HI FOLKS , ME AND MY WIFE WORKED FOR SAMS FOR ABOUT TEN MONTHS BACK IN 2006/2007 , WE DID OUR TRAINING @ SINCLAIRS , ALL WAS WELL VERY ENJOYABLE , WE THEN WENT ON THE RELIEF CIRCUIT ROUND LANCS/YORKS , WE THEN GOT A HOLDING RELIEF IN LANCS , EVEN THOUGH WE IMPROVED TAKINGS ON WET AND DRY , THEN APPLIED FOR THE PUB , GOT FULL SUPPORT FROM ALL THE CUSTOMERS , WE DIDNT GET IT ,SOME CUSTOMERS EVEN WROTE LETTERS TO HS REQUESTING THAT WE STAYED THERE , TO NO AVAIL, WE WENT BACK ON THE RELIEF ,THEN WE WENT BACK TO THE SAME PUB SOME MONTHS LATER , AND THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TAKINGS WERE SOMEWHAT DOWN ON WHEN WE LEFT , WE PUT OUR HEART AND SOUL INTO SAM SMITHS IN AT THIS TIME , THERE WAS A SHORTFALL ON THE STOCK , WHEN WE STOCKED OUT , WE WERE TOLD TO HAVE 2 WEEKS OFF THEN RETURN TO THE RELIEF CIRCUIT , WE PRIDED OURSELVES ON OUR STOCKTAKES IN THE RESPECT THAT EVERY PUB WE DID ON RELIEF , WE WERE UP AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT A GRAND , SO WHEN WE WERE TOLD WE WERE DOWN A GRAND WE THOUGHT HANG ON THIS ISNT RIGHT , AFTER A WEEK ON OUR "HOLIDAY " I RANG UP A CERTAIN AREA MANAGER BH , WHO INFORMED ME THEY WERE PARTING COMPANY WITH US , THE REASON WHY WAS NOT MADE VERY CLEAR , AT THE TIME OF THE SHORTFALL WE WROTE A LETTER SAYING WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SHORTFALL, THE CIRCUMSATNCES SURROUNDING THE REASON FOR US TAKING ON THIS RELIEF I WILL NOT GO INTO , BUT WE HAD TO STAY IN A HOTEL AND COMMUTE TO THIS PUB EVERYDAY , BECAUSE THE MANAGERS WERE STILL OCCUPYING THE ACCOMODATION, WE HAD TO FIGHT TO GET CONTROL OF THE MONEY AND THE ADMIN AT THE TIME , BECAUSE WE FELT IF WE CANNOT CONTROL THE MONEY OR THE ADMIN WE WOULD BE LEFT WIDE OPEN IN THE RESPECT OF SHORTFALLS ETC , WE THEN WERE GIVEN A SAFE BOX AND A MAKE SHIFT OFFICE IN A ROOM OFF THE CELLAR , THIS WAS FINE , BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT WENT ON AFTER WE LOCKED THE FRONT DOOR AND LEFT EACH NIGHT , AGAIN WE GAINED FULL SUPPORT OF THE CUSTOMERS IN THE PUB , AFTER ABOUT 2/3 MONTHS LIKE I SAID THE STOCK OUT WAS DONE AND WE WERE AROUND A GRAND DOWN , HB'S REASON FOR SACKING US WAS POOR PERFORMANCE WHICH I WILL VEHEMNTLEY OPPOSE AS WE FELT AGAIN WE HAD UPPED THE TAKINGS , I STRUGGLED TO WORK WITH THE STAFF IN RESPECT THAT THEY WERE ONLY EVER GOING TO SUPPORT THEIR MANAGER , I TOOK ON MY OLD STAFF AFTER THE ONES WHO WERE THERE WHEN I ARRIVED DECIDED TO GO ON THE SICK , WE BREEZED THRUOUGH THE XMAS BOOKINGS , WE WERE BUSY , WE WORKED XMAS DAY DID 60 COVERS IN JUST OVER 2 HOURS , THEN TOWARDS THE END OF JAN , WE WERE TOLD THE NEWS , NOW IF WE WERE SACKED FOR POOR PERFORMANCE AND STOCK SHORTFALL , WHY WAS OUR BOND LEFT INTACT WHEN WE PARTED COMPANY , WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO THIS STOCK ? , WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT ? , I DONT KNOW , BUT SOMETHING WAS BEING COVERED UP AT THE EXPENSE OF US LOSING OUR JOBS , NOT HAPPY , WAS GOING TO TAKE IT TO ACAS , BUT COULDNT BE BOTHERED IN THE END , I WISH I HAD , WHY ARE PEOPLE SO SCARED OF HS , I DONT KNOW , BUT LOOKING AND HEARING TO WHATS GONE ON SINCE THEN IM SURPRISED HE HAS ANY PUBS MAKING A PROFIT AT ALL , HS IS MAD , CRAZY , A FOOL , I CANT BELIEVE HE IS LETTING HIS BUSINESS GO TO THE WALL LIKE THIS , FRESH FOOD FOR FROZEN , ITTL NEVER WORK .....
