Morrisons staff to get new training (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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PM makes announcement on visit
7:46pm Thursday 22nd October 2009 in News By David Barnett
Gordon Brown announced the start of the biggest supermarket training scheme in the UK during his visit to Bradford today.
At the group headquarters of Morrisons in Thornbury, the Prime Minister revealed that thousands of the company’s employees are to train for a nationally-recognised qualification.
He said the scheme was “unprecedented in the history of retail industries” and praised Morrisons for its achievements during the recession.
Hundreds of staff packed on to balconies overlooking a stage to watch as Mr Brown made the announcement and thanked them for their contribution to Britain’s economy.
The Prime Minister said: “This is a company that is moving forward, moving forward in a way that gives every employee the chance of better prospects for the future.
“It’s a pleasure for me to say that you will be training more of your staff – 20,000 people will be receiving training opportunities over the next few months.
“This is probably the biggest announcement of training opportunities that any company has ever made in one day.”
Mr Brown revealed that about 100,000 staff would receive training over the next 18 months and said Morrisons was “leading the way in the whole of the retail trade throughout the country”.
The Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) training scheme was piloted in six stores across the country and will launch nationally in January.
Mr Brown met and congratulated 12 members of staff as they received their QCF certificates.
Comments(10)
Mik_e
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9:35pm Thu 22 Oct 09
Joedavid
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12:08am Fri 23 Oct 09
Explains a lot.
Hope they start with the Customer Service staff.
strummerboy
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1:41am Fri 23 Oct 09
Avro
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10:16am Fri 23 Oct 09
Shame he did not stop by City Hall to kick the Council up the backside re the state of the City!
Leighann
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10:24am Fri 23 Oct 09
strummerboy wrote:It's not always the fault of the staff re personal hygiene, blame morryscums, shop floor staff who deal with food are not allowed to wear deodarant etc, my other half used to work for them and it was in the rule book that they were not allowed to use such things. Might not be the rule now but it was 4 years ago.
Maybe they should also teach SOME of their staff about personal hygiene and basic communication skills instead of grunts and glazed over expressions.
And re the grunts and lack of expression, would you be happy working long hours for such pittance? If you've worked for such a crappy company like them who treat their staff like s**t then I'm sure you'd grunt. Trust me staff and food hygiene is low priority on morryscums list
g-daffi
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12:27pm Fri 23 Oct 09
Leighann wrote:Some how i dont think you read the poet as it was supposed to be read,personal hygiene=body odour,grunts and a lack of expression=reluctanc
strummerboy wrote: Maybe they should also teach SOME of their staff about personal hygiene and basic communication skills instead of grunts and glazed over expressions.It's not always the fault of the staff re personal hygiene, blame morryscums, shop floor staff who deal with food are not allowed to wear deodarant etc, my other half used to work for them and it was in the rule book that they were not allowed to use such things. Might not be the rule now but it was 4 years ago. And re the grunts and lack of expression, would you be happy working long hours for such pittance? If you've worked for such a crappy company like them who treat their staff like s**t then I'm sure you'd grunt. Trust me staff and food hygiene is low priority on morryscums list
e to speak english.
strummerboy
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3:20pm Fri 23 Oct 09
Leighann wrote:There is such a thing as getting a wash and running a brush through their hair before going to work, using a non perfumed deodarant and washing your hands after you have been outside smoking. And as for your last remark, No I wouldn't work at Morrisons because I had a burning ambition to better myself. However there are staff that present themselves very well, polite and clean.
strummerboy wrote:It's not always the fault of the staff re personal hygiene, blame morryscums, shop floor staff who deal with food are not allowed to wear deodarant etc, my other half used to work for them and it was in the rule book that they were not allowed to use such things. Might not be the rule now but it was 4 years ago.
Maybe they should also teach SOME of their staff about personal hygiene and basic communication skills instead of grunts and glazed over expressions.
And re the grunts and lack of expression, would you be happy working long hours for such pittance? If you've worked for such a crappy company like them who treat their staff like s**t then I'm sure you'd grunt. Trust me staff and food hygiene is low priority on morryscums list
I'm only speaking about a selective few.
sorry2bpositive
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6:03pm Fri 23 Oct 09
albion
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6:37am Sat 24 Oct 09
sorry2bpositive wrote:But they claim to have invested £80m already.
Why do people in Bradford just moan about EVERYTHING? Here is a company doing really well and yet nobody can see anything positive in that? Morrisons is a big company and any big company has plenty of opportunities for people with ambition. Its a shame that the people you would think might take some pride in that just knock it every time it appears in the news. If I were in charge of Morrisons I would move it to a city where people have a positive outlook on life and don't always put a negative spin on everything. You can't blame Westfield for not wanting to invest in a place dominated by whingers.
Mike Strutter says...
8:44pm Thu 22 Oct 09