RE: Harmon Speakers

["Mick Furlong" <dorsai@xxxxxxx>]

Phil

I am not 100% sure about this but I think they have to have very good
reason
to withold a 'neutral' (ie Phil worked here for x years as chief donkey
shagger and performed well;) reference. Most large organisations won't give
you much more than this anyway as they are afraid of becoming liable if you
turn out to be the BOFH;)

Your family solicitor will no doubt be able to advise you but I would also
think about contacting a specialist.

If you have a letter which reads as per your quote then tell them to cough
up or shut up.

Any large reputable firm will have a HR department which won't let them do
this kind of crap, I assume that this is a smaller operation so threaten
them with legal action...paying your solicitor to write them a letter often
works and should scare them.

Good Luck

Mick


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 04 August 2001 09:13
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Harmon Speakers
>
>
>
> That was what I did suggest ... £45 per hour which works out at
> £360 a day.
>
> However they are saying that we agreed this "I will be available
> for you for
> the next three months" crap before they made me redundant. I
> obviously need
> a decent reference from them which is the problem but I don't want to
be
> being called in to clear up the mess that they've got themselves into
by
> their own decision to get rid of me and let the studio run itself
> whilst the
> bosses wife (who was supposed to take it over from me) goes off on
holiday
> for a month!
>
> I think I'll have to forego the reference and have my solicitor
> write them a
> letter quoting my redundancy letter from them and pointing out
> that if they
> insist on their current course of action then we would have to report
them
> to the income tax people for possible attempted tax fraud.
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 04 August 2001 07:43
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Harmon Speakers
> >
> >
> > Do what I did once a few years ago... Offer to go back on a
short-term
> > contract basis, on a nice fat contractor rate, - say about £500
per day
> > (which Is still a lot less than they'd have to pay for a body
from a
> > consulting firm like the one I work for...) - so a bargain!
> >
> > (and lots ot money for gadgets!)
> >
> > Paul G.
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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