Jaguar Land Rover Layoffs Job Cut: fires 450 employees

It was in October that we had published the news about the Jaguar Land Rover Layoffs. Things are getting worse for the employees. The effects of mergers and acquisitions usually always result in layoffs. The reason, business is consolidated and hence there is not enough room for employees in various departments as the work consolidates. Its time for the London based employees of Jaguar Land Rover which was acquired by Tata group of India to feel the heat and learn it the hard way. The Tata controlled Jaguar Land Rover has decided to layoff some 450 employees. All the sectors are now melting under the pressures of falling market demand and financial problems. As a measure, they are going for layoffs. The latest one to add to the list is, Jaguar Land Rover going for layoffs in London.

How many employees will be fired in the Jaguar Land Rover layoffs?
There will be around 450 job cuts by the company.

Which class or segment of employees will be affected by the Jaguar Land Rover layoffs?
Primarily, it will be the managers and salaried agency staff. To talk about the numbers, 300 managers will be made redundant while 150 salaried agency staff will also lose their jobs.

What is the total no. of employees of the Jaguar Land Rover ?
The company employs about 15000 employees.

Which locations is the Jaguar Land Rover based in?
The firm is based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. However, it has work location in Castle Bromwich, Coventry and Solihull in the West Midlands and Halewood, Merseyside.

Any other measures by Jaguar Land Rover apart from layoffs?
Yes. Jaguar Land Rover said that there will no pay hikes for the managers till October 2009 and there will be no bonuses paid.

Any other news about Jaguar Land Rover layoffs
Land Rover sales were down by 30% throughout 2008 although Jaguar's sales rose by almost 9% over the same period, which the company put down to its new XF model launched last year. Let's hope that alternative jobs are available to the affected employees of Jaguar Land Rover Layoffs Job Cut

Jaguar Land Rover Lay off Job Cut: Jaguar Land Rover Fires employees

Just some hours back it was General Motors GM which went for a massive lay off, followed by Schaeffler Germany Lay off Job Cut and now it is the turn of Jaguar Land Rover to fire employees or go for Jaguar Land Rover Job Cut or Jaguar Land Rover Lay offs.

The Jaguar Land Rover is now owned by India's Tata Motors and this deal was completed only a few months back.

How many employees will be fired from Jaguar Land Rover Lay off?
As per the reports arouond 200 employees will be fired

Which plants in UK will see the Jaguar Land Rover Lay off
The Jaguar Land Rover Job Cuts will happen at the plants in Birmingham, Solihull and on Merseyside.

There are around 15000 Jaguar Land Rover employees in Britain alone. Though the company said it would seek to shed the staff through voluntary redundancies.

As per the news from Telegraph, The credit crisis has seen new car sales in the UK tumble by more than a fifth compared to this time last year, but Jaguar insisted that its job losses were unrelated to the current economic gloom.

Jaguar Land Rover has announced a range of measures in recent weeks in an effort to limit over-production, including four-day weeks and temporary closures of some plants.
Official figures released this week showed that the total number of unemployed people in the UK has risen to 1.79 million, the highest since March 1998. Some analysts have predicted that 2 million people could be out of work by Christmas, with the jobless total expected to pass 2.5 million next year.
The Office for National Statistic figures also showed that a total of 147,000 people were made redundant in the three months to August.
The Government has made available an extra £100 million for re-training workers, in anticipation that the likely imminent recession will see a jump in job losses.
Glass-maker Waterford Crystal announced that 280 staff at its plant in Waterford in the Republic of Ireland are to be made redundant

Let's hope that alternative jobs are available to the affected employees of Jaguar Land Rover Lay off.