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Sir Cheshire Ben said:
I certainly think the time has arrived when we’ll have to offer more money to attract players because of the owners.



I left work in November bringing an end to well over 20 years service because I clashed with the boss who’d manipulated herself into the role during a restructuring around 4 years earlier.

We were all getting made redundant at some point after turning down a relocation package. It should have been 2016, then went 2017, then 2019 then 2020 possibly 2021. The lack of clarity & continued insecurity pissed me & others off. They knew people wouldn't just walk away because we’d lose pensions & redundancy packages.

First mistake she made was including me in an email asking for feedback as part of the end of year appraisal process. Obviously I was honest & included her boss in the return email to make sure it was used in the process. The pick out words were “sex”, “discrimination”, “bully”, “inadequate” although there were many more.

I then repeated the accusations in that the department had become a stamping ground from the top for people to control through hardline sexist bulllying, in a meeting, that she was Chairing. She upped & left & came back with HR.

Obviously me being me, I’d bagged the evidence so when I was challenged to back up my claims I did.

Who are the last 10 people to get promoted? Don’t think about it, I have the answer ... 10 women.

Who were the last 10 people to be offered education grants or attend conferences ... I have the answer ... 10 women.

Who benefited from the last 7 positions created as a result of reorganisation ... I have the answer ... all women.

Who were the last 10 people to be made redundant ... I have the answer ... all men.

Obviously there were now giggles from the back, silence from the front & anger on some faces.

Her answer was unbelievable “I don’t bother asking the men because they never want to do anything”

I added a final question to the Management Team whilst HR were there, but made it clear it was in my capacity as Employee & Union Representarive. “I recently arranged with the VP of R&D that because of the insecurity issues surrounding our exit that he would guarantee pay until mid 2020, would pay redundancy to a minimum of mid 2020 & guarantee all bonuses would be paid at at on target level until mid 2020 regardless of when people exited prior to that date. Can Somebody please explain why this deal was offered to everyone except the Employee & Union Representative & who made the decision to exclude him?”

Silence. HR unaware, all eyes on the sexist for an answer but appantly this wasn’t a forum to discuss why. Meeting closed.

Went into another meeting with my Union Rep on the Thursday & an agreement (a favourable one) was in place for my exit by the following Tuesday, I was gone because of one **** of a boss.

Still no answer to why I was excluded from an agreement I’d arranged.

An inadequate leader can **** over a full team no matter how adequate that team is.
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Well done mate for standing up to them, well her. What gets me is they are that stupid they don t actually have a good fall back or are prepared to be Challenged.
 
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Chazz Rheinhold said:
Well done mate for standing up to them, well her. What gets me is they are that stupid they don t actually have a good fall back or are prepared to be Challenged.
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I can’t understand why people who don’t, won’t or can’t stand up for hemselves are not in a trade union. The scales always look better balanced when you have others stood beside you.
 
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Sir Cheshire Ben said:
I can’t understand why people who don’t, won’t or can’t stand up for hemselves are not in a trade union. The scales always look better balanced when you have others stood beside you.
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I employ 6 women and they soon let me know when they’re not happy with me! The first sign is when I walk in and say good morning and there’s no reply! <laugh>
 
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newlandcasual said:
How the **** do you cause 20 k worth of damage....never understand footballers that rent....a months or 2 wages would actually buy you a house outright.
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Aye it's what I'd do. Buy a house everywhere I played and keep it when I moved.

Pretty much a guaranteed income for the rest of your life.
 
newlandcasual said:
How the **** do you cause 20 k worth of damage....never understand footballers that rent....a months or 2 wages would actually buy you a house outright.
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How much do houses in the UK cost? In Aus even on 15-20k a week you'd still be needing to put basically all your salary for two years into a house.
 
SydneyTiger14 said:
How much do houses in the UK cost? In Aus even on 15-20k a week you'd still be needing to put basically all your salary for two years into a house.
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You can get a decent house for £160k, but for a nice house in some of the areas that footballers want to live I’d expect north of £300k.
I’m sure someone from that area could fill you in with better details.
But 15-20k a week will be before tax I would have thought, same with any signing on fee.
It’s easier to rent for footballers too as they don’t have all the hassle of selling after.
I’m sure a lot of them will have invested in property at some point & may be renting it out. But footballers houses aren’t going to be easy to rent when you look at the prices they are said to have paid!
 
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