[maccawozzagod]

the place I just left was terrible

reduced my wage by 25% only 7 weeks after they headhunted me by saying that they couldn't justify my wage! Further to that they still expected me to do the hours that I had decided I would do when I opened their trade counter.

they wouldn't let anybody use the kettle as they hadn't been trained to do so and they installed a vending machine that they get a cut of.

They installed security cameras in my shop area that weren't watching the shop, had no roam facility and never showed me how to operate the playback. But still wanted to know if I knew anything about stock shortages!
Put phones in that were linked to the computer so they could instantly check how many calls you had made, received etc and how many to each number.

Made little or no effort to push the place (one advert in 8 months) and then wanted to know why the place was not doing as well as expected.
In 8 months as head of that department I was never invited to any of the twice weekly 'meetings' they had even though I was frequently on the agenda and every other department was represented.

Never took any notice of any of the ideas that I had

Never informed anybody of any decisions made whether relevant to that person or not. I found out three days after the event that the company had changed name! I only found that out when I happened to be in the admin office when they took an external call




They looked at me strangely when issuing me with my redundancy notice I whooped and hollered
"you can work your notice if you like"
"errm let me think a moment - NO"
"We can offer you a job driving, but it'll mean another 25% decrease"
"errm - NO"
"take as long as you like before you leave"
"open the door now"