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http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/finsbury-park-residents-rally-to-rescue-beloved-e-mono-kebab-shop-1-4477069
In the end, it's hard to blame Network Rail for maximising their income - they presumably have a statutory duty to do so.
Does anyone know what the Irish connection is, though? They have a huge rack of regional Irish newspapers outside and even more inside the shop.
Have a look at the side of the house on the corner of Perth Road and SGR on the FF side of the street and see the Irish Shamrock detail on the building.
I am raising awareness regarding Pret A Manger.
Pret's food is not handmade, it is “assembled” in tiny/cramped kitchens from ready cooked products and ingredients delivered from factories that are as “fresh” as if we would go shopping from a grocery store with products and use by dates.
I worked in Pret A Manger and survived being bullied during bereavement. I am raising awareness on how it is behind the scenes. I know how non-caring Pret is. Not labelling before and even after the first death is very shocking, but not surprising.
Clive Schlee, Pret's CEO labelled me late night girl patronizing me. My story is like out of a Hollywood film, but it's true and I have a lot of written evidence.
I am "shadow banned" on Twitter ( @LateNightGirlMe) which is a secret censorship Twitter denies doing to protect big companies and political views.
Staff have 1 minute to serve customers or they lose bonus, get told off later n the office etc. Pret is very very different behind the scenes!
My ordeal in Pret is on a mindmap as an overview:
https://www.mindmeister.com/1194255218/my-pret-a-manger-ordeal?fullscreen=1
Other staff reviews / complaints:
https://latenightgirl.org/open-letters-to-pret/quote-of-the-day-pret/
Undercover report sparked by my blog:
https://latenightgirl.org/2018/11/29/undercover-under-pressure/
Kind regards,
LateNightGirl.org
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For balance, my friend works at Finsbury Park Pret, after working for them for years, and loves it. The staff always seem pretty cheery in Pret.
Once I was bereaved I became an inconvenience and was met with a toxic HR dept. One assistant manager ended her life last year. Yes, the teams are great, I was fortunate to have been able to often protect my team from difficult managers.
My situation went all the way to the top because I refused to resign when they continued to place me under suppressive managers. I didn't budge, and my situation went all the way to the top (Clive Schlee, CEO labelled me his late night girl due to my late night emails out of trauma. I write about this extensively on my blog).
And because my situation is so out-of-sync like a twisted Hollywood movie (but I have it all in written evidence) I collected many staff reviews/complaints.
It depends what your position are, if you are a team leader your job is difficult because you are mostly blamed by lazy managers. If you play the game and kiss up to management, you will be fine. But I could never do that.
I don't know if your friend is a TM or in leadership, but he/she is lucky to be in a good shop.
Selected reviews I chose (I write & create posts to help me cope)
https://latenightgirl.org/open-letters-to-pret/quote-of-the-day-pret/
This list is taken from a long list I compiled, and this is everywhere, the USA side is pretty bad with repeated complaints about discrimination and racism:
https://latenightgirl.org/open-letters-to-pret/pret-staff-complaints/
Sorry for the load, but the public is lulled in by the outside facade.
Thank you for reading and your kind words.
Happy and healthy new year to everyone.
not sure, some may be. I was not and it's a big regret. But I was not in a Union because I never needed to, I NEVER ever had any issues at any of the prvious work places I worked until I came to Pret. And I understand also that Pret is "just" part of the bigger picture of the greed & profit ridden business world, especially once private equity gets its hands on a business.
Andrej Stopa worked in Pret and was fired in 2012 BECAUSE he started a Union. But Pret twisted the reason for dismissal that Andrej allegedly made homophobic remarks (10 months before!)
I gave Andrej an extra page on my blog. He is back in his home country and not very active, but his Twitter is still there, sitting on Twitter:
https://latenightgirl.org/grief-mental-health/on-mental-health/andrej-ex-pret/
This Times journo explains why Pret has lost him:
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"To my surprise, I also find myself feeling bothered by the sheer number of Pret outlets in London. I used to think there could be no limit and dreamt about a branch opening on my street, so I could have posh cheddar & pickle on artisan bread sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but I walked out of a branch in London the other day to find there was another branch of Pret right across the road. The recent claim made by chief executive Clive Schlee that “Pret looks like a huge company but in fact it’s 500 little kitchens”, and marketing material that implies that Pret is still a local store selling healthy products to customers it knows intimately, just doesn’t wash anymore.
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It’s obvious what the owners are trying to do. As one veteran private equity investor put it recently: “We buy a business, work out how many restaurants you can get away with in an area until it’s become saturated, then try to convince a new buyer that there is plenty more runway”."
From: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pret-was-the-best-thing-since-sliced-bread-but-private-equity-ruined-it-9n6cfwtpc
I am now in very good contact with a Union that works with fast-food workers and they have already helped me immensely EVEN after I'm not with Pret anymore. I have a direct line to the top and other associated with this Union. And should Pret give me trouble for going public, I have this and unions and other groups behind me. But all Pret is doing via Twitter is letting Twitter shadow ban me with their secret censorship Twitter denies doing.
That's all Pret comes up with at the moment as they know they can do nothing with all the written evidence I have. If someone wonders if I went to court, I explain in this post, because I get this asked a lot and to avoid repeating, I point to the blog entry:
https://latenightgirl.org/2018/10/02/the-question-if-i-filed-a-court-claim-against-pret-a-manger/
For fast-food workers (and any employee as such!), EVEN if you have no problems at the moment PLEASE safe yourself headaches later on JOIN A UNION ASAP! You don't need to tell your boss or colleagues that you join, as that will put a target on your back. But quietly just join a Union, and if you run into troubles, THAN you can get back-up openly. I didn't have that and was like a sheep in-between wolves! That is why I write so boldly, bluntly and openly, because now I have nothing to lose and the public deserves the truth, especially potential employees who don't know their right and speak hardly any English.
Pret employees foreigners on purpose, not only because of the low pay, but because they don't know the language, they don't know their rights, they are clueless where to go when in trouble. They are very easy to control and manipulate. I had to fight a lot for my foreign colleagues when they ask me for help (not being paid, overhours no pay, too many hours exhausted, bully boss etc.)
I highly recommend the Baker's Food and Allied Workers Union https://www.bfawu.org/
I met them, I saw what they do, they were instrumental to organize the FIRST EVER McDonald's strike in the UK following the pioneers in the U.S.
Thank you for reading and enquiring.
Good and healthy new year to all.
The first video I dedicated to my former Pret colleagues who are still struggling, those whom I know, the second video concentrates more on the speakers. The rally took place in Leicester Square and another one in Brixton...
Everyone, just join a Union, take it from me, don't struggle alone!
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When they spit it out and say it is undrinkable ask them why they would want to add half a pint of milk to it and then pay to drink it.
People don't go to Pret because of coffee, when you read the tweets on Pret's feed, people seem to feel like Pret is status symbol.
And all I can say, if Pret would treat staff respectfully, it would be a good company, or like one reviewer, a GM put it: "Great company in risk of ruin!"
https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Reviews/Employee-Review-Pret-A-Manger-RVW3683526.htm
the customer deaths and how poorly, frankly non-caring Pret dealt with it says it all. Cold business, full steam ahead, no care of the trail of injured they leave behind.
Customers are like children, you give them free coffees, cookies, lunches etc. and they devour it like they've just won a prize, not realising that Pret buys them with cheap items.
I'm not going to tell you, but if you'd knew how much a coffee, a latte really costs for Pret you would throw up with the price you pay for it.
it may be unpopular but i'm moved to point out that unless we DO change it, rapidly and radically, we probably won't have ANY shops on stroud green road, because civilisation will have collapsed due to climate change.
still, gentrification obviously must have SOME positives.
happy new year all!