• dan1101@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Wow 500 people out of work because probably a very few of them couldn’t keep things clean.

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      7 months ago

      Sounds like the old facility also couldn’t easily be maintained/cleaned and they decided to shutter it instead of upgrading it.

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        7 months ago

        One wonders just how bad the facility must have been allowed to get for closing it to be cheaper than fixing it.

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          7 months ago

          This is actually a common thing. It’s usually cheaper to just scrap everything than replace/fix anything. Whole buildings demolished because "well we could fix this structural issue, but that’ll cost a lot of money so we’ll just rip down the whole thing.

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            After a certain point there’s so much duct tape and random patches in things it’s good to just say forget it and rebuild, particularly if you already own the land to put it on.

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        7 months ago

        They could raze and rebuild it to “clean” the place. If they did this they could re-hire the trained workers, if the workers weren’t responsible for the filth and health violations.

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          Management is responsible for mismanagement of the plant, but management would rather shut the plant than accept responsibility.