Day 208 - 24 Jan 96 - Page 31
1 Looking on it age wise and the prospects, I have better
2 prospects than most of my friends.
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4 Q. "Competitive" is a Company phrase, is it not, that is why
5 you have used it in this paragraph?
6 A. Not at all.
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8 Q. That is what the Company says about their pay. Was it your
9 suggestion that it went in there?
10 A. That was -- I believe that was my quote.
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12 Q. But it is a frequently used word by the Company in, for
13 example, rap sessions?
14 A. I believe it to be a business term.
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16 Q. A business term? OK.
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18 MR. MORRIS: What does it actually mean -- because I have never
19 understood what it meant? What do you mean, your pay is
20 competitive?
21 A. In terms of people in a similar job, it would be
22 equally as good or better.
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24 Q. Equally as good or better than a similar job?
25 A. I.e., in the retail trade.
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27 Q. Retail trade. If it was established that McDonald's pay
28 was, in fact, lower than most of its competitors in the
29 retail trade -- and there has been evidence on this in the
30 past, in this case -- so then the pay would be
31 uncompetitive?
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Well -----
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35 MR. MORRIS: By your definition?
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We have to show some self-discipline in the
38 questions you ask. What is the point in asking
39 Christopher John Cox that?
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41 MR. MORRIS: I am asking him what he means by "competitive".
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43 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You have asked him what he has meant. He has
44 explained. The next question is argument to you, that
45 Christopher John Cox was kidding himself when he said it
46 was competitive, because you know -- he may not -- this,
47 that and the other.
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49 MR. MORRIS: (To the witness) That would not imply, that term --
50 you would not use that term for someone who was starting at
51 McDonald's on the starting rates?
52 A. In terms of part-time jobs, it is exceptionally
53 competitive. It is quite a long way ahead of the
54 competition we have in the area, I believe.
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56 Q. What, the hourly rates at McDonald's?
57 A. I believe, yes.
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59 Q. A long way ahead?
60 A. I am talking in terms of Bath. I do not know
