Having worked at JM over 10 years I've seen it progressively change for the worse from an employee perspective.
The bottom line is sadly always, always money and investor opinion. Everything else comes in at second, even company values and treatment of employees.
2021/2022 has been a rocky time for JM and its future is uncertain from both a business and technology perspective. Clean Air has less than a decade to go, Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technologies is immature and destined for a far away timeline. With Battery Materials gone its mid to long term outlook is in unclear.
Couple this with staff being treated worse than rubbish during the current redundancy process across multiple sectors and a retiring CEO that just wants us sorted as quickly/cheaply as possible before year end makes it a bleak place to be.
I've been nothing but shocked in its treatment of employees during redundancy and/or recent sale of it's businesses - the company values of "doing the right thing" and "protecting the people and planet" are just window dressing and not practiced when it comes to treatment of employees, even the most vulnerable ones. When you consider the amount of money (actually millions!) Robert MacLeod is receiving upon retirement it just makes you feel sick that they are squeezing ever penny out of staff being forced to leave the business.
I sadly have no faith in the company anymore and can't see what the incoming CEO can do from a strategy perspective to give it a future that anyone can trust and believe in.
