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Before I joined the forum I used to frequent the glasshouse stores in soho most weekdays with my workmates as our office was just around the corner and we got to know the staff well, they used to be given accomodation in the pub if they wanted it but as I remember it they basically amounted to a single camp bed and a sheet divider in a shared room and they paid for the privilege.
You can imagine the quality of life on your days off when you literally live up a flight of stairs from where you work
HatBeard-
You can imagine the quality of life on your days off when you literally live up a flight of stairs from where you work
Definitely, when others call in sick you're first to get called in. But that's probs why it's almost always* young Antipodean guys who have live-in jobs.
*or it was when I was young enough to have mates who did
hugo7
The guy is a grade A weirdo. I did a bit of research into them when they hit the news for kicking out a gay couple for kissing - in their Soho pub. Amongst other findings (which may be out of date):
He only employs someone as landlord if they're married - so he gets two workers and pays for one.
Everyone is on minimum wage at best, even in London.
He always wears wellies and an old Barbour jacket.
No photos of him exist.
He's the richest man in Yorkshire.
There was all manner of dodgy stuff about stock, notably out of date stock, but this was about ten years back and I can't remember it. There was an employees' whistleblowing forum (independent), and the general gist is that they were a terrible firm to work for, and the culture was entirely driven by this weird Victorian Puritan farmer.