A little bit of faith restored in NZ

[Beemer]

I'm a freelancer so if I don't perform, I quite rightly would expect NOT to be offered work in the future. It's a great incentive to do a good job when your survival depends on it! I've worked for employers and in some cases they have made my life hell - or other employees have - and I've wanted to quit. I worked for one top photography business where two of the young girls who worked there treated me like shit because I got the job one of them had been angling for. I put up with it for three months, even approached the owner but nothing changed so I quit. I had HUGE satisfaction a while back at a wedding expo when I saw one of them touting for business. Another girl was passing out brochures and when she tried to hand me one I said "no thanks, I wouldn't touch your company with a barge pole after the way THAT bitch treated me when I worked there". You should have seen her face, she ran straight back and told her and I felt very satisfied when she realised who I was!

[Finn]

So you got the only righty in the bunch?
Or perhaps the ERA do the best they can with the laws they have.

No, the ERA person that handled the case was a lefty. For sure.

Here's something interesting. All authority members at the ERA are not qualified to practice law. They're not even ex-lawyers yet they make legally binding decisions on employment laws.

In the end, it's whoever can afford the best lawyer and knows how to play the game.

This is the first time in 10 years I have ever had to go through the ERA process. I wouldn't wish it on Skyryder.

[Paul in NZ]

Its a tough one and you make some good points.

A few years back Vicki suddenly gained a new boss from a competitor are the area manager. She was a real head case. Demo stock intended for the reps never left her garage as well as promotional prizes etc. She sold it through the paper, gave it to family or swapped it to other crooked reps for stuff they had stolen.

Vicki accidentally saw it all (had to hide 5 brand new BBQ's) and that was it - she became a threat so Vicki started getting a REAL hard time from this bitch.

Of course sales suffered - no sales collateral and this became a performance issue... In the end (this is a VERY long story and this is just a small part of it) it was easier to resign rather than go through it all. The company admitted the woman was a problem, they knew she was dishonest, they knew her glowing references were written to help her leave the old company but there was stuff all they could / would do about it. Their HR people were completely useless and would do nothing practical to help Vicki out.

Vicki resigned - went to work for the competition and was one of their top sales people which was easy after the damage this person had done.

So yes - bad people damage companies and in the case of a small company they can kill them. Bastard really...