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Rolls-Royce: How serious is the latest jobs cull?
May 29, 2020
Rolls-Royce has announced 9,000 job cuts - mainly in its civil aerospace wing - as a direct consequence of the coronavirus pandemic bringing the aviation industry to a shuddering halt.
The cull has been described as devastating news for the city of Derby, which is likely to see a significant proportion of the redundancies.
It is by no means the first time the company has announced major job losses, but many have said this time feels more serious. How worried should we be?
Doesn't Rolls-Royce do this all the time?
Browsing the news archives confirms major job cuts have been a fairly regular feature of Rolls-Royce's history over the past century.
Most recently the company - which employs 52,000 people worldwide - announced it was shedding 4,600 jobs as part of a management reorganisation in 2018 .
"Historically Rolls-Royce has always been known locally as 'Rush 'em, Rest 'em'," said Tony Tinley, regional officer for the Unite union.
"They would have work to last them three or four years. Then the workload would drop off, they'd make a load of people redundant and within the space of six to eight months they'd be taking people back on.
"My dad left in about 1981 and six months later he had a letter inviting him back - I know people who've gone and come back two or three times - so they've constantly gone through that cycle on a number of occasions over the years.
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