Redundancies at VP?

[eddiemunster]

This is a bit of a mystery to me. The staff wages are paid by the PL for 1 season  as part of the relegated clubs deal.

I'm hoping the meeting is to tell them everyone is OK for a year - didn't realise the PL paid the wages?
Probably find out Monday when I see said friend...

Hope nobody gets the push, but if they do then a large "Sack the board,not the staff" should be sorted for our remaining games!

[Witton Warrior]

This is a bit of a mystery to me. The staff wages are paid by the PL for 1 season  as part of the relegated clubs deal.

I'm hoping the meeting is to tell them everyone is OK for a year - didn't realise the PL paid the wages?
Probably find out Monday when I see said friend...

Hope nobody gets the push, but if they do then a large "Sack the board,not the staff" should be sorted for our remaining games!

Told this morning there have been a few redundancy notices but the person is not sure which departments (not Finance or HR) - permanent staff seem unaffected which is good

[Clampy]

I see Mr Nursey is stirring it again about the redundancies. He's thrown in the fact that we're selling stock off cheap in the club shop. The bloke really hasn't got a clue.

[Richard E]

I see Mr Nursey is stirring it again about the redundancies. He's thrown in the fact that we're selling stock off cheap in the club shop. The bloke really hasn't got a clue.

Apparently the fact that we are selling calendars off cheap in February is evidence that Armageddon is impending.

[Clampy]

I see Mr Nursey is stirring it again about the redundancies. He's thrown in the fact that we're selling stock off cheap in the club shop. The bloke really hasn't got a clue.

Apparently the fact that we are selling calendars off cheap in February is evidence that Armageddon is impending.

He also mentions the fact that the training ground gear is going cheap. Maybe someone should tell him that we have a new it deal next season. What a twat.

[Bob M]

Hi All
Well we've seen the Board become Top Heavy with Hollis and Lord King joining Tom Fox and his Director of Football just what are they each going to do? Now it appears that if we get relegated the staff have been told there will be redundancies.
These people I would imagine earn very low wages working in the shop, ticket office and commercial departments, let's put it in perspective if Charles N'zogbia was a decent bloke he could leave now and save the club his wages of £60K + per week and the £1.3M pay off.
Just who's fault is it that we're in a mess; Randy Lerner must take most of the blame plus Tom Fox and his Director of Football who's only qualifications are in Marketing, then comes the players, all of these mentioned aren't exactly on the minimum wage!

[dave.woodhall]

Hi All
Well we've seen the Board become Top Heavy with Hollis and Lord King joining Tom Fox and his Director of Football just what are they each going to do? Now it appears that if we get relegated the staff have been told there will be redundancies.
These people I would imagine earn very low wages working in the shop, ticket office and commercial departments, let's put it in perspective if Charles N'zogbia was a decent bloke he could leave now and save the club his wages of £60K + per week and the £1.3M pay off.
Just who's fault is it that we're in a mess; Randy Lerner must take most of the blame plus Tom Fox and his Director of Football who's only qualifications are in Marketing, then comes the players, all of these mentioned aren't exactly on the minimum wage!

Four directors (Robin Russell is, Almstadt isn't) isn't a particularly large board.

[pauliewalnuts]

These people I would imagine earn very low wages working in the shop, ticket office and commercial departments, let's put it in perspective if Charles N'zogbia was a decent bloke he could leave now and save the club his wages of £60K + per week and the £1.3M pay off.

I can't stand N'Zogbia, he's a shirker and has been a disaster for us.

I don't see why he should consider for a nanosecond writing off money he's owed by the club, though. Why should he?

Would you walk away from money your employer owed you just to help them out?

[Boz]

I see Mr Nursey is stirring it again about the redundancies. He's thrown in the fact that we're selling stock off cheap in the club shop. The bloke really hasn't got a clue.

Apparently the fact that we are selling calendars off cheap in February is evidence that Armageddon is impending.

He also mentions the fact that the training ground gear is going cheap. Maybe someone should tell him that we have a new it deal next season. What a twat.

Nursey's just a typical red top journalist looking for a story. Doesn't let facts get in the way. Along with Pat Murphy, we seem to attract anti Villa correspondents.

[Mostinho II]

"Spending is expected to be slashed across commercial, academy and community departments, while in recent weeks Villa have already started to lay off match-day stewards and corporate hospitality staff because attendances at home games have fallen."

So it's the (fickle) supporters fault, obviously.

[PeterWithesShin]

They are falling so much we're averaging about the same as last season.

[Chris Harte]

They are falling so much we're averaging about the same as last season.

Yes, 30000+ is remarkable, all things considered. Just lazy journalism.

[Mostinho II]

That's exactly what I thought.

[eamonn]

Why don't Preece, Mepham or whoever it's called, pump good PR out there? Easier said than done currently but apart from the charitable work done with Acorns or VFM which the Media don't care about, we never seem to get positive stories about the club out there or at least make the tabloid guff look silly.

[AV89]

Probably off topic.

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