Mike might have done nothing wrong in furloughing staff and unfortunately then having to make them redundant at the end of that period, (it is inevitable post-COVID), but reputation and optics matter. I work closely with senior management and boards of directors in many large companies in my job, and there is much more caution about maintaining a clean image than I've ever seen before. It would be incredibly stupid for any visible business figure to be openly living too luxuriously at the moment whilst also making employees redundant.As much as I think Fleur deserves allll the backlash for lying about ‘not knowing the rules’ (sure) and lying about being away I don’t agree with the redundancies at Available Car being brought into it?
CEOs of limited companies and their personal wealth have absolutely nothing to do with company funds, unless it transpires Mike’s been taking huge dividends or something to decimate the company funds this is kinda a cheap angle from the press. If the company isn’t performing well like many aren’t due to COVID, redundancies are sadly going to be the result. The furlough money is also based on company money which is separate from Mike’s. That’s company law.
The whole situation is just distasteful though. Why there was even a travel corridor I have no idea and totally immoral to lie about being out there. They knew it was wrong hence why they kept quiet and now they have created a right mess for themselves. I have no sympathy.
From the looks of the comments on theFacebook page for Available Cars, I think it’s safe to say Mike has lost the respect of his employees!Mike might have done nothing wrong in furloughing staff and unfortunately then having to make them redundant at the end of that period, (it is inevitable post-COVID), but reputation and optics matter. I work closely with senior management and boards of directors in many large companies in my job, and there is much more caution about maintaining a clean image than I've ever seen before. It would be incredibly stupid for any visible business figure to be openly living too luxuriously at the moment whilst also making employees redundant.
The fact that this story has hit a national newspaper is pretty bad for Mike. I'm sure he'll be fine in the end, but this is definitely a rough start to his tenure as CEO.
Wow, I totally forgot she used to do that. Like night and day.I love that Fleur used to act like she was above showing her daughter online. And now she’s using River in cutesy Instagram stories to distract from the current PR disaster.
Oh how the mighty have fallen
Oh right, we are on here are too dumb to understand business. But Mike, he clearly makes great business decisions.Thank you! I think some here don’t seem to understand how business works! Also nobody knew how this pandemic was going to play out, it makes perfect sense that staff would have been furloughed when the showrooms had to close, then when it became apparent closures were going to be longer term and nobody was buying cars, unfortunately those jobs became redundant. As you say, if Mike was rinsing the company for money at the same time as letting staff go then that would be a wrong. But we don’t know that he has. Plus for all we know the directors might have taken a pay cut before having to make the decision of redundancy.
I still completely disagree with their decision to go to Dubai but in terms of the relationship to Available Car, the optics are terrible however the trip to Dubai isa separate issue to the job losses.
Someone who has a facebook account, pop it on the available car threadThe DM article only has 3 shares and 30 comments. I don't think it's spreading as far and wide as we'd have hoped.
What are they saying?From the looks of the comments on theFacebook page for Available Cars, I think it’s safe to say Mike has lost the respect of his employees!
They were complaining also about the working conditions and bad paid they were, which doesn't surprise me as even as they as ruch as duck Fleur and Mike are extremely stingy.Oh right, we are on here are too dumb to understand business. But Mike, he clearly makes great business decisions.
I mean why should Fleur, lady of the manor, have to spend her holidays in the same country as all those plebeians Mike let go of?
Tory gits the pair of themThey were complaining also about the working conditions and bad paid they were, which doesn't surprise me as even as they as ruch as duck Fleur and Mike are extremely stingy.
Still when she did hwr bags declutter video the 90% were bleeping awful, all the video I was "Gosh just bin them all"“I’ve been wanting this handbag for ages” used to be one of my favorite phrases from her because you know ages for her means a month.