Staff get early Christmas present – an extra day off
JCB workers around the world are to get an extra day’s holiday to celebrate the company’s 75th birthday.
Bosses at the Rocester-based digger giant told all the employees the news ahead of the milestone anniversary last Friday.
In a special video message to the global workforce, JCB chairman Anthony Bamford paid tribute to the efforts of employees past and present who have contributed to the success of the company.
Lord Bamford: “As we mark 75 years in business, I know that everything JCB has achieved is due to the hard work and commitment of everyone who works for JCB or has worked for JCB in the past.
“I’d like to thank everyone for their support over the years and particularly in recent months while we were dealing with the challenging business situation.
“We did have plans to celebrate our 75 anniversary, but Covid-19 changed all that.
“So, rather than celebrate, we should remember everything that JCB has achieved in the past 75 years.
“From small beginnings in a lock-up garage, in Uttoxeter back in 1945 the JCB team has helped to create a business that we can all be very proud of.”
The extra day’s holiday will be taken by UK employees on Christmas Eve to extend the traditional festive break.
JCB employs more than 12,000 people globally, half of which are based at the company’s 11 UK plants.
Lord Bamford’s father, Joseph Cyril Bamford, started the company in 1945, making this tipper trailer made out of war time scrap from a tiny lock-up in Uttoxeter. It now stands proudly in the firm’s Staffordshire World HQ