Life Is Great
Recently life has been excellent. I've a job I enjoy doing, work I find interesting, and have possibly the best boss in the world.
In totally unrelated news, I see a blogger in Edinburgh was sacked for venting frustration about his job in his blog.
NP: Out of Season, Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man
Posted by JP at Thu Jan 13 13:28:05 2005:
From the photo this looks like the same guy who works in Waterstone's in Edinburgh who was extremely rude and patronising to my fiancee when she was looking for a book before Christmas.
But there may be more to this story than was first reported. Waterstone's were maybe just wanting rid of a smart alex employee.
Mind you, everyone has off days when dealing with the public, esp at Christmas.
Even if that were the case, the reason Waterstone's have given is total tosh. He has a right to express himself anyway he wishes. Who hasn't been pissed at their boss at one time or another. I'd say he should have a good case for unfair dismissal.
And I for one hopes he wins it.
Posted by Dave at Thu Jan 13 13:44:37 2005:
But there may be more to this story than was first reported. Waterstone's were maybe just wanting rid of a smart alex employee.
Mind you, everyone has off days when dealing with the public, esp at Christmas.
Even if that were the case, the reason Waterstone's have given is total tosh. He has a right to express himself anyway he wishes. Who hasn't been pissed at their boss at one time or another. I'd say he should have a good case for unfair dismissal.
And I for one hopes he wins it.
Actually, with respect to your employer you often sign contracts that say things like "the employee agrees to act in a manner which does not bring the company into disrepute" or some such language - the disrepute rule means that you cannot mouth off about how bad the company is, even if it is that bad.
Posted by Ben at Mon Jan 17 17:50:25 2005:
