The Todal
3/15/2010 5:23:00 PM
"Ophelia" <Ophelia@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
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> "Maria" <fallingdown@holeinshoe.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> Djornsk wrote:
>>> Maria wrote:
>>>> So...we wrote them emails which they ignored, we telephoned them and
>>>> they refused to answer, so we wrote to the manager of Comet to ask if
>>>> it was true that he was not wanted back on site because his work is not
>>>> good enough, and delivered the letter by hand. 10 minutes after
>>>> delivering letter, we had phone call from the Polish woman at the
>>>> agency, reinstating him with full pay for today. No explanation.
>>>> I'm glad he has got his job back, but unfortunately it has just
>>>> confirmed what I thought.
>>>> Of course if someone else can come up with another reason why he was
>>>> locked out like this without a moment's notice, I'm willing to
>>>> listen...it seems that the senior management at the cleaning agency had
>>>> no idea what was going on.
>>>> Lesson learned - fight for your job - half the time I think they do
>>>> these things because people just give in, wander off and try to find
>>>> another job.
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>>> Well done - did you explain that you were THE Maria of Usenet fame?
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>> No - I was just a rabidly angry wife :-)
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> *APPLAUSE* :))
Excellent negotiating skills, Maria - well done.
I suppose you may never know why he got his job back. Maybe it was a blunder
at the agency. Perhaps the Polish lady at the agency thought she could
substitute one of her mates and when Comet got to hear about it, they
objected in some way.