Day 179 - 30 Oct 95 - Page 20
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2 Q. But I am just trying to see how the management team worked
3 together; these things that you have seen, how did they
4 come about? How would these decisions be made and
5 discussed?
6 A. Regarding sacking people?
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8 Q. Any of the things -- you have criticised a lot of things in
9 your statement, in your evidence.
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11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think the question is -- where you have
12 lost Mr. Gibney is the question is so wide. You see,
13 I thought you were on percentages and targets.
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15 MR. MORRIS: Yes, sorry.
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17 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If you want to ask what, if any, input the
18 management team in the store had to that, then ask that so
19 that Mr. Gibney realises what you are getting at, what you
20 want information on.
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22 MR. MORRIS: Right.
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24 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Did you mean to ask him that or have I missed
25 the point?
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27 MR. MORRIS: I was trying to see to what extent individuals were
28 making decisions that were affecting the practices, or
29 whether they were store management decisions on how they
30 come about, or whether they came from higher up. So if you
31 just explain how the management system worked while you
32 were part of the management, effectively?
33 A. The Supervisor would basically set the targets for any
34 store and he would be the one to say: "The labour is
35 running too high" or "Cut your costs on this or that".
36 Obviously, I presume, the Senior Supervisor would be the
37 one instructing him and the Store Manager would then pass
38 his orders down to the other assistant managers to carry
39 out.
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41 Q. When you said "pass his orders down", does he do that
42 individually or did ---
43 A. At a meeting -----
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45 Q. -- you have a management meeting?
46 A. We did.
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48 Q. Explain the situation.
49 A. There would be either a weekly or monthly -- I do not
50 remember -- management meeting where all the different
51 areas of the store would be spoken about, staff or stock,
52 any problems gone over.
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54 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Who would attend that?
55 A. All of the managers.
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57 Q. Would the Area Supervisor be there as well?
58 A. No. One Manager would remain on the floor running the
59 shop.
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