Manchester United’s club staff are reportedly eating lunch next to toilet cubicles due to the club’s cost-cutting measures.
Having completed a partial takeover of the club last term, part-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has embarked on a significant overhaul of life behind the scenes at Old Trafford.
One of these cost-cutting measures included trimming the club workforce by nearly a quarter, with around 250 of their 1,100 staff being made redundant.
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Ratcliffe was also looking to implement a work from home ban at the club, with staff said to be bemused by the United part-owners failure to grasp the fact there was not enough space in Manchester, and at the United offices in London, to accommodate all their staff.
These cost-cutting measures were introduced following a review conducted at the beginning of Ratcliffe’s tenure, which revealed a need for savings. There have been efforts made to erase “non-essential activities” by Ratcliffe.
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However, it has now emerged workers are reportedly having to eat next to toilet cubicles. The Daily Mail report workers at the club have claimed they are being forced to eat next to toilet cubicles.
“They’ve set up a dining table next to four toilet cubicles,” a worker said, adding: “You come out of the cubicle and someone is sat in right front of you, eating.”
United however claim this is not the case, and that there is a separate room staff can use, adding some workers are choosing to eat in a quieter staff area which just happens to have an adjoining bathroom and shower room, reports the Mirror.
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Additionally, agency staff used by the club on match days are also said to be “dismayed”. Previously, staff received a lunchbox from the club which included a sandwich, bag of crisps, cereal bar and a soft drink.
However, this offering from the club seemed to have disappeared during United’s first Premier League home match of the season against Fulham last week. Some staff said they were offered leftovers from the food offered to United’s corporate clientele.
While the club have confirmed some of the food served earlier to corporate punters was offered to staff, they have insisted they were not leftovers – with extra portions now being made for staff.