You Just Can't Get The Staff These Days...

sandyRoe | 16:16 Fri 20th Dec 2013 | ChatterBank

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If Nigella had looked for employees in the classified advertisements section of The Lady would this unhappy imbroglio she's found herself in ever have happened?

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aelmpvw

they haven't got off, there's a civil case pending ...

emmie

true, but since when would any nanny, employee be given free rein, if they did tell them to go out and spend what they wanted, then they shouldn't have brought the case, however if there was abuse on the two women's part then the result was flawed.

FredPuli43

The company might forget about it out of professional and business embarrassment, and not initiate the prosecution, but that is a 'might' not a rule of business. This woman didn't. Why criticise her for complaining and not being embarrassed to initiate a prosecution ? Incidentally, I haven't noticed Tesco being embarrassed to prosecute a shoplifter over £30; the sum doesn't matter. Of course, these women may well have been confident that the complainant would never start a prosecution, and so they went on to yet greater expenditure, but that they were disappointed can hardly be held against the complainant

anneasquith

sandy, do you still advertise in 'the lady' for your staff ?

grasscarp

I am surprised that their accountant did not end up in court. He knew what was going on but did not want to bother them with trivial matters. Some accountant!

EDDIE51

I still think that Nigella will not be on TV much after this. The allegations of drug use and especially the ones about letting the kids use cocaine will ruin her reputation as a 'domestic goddess'.

sandyRoe

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Anneasquith, I'm afraid I've had to tighten my belt. The butler and his wife, the cook, are long gone, as are the gardeners. Mrs Danvers, the housekeeper, is heavily burdened. I'm not altogether sure she's up to all the double digging in the vegetable garden. But it would be a shame to let her go. I can't see her getting another job at her age.

anneasquith

sandy...............such a magnanimous gesture :)