FACT's response to the Precarious Workers Brigade.
We recently received an open letter from the Precarious Workers Brigade
asking some fair and interesting questions about working life at FACT.
As this letter was shared widely, we have decided to publish our reply.
Dear Precarious Workers Brigade,
Thank you for your letter responding to some of the recent changes to
our Front of House structure, and for giving us the opportunity to offer
more detail. In this letter, we will explain how we have lost the
equivalent of 1.5 full time roles, and not 13 as some articles have
incorrectly claimed. We will also discuss the reasoning behind this and
the process we have gone through.
We appreciate that you have taken into account the financial pressures
that all charities like ourselves are currently facing. Over the last
four years, we have reviewed our staff structure twice, resulting in a
total of 16 people across the organisation being made redundant, plus
reduced working hours, pay cuts and pay freezes for all staff in every
other department, including senior management. None of these changes
have affected the Front of House team.
We are by no means unique in this, but are an example of an arts
organisation that takes our responsibility as a publicly funded arts
institution very seriously and regularly reviews our working practices
to make sure we are commissioning excellent and enriching arts
experiences whilst delivering value for money.
more…
http://www.fact.co.uk/news-articles/2014/04/facts-response-to-the-precarious-workers-brigade.aspx
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