Todd_is_God Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 RE: Tim Martin. A little bit of this caught my eye over the last week. The story i read was he refused to pay staff and told them to go work in Tesco. That sounds cuntish. Then videos emerged. The gist of the videos I took as him saying the company couldn't afford to pay wages until the grant came in, but once it did they would be paid all that was due. He also said that some employees may be offered a temporary job in a supermarket, which they may want to take as it would bring in a higher wage. At the end of this, their job with him would still be available should they wish to return. I took this to be a way of extinguishing fears employees may have that if they went to work in Tesco on a temporary contract they could end up unemployed come July. Hardly the "You should go work in a supermarket" quip it was made out to be. Personal wealth aside (and noone knows how much liquid wealth he has) I can imagine Wetherspoons profit margins being razor thin, meaning covering wages for 3-4 weeks with no sales might be a stretch. It would obviously be an awful situation to be in as an employee for a few weeks, but it doesn't seem to be that cunty from Martin overall. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The OP Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 30 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: RE: Tim Martin. A little bit of this caught my eye over the last week. The story i read was he refused to pay staff and told them to go work in Tesco. That sounds cuntish. Then videos emerged. The gist of the videos I took as him saying the company couldn't afford to pay wages until the grant came in, but once it did they would be paid all that was due. He also said that some employees may be offered a temporary job in a supermarket, which they may want to take as it would bring in a higher wage. At the end of this, their job with him would still be available should they wish to return. I took this to be a way of extinguishing fears employees may have that if they went to work in Tesco on a temporary contract they could end up unemployed come July. Hardly the "You should go work in a supermarket" quip it was made out to be. Personal wealth aside (and noone knows how much liquid wealth he has) I can imagine Wetherspoons profit margins being razor thin, meaning covering wages for 3-4 weeks with no sales might be a stretch. It would obviously be an awful situation to be in as an employee for a few weeks, but it doesn't seem to be that cunty from Martin overall. I work for quite a small company. (Roughly) 50 staff with two partners at the top taking personal responsibility. They both know all of their employees personally. Although they are not perfect, they appear quite willing to risk quite a lot to make sure we’re still employed at the end of this. Tim Martin runs a large company, and separate legal personality keeps him protected from real risk. He has got where he is by paying his staff below the living wage. He is willing to rehire them if they make it through the current crisis rather than risk any of his £500m wealth and £1.8bn turnover. c**t. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Mike Ashley has apologised and offered his entire fleet of lorries to the NHS so it's a battle for top spot between Branson and Martin IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tight minge Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 I work for quite a small company. (Roughly) 50 staff with two partners at the top taking personal responsibility. They both know all of their employees personally. Although they are not perfect, they appear quite willing to risk quite a lot to make sure we’re still employed at the end of this. Tim Martin runs a large company, and separate legal personality keeps him protected from real risk. He has got where he is by paying his staff below the living wage. He is willing to rehire them if they make it through the current crisis rather than risk any of his £500m wealth and £1.8bn turnover. c**t.Our CEO made the wonderful statement that we were more than capable of riding this crisis and in fact had more than enough cash reserve for it (Swedish PLC). He then went on to announce that they wanted to keep that cash reserve and thus all employees were to take a paycut. I can understand the scenario, however, it is clearly shareholders/dividends over employees. The fact we are a global company with locations in China, India, Thailand, Philippines etc and people working their on very low pay. Many are going to have to dip into their own personal reserves (if they even have any) for the benefit of the company or god knows what.At the same time he talks about the company looking out for their employees.Shitty behaviour in my opinion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 15 hours ago, Dee Man said: Mike Ashley has apologised and offered his entire fleet of lorries to the NHS so it's a battle for top spot between Branson and Martin IMO. He could have offered the NHS all the Slazenger and Lonsdale gear they want to use as uniforms, it would have cost him about £40.00. He could also have given them all a giant mug as a gift. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Gordon Ramsey in with a shout now surely? https://apple.news/A98rj9VRHQyKvAhak91AuBAAnd he doubled down to the criticism he received, which was a bold move. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 No change there, then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL-FFC Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Philip Green should be added to that listhe's a c*nt anyway but he seems to be the gift that keeps on giving as far as bellends go: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-greens-topshop-empire-to-halt-pension-payments-11965013 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 No call for Dyson? Dodgy as f**k him, backs brexit then moves hq to Singapore, applies for contract to provide respirator machines despite having never made them... And wins.Ok Branson is the fudd paying no tax, got a 20bn NHS contract and still paid no tax and then tried to sue NHS.Tim Martin is a genuine c**t, from brexit to covid I hope his pubs all die. Ashley is a greedy twat but he has Dave king in his pocket and will no doubt end the mighty morphin Glasgow rangers with winning his court cases and costs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 No call for Dyson? Dodgy as f**k him, backs brexit then moves hq to Singapore, applies for contract to provide respirator machines despite having never made them... And wins.I think the vast majority of the blame there goes to whoever awarded him the contract. Can't really blame the guy for applying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 7 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: I think the vast majority of the blame there goes to whoever awarded him the contract. Can't really blame the guy for applying. I can see it now, he'll supply around 5% of our total ventilator requirements at 50% of the total cost and be lauded as the man who saved Britain. The ventilator equivalent of the Spitfire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL-FFC Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 34 minutes ago, Tony Ferrino said: I can see it now, he'll supply around 5% of our total ventilator requirements at 50% of the total cost and be lauded as the man who saved Britain. The ventilator equivalent of the Spitfire. Govt has ordered 10 000 of them Dyson has said he will donate the first 5000 at no charge Better than what the US has signed up to company over there were selling ventilators for $25,000 and have now increased the price to $45,000 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 9 minutes ago, AL-FFC said: Govt has ordered 10 000 of them Dyson has said he will donate the first 5000 at no charge Better than what the US has signed up to company over there were selling ventilators for $25,000 and have now increased the price to $45,000 I'd be amazed if any of them but a a couple of prototypes arrive until after the peak and they're not needed, but we'll end up with a massive warehouse of them. Handy for the next time I suppose, I hope they last longer than his vacuum cleaners. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 1 hour ago, weirdcal said: No call for Dyson? Dodgy as f**k him, backs brexit then moves hq to Singapore, applies for contract to provide respirator machines despite having never made them... And wins. Ok Branson is the fudd paying no tax, got a 20bn NHS contract and still paid no tax and then tried to sue NHS. Tim Martin is a genuine c**t, from brexit to covid I hope his pubs all die. Ashley is a greedy twat but he has Dave king in his pocket and will no doubt end the mighty morphin Glasgow rangers with winning his court cases and costs. Dave King is offski so I hope he has a very large pocket to fit Douglas Park in it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 11 minutes ago, welshbairn said: I'd be amazed if any of them but a a couple of prototypes arrive until after the peak and they're not needed, but we'll end up with a massive warehouse of them. Handy for the next time I suppose, I hope they last longer than his vacuum cleaners. They are his vacuum cleaners, switched to blow. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 19 hours ago, Tight John McVeigh is a tit said: Our CEO made the wonderful statement that we were more than capable of riding this crisis and in fact had more than enough cash reserve for it (Swedish PLC). He then went on to announce that they wanted to keep that cash reserve and thus all employees were to take a paycut. I can understand the scenario, however, it is clearly shareholders/dividends over employees. The fact we are a global company with locations in China, India, Thailand, Philippines etc and people working their on very low pay. Many are going to have to dip into their own personal reserves (if they even have any) for the benefit of the company or god knows what. At the same time he talks about the company looking out for their employees. Shitty behaviour in my opinion. Simple fact is that most humans are decent folk when nothing's on the line and selfish c***s when their interests conflict with other people's. People who own and run companies are no better. The vast majority of them will say the right things when there's no cost to it and happily chuck you in the bin when it suits. Folk who don't see that and think they're work actually gives a shit about them need their heads checked. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 They are his vacuum cleaners, switched to blow.Wid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooseLee Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 13 minutes ago, carpetmonster said: Wid. Have... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 11 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: They are his vacuum cleaners, switched to blow. Can you provide a drawing of where this function is currently located on the vacuum, please? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 A new development. "I work in a micro brewery. This is my personal opinion, not the opinion of my employer. We have been supplying Wetherspoon for years. They pay rock bottom prices (it’s like charity work supplying them). We have been informed that Wetherspoon will not be paying for the ales we have delivered. They have stopped payments to all breweries from this week. Hang your head in shame Wetherspoon. You’ve already sold the produce. You’ve made your profit. PAY YOUR SUPPLIERS and STAFF, you greedy multi-millionaire. I sincerely hope we never supply this mercenary company ever again. I hope people boycott their pubs forever when this is all over" 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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