• After Better.com, this British company became the second to fire employees over a Zoom call

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    After Better.com, this British company became the second to fire employees over a Zoom call

    The British company, P&O Ferris, has lost £200 million in the last two years. In a statement, the corporation stated that it had no choice but to terminate nearly 800 employees.


    Digital Desk: Vishal Garg's better.com appears to have started an unhealthy trend that other businesses are now being followed. Months after better.com dismissed 900 employees over the Zoom call, a British company did the same thing months after. P&O Ferries, a British shipping firm, used a Zoom call to warn 800 of its employees that their services were being terminated. The conversation was reportedly far shorter than it should have been. According to reports, employees were told of the layoff in roughly 3 minutes.

    On March 17, the shipping company sent a video message about a "major announcement" to its employees. "The company has made the decision that its vessels going forward will be primarily crewed by a third party crew provider. Therefore, I am sorry to inform you that this means your employment is terminated with immediate effect on the grounds of redundancy. Your final day of employment is today," a company executive was heard saying in the video. Although the official said that the employee would be compensated, the announcement left the employees in a state of shock.

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    The employees were allegedly sacked without warning, but they were notified through email, post, courier, and text message according to a corporate official. The British company, P&O Ferris, has lost £200 million in the last two years. In a statement, the corporation stated that it had no choice but to terminate nearly 800 employees.




    Netizens and politicians in the country were outraged by the action. "All of that money should be taken back," British MP Karl Turner remarked in response to the inhumane termination of employees. Any money granted by the British public for that enterprise should be returned to them, and the government should demand that the corporation sit down with the unions and negotiate a compromise."

     

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