.

I can under stand that may be one or two getting the hatchet but not as many as 10, is this the trend ” going forward ” ? usually it is good practice for a business to weather the storm to look to other means to stay viable, dumping people, has to be the very last resort before the company goes belly up.

People always make it work !

Here are some other policies in the” box of tricks”.

Company retirement policy.
Early retirement.
We just purchased a new fleet of trucks
Offer part time work replacing full time with pay cut.
Pay reduction.
Capital building projects.
job offer below qualifications or ability.
Productivity below standard.
Poor management. Some body has to go.
New broom sweeps clean.
Modernization of the company.
Staff Re-organization.
Restructuring for the third time in two years.
Business has fallen off.
The boss was threatened because you do a better job.
The recession.
Too many sick days.
Going to too many funerals.
Not having the ability to get along with other people and other staff.
My Wife was told after 46 years before retirement.
“Got no job for you.”

The aforementioned not is all gloom and doom ,after 26 year i eventually after 6 months found another job in the same discipline.

The General manager increased my pay by 25% and saying I was being underpaid.

The sad part is crossing the bridge of depression ,lack of self esteem and self worth.

“Carbarundun iligitimi “

Finish your sentence if you want to play the blame game.

Seems like these cuts might be related to the increased operating costs that are being pushed through by the OBA government.