About a week ago a load of our drivers were made redundant,today I had a few ring me saying they’d got letters asking if they were interested in a job working for the firm again:shock: 
,various locations,one of them it’s at a depot where they doexactly the work he did before for 6 yrs,but he has to fill in a application form,go for a interview,then assesment drive,all because the insurance company say so.
Don’t these insurance firms look at things on a individual basis,this lad knows the job inside out,they’ve a up to date file on him,so why all the extra expense of application form,interview,assesment drive,what a total waste of money,and don’t even get me started on making drivers redundant one week then offering them jobs the next,again a total waste of money.
All we here is a penny here,penny there on fuel is crippling the industry,then they waste thousands on this nonesense
We had a long standing driver at our Wolves depot who had a change of personal circumstances and wanted to be transferred to our place in Avonmouth but before he was allowed to swap depots he had to have a driving assessment ffs so what was that all about.
For long enough in all industries/services, this has been the recognised and accepted method by management/accountants of reducing your wages and working conditions. Simples. 
If they’ve been offered the same work at the same place then they haven’t been made redundant, they’ve been sacked! 
Take the firm to tribunal for unfair dismissal, (unless of course they’ve had a generous pay-off 
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