{"id":17980,"date":"2023-06-07T12:01:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T19:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/laing-orourke-plans-to-cut-200-staff-jobs\/"},"modified":"2023-06-07T12:01:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T19:01:41","slug":"laing-orourke-plans-to-cut-200-staff-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/laing-orourke-plans-to-cut-200-staff-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Laing O\u2019Rourke plans to cut 200 staff jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-475534\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The firm blamed the weakening market and delays in publicly funded jobs for the planned redundancies, which will mainly impact the Dartford head office.<\/p>\n<p>Cathal O\u2019Rourke, group chief operating officer, said: \u201cSince the pandemic the UK market has weakened and we have seen delays to some of the major public works we have geared up for. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore we need to reduce our operating costs, while continuing to deliver projects and protect our ability to invest in the technology and innovations that will transform construction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that any proposal to reduce roles creates a difficult time for people. I\u2019ve asked everyone to support each other as we work through this process remembering that all those affected have made a positive contribution to Laing O\u2019Rourke.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2023\/06\/07\/laing-orourke-plans-to-cut-200-staff-jobs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The firm blamed the weakening market and delays in publicly funded jobs for the planned redundancies, which will mainly impact &#8230; <a title=\"Laing O\u2019Rourke plans to cut 200 staff jobs\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/laing-orourke-plans-to-cut-200-staff-jobs\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Laing O\u2019Rourke plans to cut 200 staff jobs\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}