lloyds hbos takeover

[jayney 12]

i am employed part time in a halifax agency, the first i heard of a takeover was today on the news does anyone know what will happen to our jobs as we are obviously the the minions who are the last to hear anything, i dont know how we are supposed to reassure our customers when we are treated like mushrooms.... ( kept in the dark and fed on s***e

[Twenty20]

Be serious! Did you really think that the bosses of HBOS or Lloyds were going to ring you up personally to tell you the news?

[jayney 12]

well a blanket email would have been sufficient

[legend_mark5]

Id imagine an amalgamation of the banking staff possibly leading to 50% of the staff being made redundant.


D T H ?�

[jayney 12]

oh well looks like i'm gonna be in the job market soon then i dont think lloyds have agencies do they

[theonlyone]

Legnob that reply has really cheered
jayney 12 up ...you are are real jolly
chappie !!

[legend_mark5]

Only you can be quite an arse.
I gave a sensible answer
In truth they could cut the staff by more than 50% but then that would have been on the pessimistic side.If you'd prefer people to post rubbish i could say hbos will give all their staff 12 months extended leave and full pay and a free bmw.
But seeing as 4,500 canary wharf bankers have been paid off by layman's bank and another 2,5000 are expected to get sacked in England by merrill lynch , and the German banks, i forget the names of the 2 of them , have merged and they expect 3,500 staff in England to get sacked too.


My answer was an honest straight answer which i assumed jayney wanted.


D T H ?

[theonlyone]

No Legnob it did not ..and i'm not an arse ..
I don't know why you dislike me ...
maybe because !!

[legend_mark5]

I dont dislike you , i do thiink youre a total arse.And you are one.One day youre on all upset about the old guy going into an old folks home .Next day youre posting threads sayin legend why are you so sad??


You then post total crap about me living i a highrise bedsit and that im not here in tenerife.


Yes you area total arse.



D T F H?

[jayney 12]

thanks legend very grateful for your sensible answer and to you theonlyone, seems some people (oh no no know) like putting the boot in when some people are down, never mind its a good job i got broad shoulders eh

[CheekyChops]

Nobody knows what will happen. Yes there will be job losses but it will most likely be in areas where there is a Lloyds/TSB in close proximity to a Halifax / Bank of Scotland branch.

I worked for NatWest when they were taken over by RBS (i heard the news on the radio on my way into work...) and I didn't lose my job, in fact I don't know many that did. The odd one or two yes, but not everybody!

I don't work there now but that was nothing to do with the takeover, I left voluntarily.

[legend_mark5]

there will be major losses as there always are in major takeovers at higher level and cut down on the office staff at head office thats the norm isnt it ?

[CheekyChops]

Exactly, it is usually the HO staff that will be duplicated and therefore will get chopped the most. It will probably happen gradually anyway, not overnight.

[legend_mark5]

And i know someone who works for hbos at south gyle in edinburgh and has for many eyars .She told me a week ago that her job and many others were probably gonna be cut in the mortgages dept.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/bu siness/s/1062600_hbos_job_cuts


According to this 425 cuts at hbos.

Stopping some mortgages too.


Like i said there will be job cuts no doubt about it.Its a given in a mergeer if it happens

[jayney 12]

well i just work in a small agency no lloyds near us but i dont think they will take the agencies on, i never heard of lloyds having agencies anyway

[theonlyone]

Oooh dear ..have I upset you Leg ..
don't worry ..as you are the person
who upsets others ... the old boy I was a
carer for fought in Burma and India ..
now 82 and want the best care for him ..
did that upset you !!!

[legend_mark5]

The old guy didn't upset me.Neither do you.You're just an arse.All sweet one day all full of sh�t the next.
So upset is far too strong you're more an irritant like an itch on my arseh0le.


D T F H ?�

[theonlyone]

jayney 12 I think everyone is running
scared so just stay calm and cool ..

[legend_mark5]

Tonly werent you supposed to be going on holiday ?

When and is it to iraq as i suggested?


I hear yemen is nice this time of year too. : 0)

[jayney 12]

i will not too worried more concerened at the moment about this damned disciplinary thing my oh has to go to tomorrow i only work part time and i'm sure i can find other work if needs be thanx for your reassurance