Lotus losing more jobs

[Puddenchucker]

Lotus is to shed upto 270 jobs:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/25081603.norfolk-firm...

Mind you, this is just 'normal' Lotus: Take-on staff, lay-off staff, take-on staff, lay-off staff....

[theicemario]

Keep buying german

[BertBert]

Looks more like take on, lay off, lay off, lay off

[stevieturbo]

net zero will decimate industry in the UK, and Europe.

Is...decimating.

[Europa Jon]

stevieturbo said:

net zero will decimate industry in the UK, and Europe.

Is...decimating.

This current Lotus situation has got nothing to do with 'net zero'. Emiras need more buyers - simple.

[Jazzy Jag]

Within the current redundancies is a huge chunk of internal politics and the "old guard" seeking retribution over anything associated with Lotus Europe.

I understand that the Service support teams, who look after dealers and customers has been slashed to 4 people.

Dealers will walk away.

RIP Lotus, killed by egos and spite.

[Every day a journey]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr4evdr355xo

Very few details so far but that's got to be most of the Hethel workforce

[carl_w]

Didn't they have a big round of redundancies a year or two ago?

[Every day a journey]

carl_w said:

Didn't they have a big round of redundancies a year or two ago?

100 or so in 23 then 30 ish last year.

Google states about 1300 employed at Hethel so 550 really is a big chunk

[scenario8]

Ugh. So sad. Many of us have been following the saga over the last five/fifty years and it’s been such a difficult watch for the bulk of it. Five or so years ago there was an brief period of hope but here we are.

[Terminator X]

Switch to Chinese EVs going well for them it seems.

TX.

[Monkey boy 1]

Just seen on our local news that Lotus are shedding another 550 jobs

That is really bad news for the local economy and the future of Hethel

[Monkey boy 1]

Just seen on our local news that Lotus are shedding another 550 jobs

That is really bad news for the local economy and the future of Hethel

[gtsralph]

Also here - sad day

[anonymous-user]

Terminator X said:

Switch to Chinese EVs going well for them it seems.

TX.

It’s actually their best chance of long term survival. It has been a st-show in Hethel for as long as I can remember. I used to work with George Howard-Chappell in the late 90s after he came from there in one of their many previous disasters. I remember he had an Esprit company car and it was a complete POS. We used to take the piss out of it, only half-jokingly!

A big problem for Lotus has always been being based in Hethel. Who the feck wants to live out there?! It makes zero sense.

[andrew]

some interesting insight from the ft
https://www.ft.com/content/9ef25ba8-19f3-4f52-9096...

[BertBert]

although sadly behind the paywall

[andrew]

odd !
try a google search on this
How Lotus’s drive to become a ‘British Porsche’ went wrong

[BertBert]

strange, that worked, thanks!

[andrew]

BertBert said:

strange, that worked, thanks!

pretty depressing rimes