If you're willing to take on a large project, Exide will be more than happy to give it to you. The people I have worked with over my career have treated me well and management has always had a family first attitude. People are also veritably nice, treating others and their ideas with an impressive respect and candour. They are also quite an honest and down to earth company. The diversification lays out many possibilities for trying new things. Internal hiring is common and often strongly favored. It's also a very stable company, so job security is really great.

Ask yourself how much of the criteria below falls into what's currently happening in Bristol. Does anyone who's left or not left for that matter think Exide in Bristol will be opened by the end of summer?

Possible Signs of an Imminent Plant Closing
1. CHANGES IN PRODUCTION
Has production at your company been cut back? speeded up? become irregular?
Has maintenance been stopped or postponed?
Is there a shortage of supplies, raw materials, or parts?
Are there fewer product lines than there used to be?
Have safety conditions declined?
Is equipment being removed?


2. CHANGES IN PERSONNEL POLICY
Has the company stopped hiring?
Have there been layoffs?
Has the work, the number of shifts, or overtime been reduced?
Are managers or skilled workers moving to another location?
Is there increased sub-contracting, or use of part-time or temporary employees?


3. CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT
Has the company been sold to out of town owners who do not appear interested in maintaining your plant?
Is the company owned by an individual who plans to retire and has not given any indications of plans for the company afterwards?
Have the plant's managers been replaced by new management which seem less interested in, or capable of, running the plant?

i am an exide employee. oh yeah was. everyone in management @ the meeting was expressing their feelngs of sorrow for us fellow employees yet they keep people that have been there for six months to a year and let high seniority people go. they have to b something we can do. i hate those sorry low down sons a b*****s.

i am an ex-employee same as of may1st. i just understand how they came up with the pple to layoff. i've been there almost 6 yrs and they layed me off but keep pple doing the same job as me that have been there less than a year? sounds screwy to me and i'm not the only 1 that feels that way one lady has been there 13 yrs. she got the boot. i learned alot of diff. jobs while i was there and could do every job in the dc. whatever i guess