Thanks to the ex-Deacons spy who gave us the following email. The Firm Spy wishes you the very best of luck reintegrating into the workforce.
I was one of the numerous staff that were made redundant by Deacons at the end of November 2008. I was employed as an IT Trainer in Deacons’ Sydney office for nearly two years until I was informed by the Director of Business Information Systems (Phil Scorgie) that:
“Deacons has recently undertaken a review of its resourcing requirements. Relevantly, this review has
I have since discovered from a current Deacons employee that within two months of my departure, a new IT Trainer was employed to directly replace me. I think it is abhorrent and perhaps even unlawful that firms are able to cut ‘unwanted’ staff using the spectre of a recession to avoid legal repercussions. Clearly even in these tough economic times my role was required. It is vitally important that others are made aware of Deacons’ modus operandi before they make the big mistake of signing an employment contract.
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The Firm Spy expresses no opinion as to the veracity of the above email but does, as always, invite further comments and clarification from Deacons. As to the lawfulness of this redundancy (if true), we suggest that the ex-Deacons spy read here.
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Go em mate!
At least they paid you out. Mallesons were demoting people, performance managing consciencious staff and the bullying to force the issue. All in the name of Workchoices (as most firms did). This was in preference to paying out staff.
In the eternal words of Derryn Hinch, “Shame, shame shame!”