Changes on the High Street

[Carth]

Originally Posted by nomadking

As always with the "leave their job" argument, the question remains, "where to?".

I've been around long enough to notice that many managers jump on and off the merry-go-round with alarming frequency. Clean jumps seem to give a better chance of a good landing than those who delay the jump and end up with a dirty footprint on their backside


It's like picking a piece of useless driftwood off the beach and throwing it back into the sea . . . you know it's going to turn up on a different beach tomorrow

[nomadking]

Originally Posted by Carth

I've been around long enough to notice that many managers jump on and off the merry-go-round with alarming frequency. Clean jumps seem to give a better chance of a good landing than those who delay the jump and end up with a dirty footprint on their backside


It's like picking a piece of useless driftwood off the beach and throwing it back into the sea . . . you know it's going to turn up on a different beach tomorrow

Depends on how many vacancies there are at the same or similar position. If they're unhappy with their type of job in general, any better opportunities are limited in number.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by nomadking

As always with the "leave their job" argument, the question remains, "where to?".

Other shops, I guess....

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Originally Posted by nomadking

Depends on how many vacancies there are at the same or similar position. If they're unhappy with their type of job in general, any better opportunities are limited in number.

I'm sure a lot of people leave because they are fed up. The jobs they go to do not necessarily pay more so they eventually get fed up there too.

The better employees are valued and management want to keep them, so rather than pay everyone more, they invent more senior positions for them to get round the Equal Pay legislation.

Of course, what they should have is a system of performance related pay, but that's too much bother to manage properly if you are trying to manage a busy shop on a shoestring.

[heero_yuy]

Quote from The Sun:

Pizza Express has today announced plans to permanently close 73 of its restaurants, impacting 1,100 members of staff, as part of a major restructuring plan to shore up its finances.

The chain has formally launched a proposal to reduce its restaurant estate and rental cost base through a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA).

UK & Ireland managing director Zoe Bowley said the impact of the coronavirus pandemic had led to some "incredibly tough decisions to safeguard Pizza Express for the long term".

She added: "Today we have confirmed that 73 of our pizzerias are proposed to close permanently.

"In most cases, there is another Pizza Express nearby, either already open or reopening soon, to welcome our customers. Our focus is on our people whose jobs are impacted and we will be doing everything we can either to redeploy them or to support them in finding roles elsewhere.

If they've got two outlets near to each other then it makes sense to close the more expensive to run one. Probably means they'll move off the high street.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by heero_yuy

If they've got two outlets near to each other then it makes sense to close the more expensive to run one. Probably means they'll move off the high street.

I think they're staying on the high street but they do have lots of city centre restaurants. So they will keep those in the suburbs as they largely are and trim some of the city centre ones that are seeing less footfall due to people working from home.

[mrmistoffelees]

Another example of why the high street is dying on it's bottom.

Kettle bought about six months ago, some of the finish is wearing off the handle. One quick chat with Amazon online and a new one is being delivered tomorrow morning. Didn't have to go into detail, didn't have to provide any evidence.

[Carth]

I've noticed that with Amazon.

It's almost as if they know they sell quite a lot of inferior products, and fully expect to exchange (or refund) them at some time.

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Carth

I've noticed that with Amazon.

It's almost as if they know they sell quite a lot of inferior products, and fully expect to exchange (or refund) them at some time.

That's one way of looking at it.

[Taf]

A few local streets have had parking bays blocked off "to allow social distancing". Some local traders have moved tables and chairs into those old bays nullifying the "social distancing". And diners are now sat inches from passing vehicles and buses.

The council is being slow to react as usual.

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Taf

A few local streets have had parking bays blocked off "to allow social distancing". Some local traders have moved tables and chairs into those old bays nullifying the "social distancing". And diners are now sat inches from passing vehicles and buses.

The council is being slow to react as usual.

In Rectory Road, Wokingham, the idiots have halved the carriageway to allow social distancing for the two pedestrian a fortnight that use the road. Of course that causes traffic carnage and ambulances (which are many times more frequent than pedestrians) can't quickly get through.

Originally Posted by Taf

A few local streets have had parking bays blocked off "to allow social distancing".

Why do cars need to socially distance.

[Carth]

Originally Posted by Paul

Why do cars need to socially distance.

Because it then allows the mad cyclists to zoom in and out of the gaps

[pip08456]

Originally Posted by Paul

Why do cars need to socially distance.

Because they may get jealous if an electric one comes along???

[tweetiepooh]

Originally Posted by Taf

A few local streets have had parking bays blocked off "to allow social distancing". Some local traders have moved tables and chairs into those old bays nullifying the "social distancing". And diners are now sat inches from passing vehicles and buses.

The council is being slow to react as usual.

Saw that, why didn't they put tables on pavement next to the restaurant and let pedestrians use the extended bit? Probably some local bylaw about blocking the pavement being too formally applied.

[Taf]

The 4 lane road in front of Cardiff Castle, a major thoroughfare for all types of traffic has changed from....