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  1. Unhappy Here we go again 
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    Well yesterday we got word that our well run, profitable, good to work in factory is to be closed in order to repatriate production to the parent plant in the USA.
    This is the second time i've been made redundant but the last time it was expected and we could see the writing on the wall for a while.

    This came as a bolt out of the blue as we were doing extremely well in our industry.
    Don't really know how this going to affect me personally as I have qualifications etc but I will really miss the group we have built up here.

    We've got another two or three months left to wind down and strip the place but after that it's off to the job center for me
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    If it's the factory I think it is, didn't it recently (~3/4 years ago) reopen after a takeover?

    Sorry to hear you're going to get pushed out again, hopefully you find work soon enough though.


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    sorry to hear of your woes sign of the times here one giant plug hole with every thing going down it

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    It's Microbrush in Dungarvan (as sold by site sponser Chipex) whose parent company were recently taken over by a venture capital company.

    Hopefully there's something out there that'll suit me but the thoughts of starting over somewhere new after 8 years is galling.

    Might take the opportunity to do some courses to build up the cv (coded welding appeals to me) but I'll have to check out the financial implications coz I've 3 kids and another on the way in late June.

    Still a bit shell shocked tbh but we'll survive.
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  5. Re: Here we go again 
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    It wasn't the factory I thought it was (Waterford Crystal) after all - pretty crappy news all round


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    I worked there for a few years (subcontractor) as an apprentice..... maybe its just me
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    pretty ****** news. Sorry for you and hope you get it sorted soon, it's a ******* when that happens.
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    Thanks people,
    Selecting employees reps etc on Sunday to get the redundancy ball rolling. Hope it goes smoothly with a decent offer so we can all get on with finding new jobs. There's 30 of us being let go, a lot with families but we'll have to hope for the best.
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