Have you ever had to sack a member of staff and were you worried about any recussions(sp)?
Not really, from a legal point of view Im always make sure Im covered, we have an employment solicitor who set-up the legal side of our HR policy so I follow the guide-lines. Ive sacked a couple who Ive thought could be stupid enough to try something stupid like brickin our vehicles etc but its never happened and you cant think like that or else you'd never do anything, plus theyd come off worse in the end
Im sure the weather is having an adverse effect but theres more to it than that. The grape-vine is telling us that most competitors have nothing in, we're not that bad. Luckily we've never had a quiet period so its hit us. Ironically it might be a blessing, we've had a long hard look at the company and have found quite a few areas that need improvement, ineffeciency is the cancer of business and we've got it.