Day 209 - 25 Jan 96 - Page 30
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2 Q. If I continue to read: "In the five years I worked at the
3 Bath store, part and full-time, I became well respected up
4 until I left, receiving excellent performance reviews as
5 well as obtaining the highest mark the store had ever
6 gained from a 'mystery diner' survey on one of my shifts,
7 which was 93 per cent. (Mystery diners were people paid by
8 McDonald's to visit restaurants unannounced and complete a
9 detailed survey on service, quality, et cetera).
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11 "In the early part of 1994 I was offered promotion but
12 I did not accept it, partly because of my concerns about
13 the Company's attitude towards employees, specifically crew
14 members."
15 A. Can I say something there, because I think Mr. Richards
16 said that he did not believe I had ever been offered
17 promotion. I never filled in a form to say, yes, I would
18 like to be promoted, but had an interview, along with two
19 other people, with Paul Pearson, the Supervisor, as to
20 whether we could go salaried or not, and I had an interview
21 with him. At the end of this interview, he said, "Yes,
22 I will accept you." Another person was accepted and one
23 person was told they could not. Then a few days later
24 I said I would have to think about it, and then I said
25 I did not want to do it.
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27 I understand that I would have had to go on a probationary
28 period to be a salaried Manager there. But, you know,
29 I had already worked for the store five years. It was not
30 as if I was going to go in not knowing what the job was or
31 anything.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: But the promotion would have been to salaried
34 trainee Manager, would it?
35 A. Yes, yes. He said he had high hopes for me.
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37 Q. Yes.
38 A. Can I also mention here that it was mentioned that
39 I rang up and asked for my job back three weeks after
40 I left, or something, because my contract had fallen
41 through, or something; and what I would like to say is that
42 when I left McDonald's I was going to go and do some work
43 for a chap designing lamps, art deco lamps, but
44 I dislocated my knee and my leg was in plaster for ten
45 weeks. So that is why that fell through. But I did not
46 ever ring and ask for my job back.
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48 You know, I think it was implied that I was bitter or
49 something, and I did not. You know, once I left, I left.
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51 MR. MORRIS: If I can continue to read: "I believe McDonald's,
52 through its actions and not its publicity, treats its
53 employees as a cost and not a resource, giving little
54 regard to their rights or well being."
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56 That was your statement that you made. Do you, subject to
57 the clarifications and amendments you have made, take that
58 as your evidence?
59 A. Yes.
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