Its not complaining , as they say , a problem shared is a problem halved
In your recent career have you met any up and coming tailors who could give you more capacity and do the finishing off etc, allowing you more time to spend with clients and do the front end of the bespoke service?
Being grumpy.
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Perhaps you need to try some uplifting music for a change?
No shit, Sherlock !
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Restrictive covenants have to be reasonable. A blanket ban would not be reasonable and wouldnât be enforceable.
A condition not to open up within say 5 miles for a year or two might be enforceable.
A condition not to do work for existing clients fot a period of 1-2 years might well be enforceable.
Of course, if a likely unenforceable clause is in your contract and you ignore it you run the risk of getting taken to Court by a big Corporate with deep pockets. Then youâre worrying about the fact that thereâs always a chance youâd lose and have costs awarded against you. I.e the small guy can be intimidated by the Corporate giant.
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Donât forget thereâs 24 hours of Le Mans
Totally correct.
Exactly what happened to me. Didnât even get to court, we had to give up (we would have won) to the tune of ÂŁ 30K. Ouch !
Helping my brother dismantle an old greenhouse which is going begging. It will need some patching up but an old red cedar 10 x 6 will be worth the effort
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Having been refused leave at work, apparently parental siblings arenât immediate family. I pulled a sicky yesterday to visit family and pay my respects. Feeling apprehensive about the future yet also relieved that I will soon have escaped a failing institution.
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I hate the corporate bullshit ârulesâ regarding bereavement. Itâs entirely possible to be devastated by the loss of a friend or non-immediate family member, being a close relative to someone doesnât necessarily mean that they were a significant person in your life.
All the best for the future. 
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Sounds shit, sorry to hear about the changes ahead. I sympathise, my wife works in the world of high end fashion and beauty and has faced the same corporate changes to brands she has been involved with, she says they rarely understand the brand or business they have bought into. However, highly skilled, intelligent people, such as yourself are always in demand and (in companies with longevity) are considered an asset. Either stick with it and always promote yourself or join the masons and spend your life altering, repairing and replacing ceremonial garb for the antiquated establishments of power. My mother still gets offers of work on ceremonial items fifty years out of the trade and an eighty year old friend and ex colleague of hers still does it.
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In terms of terminal illness/bereavement I have always tried to be flexible with anyone who worked for me no matter if it was a parent sibling, aunt, uncle or cousin etc as I canât pretend to know how important they are in that persons life.
Paul really sorry to hear your boss isnât being supportive.
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As much as we try to empathise with the individual, the corporate need is greater. It pays the wages and incurs those costs. Not all industries have the financial where-with-all to cope with individual issues. Itâs not corporate loathing or disinterest. Itâs an inability to put empathy above the business need.
Empathy works both ways.
I accept I manage a team within a large organisation so have some flexibility in terms of cover. However these things donât come round that often and do help to motivate/retain staff with the benefits that brings. Now of course if it was a small business that can be more challanging.
If that is the attitude of the organization / Manager then they deserve all of the fucking staffing issues they get and I would imagine that they would get many. Talk about a Jurassic attitude.
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As Ozzy says itâs a budget constraint, the needs of the organisation come first and in fairness rightly so. The downside of 14 weeks annual holiday is that anything else life throws at you has to fit within them.
Yup. Had that with the missus until she retired 2 years back. Lots of hols but often at the wrong time.
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What is the point of being a Manager if you arenât empowered (trusted) to use Managerial discretion ?
One of my staff was a Muslim. Shortly after I became his manager he explained to me that he needed to take leave for a funeral. He actually went to quite a few funerals, but he also explained that this is much more a community thing in Islam. They are expected to participate in funerals even of people they might not know very well. Not to show up is considered disgraceful, although people will be understanding if you really canât make it. He was a genuine guy and he really wasnât playing games with this. So we made time for him to go.
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