Just Labour MPs wiping the floor with P&O boss over abysmal working conditions

The Chief Exec of P&O Peter Hebelthwaite was in front of a gaggle of Labour MPs at the Business Committee this week, where he got absolutely hammered over the company's business practice.
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[@Nick-xf5hr]

P&O should be barred from operating in uk waters.

[@robertallardice8119]

This Tory Government are in cahoots with DP ports who own P&O!

[@supernoodles91]

Couldn't agree more! What a vile man he is. He has no shame.

[@bluebottle1617]

Correction. This CEO should never be allowed to run another company again.

[@archiehitler5264]

Idiot! The uk government should bring back the merchant navy with British seafarers, but the politicians and oligarchs need their profit.

[@LincolnTank-StillOnTheSprue]

@@bluebottle1617 Why is the government not applying the fit and proper person rules to this ghoul?

[@shaunwoods8482]

The Conservatives Have Allowed This To Happen !!!

[@NeonVisual]

Probably donated to them.

[@TheJon2442]

Sadly fully endorsed by Liebour.

[@barrybarry6592]

Tories were made aware before the lay offs and supported it. Security were present and personal belongings not allowed off. P&O is the model for Singapore on Thames do you remember that I was not only aware but personally connected

[@alexchamberlain9317]

​@@TheJon2442Super edgy 😂

[@norawright807]

@shaunwoods. It was probably their idea.

[@gentleeventful]

If anybody wants to know what the face of evil looks like, just watch his face.

[@user-s1o3nr532]

He's about as oily and slippery as you can get.

[@stiffchocolate7546]

You are right labour are evil

[@leroysimon5692]

👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾

[@shaunwoods8482]

I For One Will Never Ever Sail On P&O Ferries ... Absolutely Disgusting Behaviour !!!

[@mrdjr6544]

All ships mate. Almost all tourist vessels pay like this. He's literally pointing you to check out all other operators, and like a sheep you're all focusing on PandO. Ever wondered why?

[@mauricerevelle8451]

Warning to the younger generation. This is what will happen to you if you ever let the Tories run this country ever again.

[@tomtheeagle1]

And that they should get into organised labour and start developing some proper solidarity among the waged!

[@glenwalker6973]

Scotland never voted the tories since 1955 and I hate the Tories but to think labour going to be better your out of your Mind there bigger tories than what the tories are …. Scumbags the lot of them

[@onenote6619]

What do Labour or the Tories have to do with it?

[@stephenlivesey6600]

Oooh for fuck's sake !🙄​@@onenote6619

[@dolleywhite4438]

What do the government of this country have to do with the rules in our waters??? Should have a bit to say yes.​@@onenote6619

[@oliverbaden8157]

Blatantly doesn't give a toss

[@RogerWhite-r4b]

How do these people sleep at nite! They are completely unscrupulous, and disgusting. This man should be in prison.

[@DG-Gilmore]

Shout out to the word unscrupulous

[@judithmatthews8460]

No he should be on some rust heap on $1 an hour working 15hr shifts 7 days a week for 5 years.

[@nbaballers2277]

I had the displeasure of meeting him, i have no idea how he sleeps at night.

[@mrdjr6544]

​@@DG-GilmoreShout out to the word "nite"

[@shayleuk]

Watched enough of these committees to know nothing is going to be done about this!! Just disgusting 😡

[@michaelfourie345]

Grenfell- nothing will happen; Infected blood-nothing will happen; p&o- nothing will happen; Covid murders- nothing will happen; Post Office 'scandal'- nothing will happen; PPE Contracts- nothing will happen; tax havens- nothing will happen. It is almost as if the government doesn't want to do anything. Could that really be true? C*NTS!

[@mrsdanvers9562]

He should be made to work on his ships under the conditions he stated are okay. He's just typical of an overpaid obfuscating greedy CEO.

[@alexanderewing3779]

The look of a guilty man. Evasiveness and dishonesty, shine out of him. He quotes maritime regulations but does not categorically state that P&O implement these? The exploitation of workers happens here and must be addressed by Labour, if they are to have any legitimate claim to the name!

[@fintamaria2429]

And these Oligarchs full of money are called Businessmen. Possibly Organized Cartels, made to make huge profit.profits, on the backs of the workers😢😢😢

[@calicokittenproductions591]

not workers... SLAVES

[@valerierooney1299]

Highly regulated... Mmm where have we heard that before... Possibly the Post Office!!!!

[@frankiemustill8536]

And solicitors, lawyers, the police, accountants, politicians..............birds of a feather flock together!

[@thecouchpotatocinemaclub9053]

Peter Hebelthwaite answer questions almost like a robot. He doesn't give two shades of cheetah shit for his employees. P&O should never be allowed to trade and pay wages like this.

[@luminousfractal420]

hes ego is right up there too. hes totally overjoyed that theres one thing he didnt do wrong. that doesnt make the rest of it go away and him a winner. hes a lunatic i think.

[@leroysimon5692]

👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾

[@joachim.charleshogg4728]

This individual is a shame to his company and he is paid five hundred thousands pounds a year, when the ships crew receive less than the minimum wage and are treated disgracefully. SHAME ON YOU….

[@Steeluniqu3]

3:44...I work in a port....it was 100% true.

[@danny_dixon]

Imagine having the legacy that this man has as CEO. A terrible example of modern day slavery and where shareholder returns are driving a shocking abuse of workers.

[@magnomascarenhas8182]

I myself a crew member all passenger ships follow same horrible laws inhumane minimum 10 to 12 hours of work every day for 8 to 10 months without any day off mostly using poor nations citizens to work as slaves in modern world it is very shameless and UNHR does nothing about this

[@supernoodles91]

So 2.5-9 days off per month, less than £5 p/h (yet he's 'proud' that P&O pay higher than international standards!) essentially held 'prisoner' on board...........capitalism at it's finest.

[@DG-Gilmore]

I've no doubt he's proud of his paycheck, with little else mattering after

[@josephjones1093]

It's sad as the international standard seems to be based from pay in 3rd world countries, yet these people charge first World prices

[@supernoodles91]

@@josephjones1093 100% When he kept going on about 'you can't compare apples to pears(?)' that really got me angry!

[@supernoodles91]

@@DG-Gilmore You could see it in his dead eyes! What a boss to work for eh??

[@Explodingfiber]

Working away from home, 12hr shift for about £13k a year and have poor job security. This is modern slavery.

[@domb8448]

"The Dubai-based owner of P&O Ferries has been accused of behaving like “corporate gangsters” after celebrating record-breaking profits just months after sacking 800 of its UK-based workers without notice."

[@Jon-xw9om]

Dubai is a shith#le, with an appalling human rights record.

[@nancyhood8395]

Wiping the floor !!??no threat of jail,no justice,disgusting practice , a modern day slave employer!!!

[@magnomascarenhas8182]

Thank you so much for bringing this horrible horrific situation on ships for crew it's modern day slavery

[@mikestory6023]

Cold black evil eyes. I would be terrified to let this man anywhere near people I loved. Why do the tories love him so much

[@DiGiDaWgZs]

He does give of that psycho serial k1ller vibe doesn't he.

[@nbaballers2277]

I met him onboard about 4 days before I got sacked, had the stone face on and tried telling me to pick up a bit of rubbish off the club lounge floor as i was going to clean the toilets. I just laughed and said " No im too busy" acted like he was god.

[@luminousfractal420]

eugenics is the selective breeding of humans designed to increase iw and greed while desteoying all traces of poverty disability etc. problem is they need the workers to make their money. it was j. kellogs whole drama. couldnt abide looking at the "godless masses" in the town outside his mansion. he hated them with all his heart so he tried to stop them having kids by poisoning and sterilizing them with vitamin overdoses (cornflakes). the mansion he wouldnt be sat in without those workers. eugenicists have major issues.

[@PH5221]

Becuase the Tories are just as evil as he is.

[@destyler2444]

He will do there evil work

[@ukhilali7418]

Mess of the tories?!.. that’s why they’re quiet 🤫

[@kat2023.]

Nothing short of slave labour. The Tories allowed this to happen. Absolutely disgraceful behaviour that I've come to expect from the super rich companies and the Tory party.

[@jamiemgr]

I can't believe that a P&O are allowed to operate

[@Jason_L10]

The Chairman of the Commitee is a Tory and he spent 11minutes grilling the CEO on wages, so please do some research. FYI.that clip of.the tory chairman of the commitee was pisted by the same person.

[@kat2023.]

@naidoo15 Rubbish. Would you work for that pittance? I think not. Grant shapps had a lot to do with it as a matter of fact.

[@andrewbartlett8942]

Nairoo your talking abouslute crap...

[@newgamer85]

International sea committee. Im guessing takes the avarge wage of the poorest countries to set its rate. But then ports in some of the most expensive places for the days off.

[@brekerr]

Speaks volumes about our country that he thinks any of this would wash. He thinks people can't do the maths on things like rolling holiday pay into hourly pay.

[@captainfrandad1138]

That man is a disgrace and should be banned from doing business in the UK. He seemed to be making a virtue of the fact that he's paying his staff HALF of what the UK minimum wage is. I'd love to know what he's paying himself!

[@BigBobsBastardBeanz]

£325,000 per year with a bonus of £175,000

[@BaronB]

What's the point in these enquiries the government doesn't do anything about it anyway. It's just a waste of time

[@dazecm]

That man's face is the face of a businessman that is fully and totally under the spell of the widely discredited notion of shareholder primacy. His company's priorities are not its staff, product / service quality and customers, it's an upbeat short-term shareholder dividend result. Too many crap bosses are under the spell of shareholder primacy policy and they need to snap out of it because it's short-term thinking at the expense of long term, sustainable health of your business.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

This is how many companies are working and the bad practices have not been pointed out and had things looked at. This Govt wants all rules removed for the working man. Hope people realise this. They should open their eyes!!

[@a1white]

It should be that any staff employed, sailing from UK ports, should have to adhere to UK employment law. The government could pass this law if they wanted

[@derekmiller6091]

P&O shouldn’t be allowed to dock in the UK. If they’re in the UK, they get at least minimum UK wage.

[@TuntunGamer]

They do get minimum wage in UK waters, weren't you listening?

[@derekmiller6091]

@@TuntunGamer they don’t get the same working hour conditions, holiday leave etc. This is serfdom.

[@michaelswan8357]

@@TuntunGamer Not jet

[@calicokittenproductions591]

​@@derekmiller6091 I'm beginning to think we have never evolved away from being serfs.

[@mahaalila]

Why is P&O still allowed to function, its beyond me why the company hasn't been boycotted!!

[@johnbloomsmar7399]

Once a crook always a crook, broke the law in 2022 by not negotiating with RMT and totally blanked them got away with it,and still getting away with whatever he likes asked if an independent party could come and ask crew very quick to refuse makes you wonder what he is hiding hopefully this parliament panel will investigate into his actions further.

[@willard73]

The CEO is destroying his company’s reputation with every word he says. Long may it continue.

[@Dave-kg9bb]

He 'doesn't know' a lot does he.

[@user-s1o3nr532]

They never do. Either they're lying through their teeth or we need root and branch reform of executive pay, because the obscene salaries offered seem to regularly fail to get "the best people".

[@drake128]

Nothing came from the fire and rehire . We were sickened and lots of angry words were thrown around and then we ate our dinner . Again this comes to light , nothing will change … no one seems to care . Tomorrow it will be a something else.

[@kevinpotter4252]

Slavery simple as thought that Great Britain didn't allow that .😮🤬

[@luminousfractal420]

normal labour run britain yeah. but these are eugenicists tories. equivelant the the american gop. (our unwanted nazis)

[@user-s1o3nr532]

Apart from making them feel uncomfortable for a short while, are there any real sanctions that can be taken against people like this?

[@keithparker1346]

This is the thing. Labour will probably capitulate to them once in power

[@sarkybugger5009]

The government will do nothing, but customers are free to choose a different operator for some routes. If you have a choice, choose the competition.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

​@@keithparker1346Labour have always been more for the working man. Tories? NO.

[@keithparker1346]

@@janetmalcolm6191 not now imo. You want good pay and conditions ...join a union...unions which Labour tell their own MPs not to support

[@janetmalcolm6191]

​@@keithparker1346Well where is Acas in all this? They still help with workplace difficulties and bad situations. I have used them twice myself with a good result. This rubbish can't continue.

[@user-bu9nb8wr6e]

Anyone operating a business in or out of this country should have to pay minimum wage finished full stop, end of. They also need to pay tax here. This filthy greed needs to stop.

[@dismalfist]

And it'll carry on, in many many other institutions. Because he'll saunter out of there to his Jaguar, his enormous property portfolio and diverse pension wealth will be intact and nothing will change. He does NOT care and why would he? There's no consequences to *MAKE* him care and until there are why would anyone like him change?

[@nialllambert3194]

AND NOTHING WILL BE DONE......Let's see the financials of P&O. How much went to stockholders, especially since the fire and rehire bollocks after we left the EU. Claw it back. And here's a thing. I live in Luxembourg, and I drink with the head of operations for Cobelfret that, among other routes, operates out of Lisbon, Porto, Santander on the Biscay lines into UK and Ireland. The likes of P&O are allowing the buyside of the freight market to keep freights artifically low.

[@davidpryle3935]

Irish ferries started this practice of sacking British and Irish workers and replaced them with people actually from the EU, Latvia to be precise. It's got nothing to do with membership of the EU. It's done under international maritime law.

[@philipjohnkaye8890]

This is a perfect example of someone who would steal candy from a baby and justify it.

[@petefl1818]

This is what the Conservatives will do to all UK's workers given the chance, never, ever vote Conservative.

[@tomfulton3394]

Bet that CEO has never spent any long trips at sea like to see him working for those rates of pay and leave rosters

[@M_Bamboozled]

£2.90 per hour is literally what I was paid for a paper round in 1986 aged 14. I was earning £5.00 per hour in a chip shop by 1989. P&O - disgusting greedy pigs.

[@luminousfractal420]

tories think we forget true values

[@dreamSurfers5912]

I worked for p.o. stena line and not had a problem then . P.o alone ruined it all in Dover years ago

[@sarkybugger5009]

I worked for Townsend Thoresen, before they were bought by P&O, and it's been downhill ever since. They've done this before. If you cast your minds back to the late 80s, they sacked all their staff, and tried to force them to sign back on, on a new and much worse contract. There was a very acrimonious strike, but they got away with it. And here we are again...

[@whowherewhatwhywen]

He should make that kind of money, since he thinks that it is an acceptable rate

[@George57]

The country is not just appalled at p&0. We are appalled with a conservative government that would be happy to see all workers treated like this. Under the sick twisted tories we have become a nation of slaves without any work life balance. P&o are sickening along with their friends in the Tory party.

[@billybob-jp7eh]

The face of the dark side.

[@billybob-jp7eh]

Step into the light people. general strike.

[@barrybarry6592]

They could not have done this in Calais, all the vessels were brought into Dover. Make sure you know the truth

[@nbaballers2277]

"That is not True" Yes it was I was there, 20 mins notice then marched off the ship.😢😢

[@richardharrison903]

These people will find any crack to show their behaviour in a good light, any technicality or minor point. You can tell it is typical corporate speak, emphasise the "good points" (I mean trying to show their pay rates as a positive thing when they are quite disgusting) and completely deflect from their shittier behaviour or just pretend it didn't happen. And whilst people just let this happen, things will continue to get worse. They may have met their legal obligations but morally speaking they are utterly bankrupt. Will try and avoid P&O wherever possible.

[@nbaballers2277]

@@richardharrison903 yeah no one's done nothing about it since, awful really, ive got French mates on French contracts who still work there, as the French government protect their workers.

[@richardharrison903]

@@nbaballers2277 Yeah, we need to start cooperating with our neighbours again on a meaningful level. Even if we're remaining out of the EU, trade and cooperation with them is our lifeblood and those relationships have been massively damaged. And this is one situation where cooperating and tightening up is required. If they're operating such a service, they should adhere to the employment laws of both countries as it is a short ferry service between two close countries.

[@nbaballers2277]

@richardharrison903 They seem to do all this on technicalities. They are on there for 17 weeks at a time, one day off a month. My best mate still works there and its difficult to keep standards up as the workers are fatigued and genuwinly dont care as they are paid so little. Ive seen them down the port drunk as hell sleeping in the service area before they go onboard after their one day off a month. Its awful really, a bad accident is going to happen.

[@davidmckeown6849]

This is the demise of the working class to slavery…we’ve done a full reversal of workers rights….. the result is the fall in life expectancy for the poor. It’s that simple.

[@luminousfractal420]

eugenics. but its not a demise. its an attack. putin wanted the west on its knees and took the line of least resistance, using eugenicists tories.

[@destyler2444]

How does this thing sleep at night

[@linmorell1813]

What are his hours ? How much holiday does he get? Put him on a ship for 17 weeks at their pay rate. French ferry staff are regarded as part of their Navy and have the same conditions that’s what P&O be forced to do the same.

[@thebeesnuts777]

They can subject others to an international wage but pay themselves a , I won the lottery wage

[@joex2004uk]

The hubris of that guy. Indicative of the company and their dodgy practices. He should locked up for months at a time and tell us whether prison is like a holiday camp.

[@grumpy-dad3701]

Just how do you justify paying £4.87 per hour.

[@DG-Gilmore]

One word: 'shareholders'

[@domb8448]

Dubai owners

[@BigBobsBastardBeanz]

Because the amount is still higher per hour then what they would get if they worked in their own country

[@linmorell1813]

Our seafarer care is second to none. No, it’s much worse.

[@supernoodles91]

Wonder if he would do an 8 hour day for £2.86 p/h?

[@magnomascarenhas8182]

P&o was and is lowest paying cruise line last time when crew protested on board all the members were fired for demanding more wages

[@benwilson6145]

P&O Cruses are a different company with different owners from P&O Ferries!

[@joejjj4378]

"Why do you think people describe your sweatshops as prison camps?" "All I know is that these people could be anywhere in the world and they chose to work at our sweatshops"

[@adamgrimsley2900]

£2.18 is the min standard these people are happy with.

[@LincolnTank-StillOnTheSprue]

P&O was once a benchmark around the world...............nowadays it's a skidmark

[@andrelefevre9569]

Wiped the floor means made slightly uncomfortable nowadays?

[@luminousfractal420]

it means winning every argument thrown down. which they did. they wiped the floor with him because he never got back up after the first legal punch was thrown.

[@gannetsquadron]

We’ve being telling MP this for years…..but the Nelson’s eye has been turned. Out of sight out of mind.

[@djmartin5240]

Slavery sums P&O up..A will not be using them. At no point does anyone in uk waters be payed this measly amount, by the real pirates on the water.. And he resists any mp to come and checkout to see if he is lying or not, when in port in uk we should run checks on there workers and safety measures and fine the company when docked in the uk if there is any discrepancies.

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

He mentioned during this that safety levels have improved. I'd bet that those stats are being gamed.

[@a1white]

He just keeps reading the same carefully, legally agreed statement. He did not deny the ITV and Guardian findings because he knows they are probably true. Saying workers are “contracted” to have 7 or 9 days off a month, doesn’t mean they actually get 7 or 9 days off a month.

[@martinbaumber9966]

Throw this man in jail !

[@nastropc]

‘Hey chatGPT, could you demonstrate for me the banality of evil?’

[@harrydebastardeharris987]

That phrase was used to describe Hitler and the Nazis.

[@jasonparry3297]

This bloke should be on £5 an hour

[@calicokittenproductions591]

You're to kind

[@luminousfractal420]

i wouldnt hire him

[@garyh5541]

I have voted Conservative most of my life. Never again!!! Listening to this I could have been born from between 1526 to 1867 joining the 12.5 Million sold in the Slave Trade!!! I thought we were living in 2024? Boycott P & O! £5 per hour!!!

[@user-kf1he2pk3l]

Yes, but how many people this summer will book with P&O to save a few quid?

[@Nick-xf5hr]

Not me. I’ve boycotted them since this outrage.

[@JLWP59]

As evil and utterly reprehensible this is ,these employment practices have been commonplace across the board irrespective of the flag under which they fly. UK politics have nothing to do with this unfortunately.

[@rhodaborrocks1654]

I agree with you, as much as the general public might not like it, they're not breaking any law, that's just how it is.

[@luminousfractal420]

they do in uk waters. unfortunately for p.o. if they want to operate in the uk they have to abide by uk law also. you dont just ignore one law because you prefer the other, that would be stupid.

[@waynemoore9951]

He could easily be the boss of a workhouse from the 1850's

[@gregcressey1791]

2 days out of 30 what a joke

[@wattbenj]

Working conditions are turning Victorian again, with speed. It can't be denied by anybody any longer.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

They have been getting Victorian for a few years now. Even here in UK. Nobody noticing. About 5 years ago my company had a new owner. He changed everyone's contract to everything bad. No set hours. Things you had to do not in your contract before. Work on days unsuitable for that employee. Plus cut down staff to work on your own instead of two people. How is that right? When queried he was not happy. People told to just sign it. Employers are getting away with things now. Like rules no.longet

[@Fraz-66]

This loathsome excuse for a human should be in jail. Let's make it happen and start a 38 degrees petition. At the very least destroy P&O as a business in the UK.

[@andrewpercival1427]

It is slavery, taking advantage of people who are too scared to speak up and probably have very few options and doing the bare minimum they can get away with for the welfare of their staff, he comes across as an out and out crook, P+O and this guy should be dragged through the courts and held accountable for their callous, profiteering behaviour.

[@WiIIyeckerslike]

Despicable company and leader.

[@bee-eu6cg]

Nationalise it . Put it under a british flag

[@robertallardice8119]

They will never do that!

[@norawright807]

​@@robertallardice8119It's a good idea, though.

[@domb8448]

Its owned by the Saudis

[@nbaballers2277]

used to be under British flag then got moved to Cyprus flag after Brexit

[@benwilson6145]

@@domb8448 Not correct! P&O are owned by the Dubai Government!

[@Safinitzine]

How long before someone manages to dig out that P&O has written the international seafaring convention or something?

[@lokischildren8714]

It's corporate profiteering and slavery

[@ErnestLee-c4h]

What a slimeball

[@Edward-q2q]

How does he do this may god have mercy on him

[@petergoddard1960]

How does this total shyster sleep at night. He even wriggles around paying barely half of the pittance he said they would. The whole world saw those crew marched off that ship by security with no notice, warning or ceremony. I wouldnt give them the time of day.

[@skinnyrides]

Larne to Cairnryan isn’t International waters

[@Danny123a]

Don't use P&O they are the worst

[@mawkernewek]

17:13 They won't be able to afford genuine Feta on those wages, it'll have to be ALDI 'Greek style salad chesse'

[@Elyut99]

5 years in solitary confinement

[@badnick6659]

C. U. N. Tuesday 😮

[@nbaballers2277]

I met this bloke he is a total one,

[@InnerCityGirl1]

He doesn't give a flying crap because he worships money above everything else.

[@megamicrofish]

He will have a great future as a Conservative MP

[@pjwhitlock4198]

God. Of all the CEOs, of all the companies, this guy has to be the most slimiest.

[@mcbread9760]

P&O have made a remarkable discovery that the cost to 'import' and host workers from accross the world is cheaper than having UK/EU citizens who have workers rights, the solution to this abysmal bevahour is that P&O should be compelled to give workers the same rights as UK citizens for as long as it operates in UK waters as a ferry provider - fair time off, miniumn wage, working time regs etc.

[@andreaedwards3070]

I WILL NOT EVER book a holiday with this company until they pay a decent wage and not a pittance! It shouldn't be allowed!!

[@AncientHermit]

All those beastly questions and a bad hair day.😮

[@FANVONROHEDS]

for lies comision he should go to jail

[@ricardosmythe2548]

Sieze the company and its assets with zero compensation and employ British workers to British standards. Simple

[@dadangus100]

he is certainly not worried about his diet...keeps packing on the carbs since last appearance