Day 203 - 12 Jan 96 - Page 46


     
     1        that I have commented on such as rap sessions, daily notes
     2        and so on, would not be kept as a matter of course by
     3        anybody.  Mr. Atherton has confirmed, however, that his
     4        view was that Ray Coton's performance was not that good,
     5        I think, and has supported that point of view.  So, in
     6        terms of the availability of his performance reviews, I am
     7        not sure that they would -- they are missing, but the fact
     8        that they are missing is the biggest issue.
     9
    10        I have also, since, reconsidered and said in my statement
    11        that, having thought about it, there is no way I can have
    12        administered Ray Coton's second performance review because,
    13        as he quite rightly pointed out, he was on holiday.  I was
    14        wrong in saying that I had administered that performance
    15        review.  Similarly, I never administered the warning
    16        because, again, there was no point; he had handed me his
    17        resignation first.
    18
    19        However, as to the matter of his first performance review,
    20        I believe I gave him that performance review, but I also
    21        believe that he knew and agreed that his performance was
    22        unsatisfactory.  Surely, that is the point.
    23
    24   Q.   The point is that you did not get on; you had a personality
    25        clash with Mr. Coton; you were aware of these practices
    26        that had been going on under Mark Davis of docking of hours
    27        and watering down of produce; and, as Mr. Coton said, that
    28        he should carry on with those practices but make sure he
    29        did not get caught because, if he did, you were not going
    30        to take the rap for him; and that is the reason why you got
    31        rid of these documents, the rap session notes and the clock
    32        card reports and such like, because they would have been
    33        damaging to you?
    34        A.  That is a fabrication of complete nonsense, as far as
    35        I can ascertain.  I knew nothing about this, as I have said
    36        to you once.  I knew nothing about this.  When I discarded
    37        documents, there is no gain to me to discard the
    38        documents.  I wish now I had kept them, to be honest with
    39        you, but I have got nothing to hide in relation to my
    40        performance with Ray Coton in the Colchester restaurant.
    41
    42        I, as a Supervisor at the time in McDonald's, had my
    43        standards and I expected -- sorry, the Company standards
    44        and my relationship with those -- and I expected the
    45        restaurant in Colchester to meet those standards.
    46
    47        There is absolutely no substance in Mr. Coton's claim that
    48        I, on the one hand, told him that what I would like to see
    49        is the application of McDonald's standards in the
    50        restaurant, and, on the other hand, encouraged him to break 
    51        rules, cheat, to achieve results. 
    52 
    53        I, as far as I am concerned -- and I am sure I am straight
    54        down the line with this -- I think the easiest way to run a
    55        restaurant is to apply the standards as they are laid down
    56        in McDonald's guidelines.  I believe in those standards,
    57        and that is what I expected from Ray Coton, all the other
    58        people who worked in the restaurants that I supervised, and
    59        I was never anything but up front with people about that;
    60        and I think I was very good at it as well.  It is just a

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