Day 179 - 30 Oct 95 - Page 19


     
     1        A.  Stock taking was -- every night there was a limited
     2        stock take which I regularly did and once a month there was
     3        a full stock take which I occasionally helped with or did.
     4        This was a part of this weekly work in that you would work
     5        out, say, how many cheese slices you had used compared to
     6        how many cheeseburgers and quarter pounders with cheese and
     7        Big Macs you had sold.
     8
     9   Q.   Did you ever deal with payroll matters?
    10        A.  I occasionally did the payroll which was basically
    11        adding up the hours on the clock cards and entering them on
    12        to a sheet to be sent to the Accounts Department or the
    13        Payroll Department.
    14
    15   Q.   What about hiring and firing, were you involved in that in
    16        any way?
    17        A.  Yes.  I did many interviews and also I was occasionally
    18        asked to give performance reviews, sacking people.
    19
    20   Q.   Can you explain that, sorry?
    21        A.  The performance review would have to be filled in by a
    22        salaried Manager, but a Floor Manager may present the
    23        review to the crew member.  Usually, they would be someone
    24        in their first three weeks of employment who was not deemed
    25        suitable and they would be failed on their performance
    26        review and lose their job.
    27
    28   Q.   You referred to this matter actually at about the end of
    29        the holiday period.  Was that your experience?
    30        A.  If the store was on the run up to the holiday period
    31        people who would pass their performance reviews, the same
    32        person, if they had started towards the end of the holiday
    33        period, they would fail it and lose their job because they
    34        would not be needed.
    35
    36   Q.   What I am saying is, is that something you actually
    37        physically did yourself?
    38        A.  Yes.
    39
    40   Q.   You actually failed people or you -----
    41        A.  I presented them with their fail.
    42
    43   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  As I understand it, a salaried Manager
    44        actually did the performance review.  When it would be
    45        done, on occasions you were asked to talk it over with the
    46        crew member concerned which might involve saying:  "That is
    47        it"?
    48        A.  That is right, my Lord.
    49
    50   MR. MORRIS:  You were part of the management team, were you? 
    51        A.  I was, yes. 
    52 
    53   Q.   Right.  How did the management team make these firm
    54        decisions about targets and staffing practices and
    55        whatever?
    56        A.  The procedures would come from further up, from Store
    57        Manager level.  They would not be set for the stores
    58        individually at the store level.  You were basically
    59        running the shop between very rigid lines set by McDonald's
    60        Training Manual or procedures.

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