Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - IV

[maidmarian]

Yes, but what I meant was dealing with payroll, pensions, sick leave, welfare, performance reviews, discipline, etc. It is, after all, a fair size work force.

there is a great deal of goverment regulation
to deal with.I wont mention H& S!

Can be fines etc if employer doesnt comply
and union or ACAS involvement if employees
entitlements arent provided.
There are a few vocal employees there-
might be a mini storyline ? Ivy Brennan/
Tilsley types arent really relevant now.

Unions dont have as high% membership
as they did-but employees know about
their rights and grievance procedures!
It is a back street factory but none of
employees is "illegal" so dont keep
quiet out of fear.

[Dazzle]

I think Sally must be supposed to be competent enough at her job otherwise why would Carla have put up with her for all this time (especially when she obviously gets on her nerves)? I imagine as her assistant she would help Carla with all the jobs mentioned above and more (although strangely she doesn't have access to the accounts).

Also, why would Carla seriously contemplate her offer to buy when she's made it clear she wants to protect the factory's future? For all Sally's faults she's not a stupid woman and Kevin would be there to help with the financial side of things.

Saying that, I do think Sally running the factory would be a disaster, but probably more to do with her hopelessness at managing the workforce than the administrative side of the business.

[lizann]

shayne reminds me of todd

[maidmarian]

I think Sally must be supposed to be competent enough at her job otherwise why would Carla have put up with her for all this time (especially when she obviously gets on her nerves)? I imagine as her assistant she would help Carla with all the jobs mentioned above and more (although strangely she doesn't have access to the accounts).

Also, why would Carla seriously contemplate her offer to buy when she's made it clear she wants to protect the factory's future? For all Sally's faults she's not a stupid woman and Kevin would be there to help with the financial side of things.

Saying that, I do think Sally running the factory would be a disaster, but probably more to do with her hopelessness at managing the workforce than the administrative side of the business.

just a bit of a "picky" point -to deal with
such matters as welfare, sick absence
management, performance reviews(
on which bonus and pay rates can
depend) you do need to be tactful
firm and consistent. Quite a lot of
a managers time goes on these issues.
If not dealt with correctly a lot of
problems/ complaints/financial
repercussions could ensue.

It is a moderately large work force-
tho we only see a few of them. So
there could be a seperate job as
Personnel **manager or assistant but
with defined duties and a chain of
responsiblity.Im a fan of Sallys but
can imagine the havoc caused if
she got involved in some matters.
Not objective enough!

The main problem with soaps regarding
money and business is theres no realism
at all. Too much would be boring but a
bit more attention to some detail would
make stories believable.!

** or even Human Resources( or Remains)
as Ive heard it called

[maidmarian]

Dupl

[parkerman]

Yes. In a factory as large as Underworld (with all the workers we only see occasionally), they would really need someone dedicated to HR work which might include payroll as well, not an easy job in itself, especially with all the overtime they keep getting. They have to keep track of PAYE, NI, pension contributions. As maidmarian says, it would be very boring to show all this, but some recognition of it would not go amiss when this sort of current storyline crops up.

[mariba]

shayne reminds me of todd

He does actually! ☺ I was surprised how good he is! Well done shayne ��

[mariba]

shayne reminds me of todd

He does actually! ☺ I was surprised how good he is! Well done shayne 👍

[Dazzle]

Im a fan of Sallys but
can imagine the havoc caused if
she got involved in some matters.
Not objective enough!

As I said, I think Sally would be hopeless managing the workforce...

He does actually! ☺ I was surprised how good he is! Well done shayne ��

I agree, I was very pleasantly surprised by Shayne Ward's first appearance. His acting so far has been pretty good and he slotted in effortlessly. Did I detect a hint from Carla that he could have a bit of a dark side?

I felt sad for Erica, but I was glad she had enough pride to finish gracefully with Nick (though I wish he and Carla had waited until the relationship was over to sleep together).

The hospital scenes were well done.

[tammyy2j]

I like that Carla went to Roy, love their scenes and there should be more of them

I like Aidan so far, he has a bit of Liam Connor's cockiness and cheeky charm about him if that makes sense

I felt sorry for Todd not being told about Jason and then hearing Eileen as Jason's bed side