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Hattons Model Railways

Is this your company?

Megalomaniac on parade. - Anonymous employee Hattons Model Railways Employee Review

1.0
30 May 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Long established company. Work days out.

Cons

Hatton's used to be a great company to work for, not anymore. I have already sorted my cv and I am looking for a job that is anywhere but here. The big bad boss that parades himself around as this amazing bloke is nothing more than an over-arrogant megalomaniac. He does not have any regard for his staff or their feelings. Staff are too scared to say something because he flies off the handle at anything and we fear we will loose our jobs. He also has a thing for the ladies. He likes to take his pick of the pretty girls. Since the owner stepped down he has gone power mad! He doesn't care what level you are. How long you have served there. He will publicly disgrace you no matter who you are. I have been moved around the warehouse and now we are expected to do everything and be great at it but you can be left on one job for ages and then loose touch on others. If you swap back you are expected to be perfect at it again because its all based on unrealistic stats. Nobody can be perfect at everything! I am leaving due to the amount of stress this man is making me feel. I do not feel like I have job security anymore. It is very sad as I have made some great colleagues. Nobody is treat by him like an idividual, we all feel owned.

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Hattons Model Railways Response
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Hi it's Rich. Really sorry you feel this way. Everyone in Hatton's has a team leader and they have a manager, who reports to me - so your relationship with those 2 is the most significant factor in how you are doing with training, performance and rotation. I probably know a lot less about how you are personally doing "stat wise", than you may think - I trust them to help you get the Skill & Will to be comfortable every day Christine hasn't really stepped down - I've been running Hatton's for 11 years now. If you have been with us for 4 years, then you have seen us improve nearly everything in the business. I have definitely become more proactive since I bought the firm - but you probably understand why that was inevitable You will definitely be able to get another job elsewhere, because our people are really high calibre (you included). But I would honestly rather you stayed and talked to your team leader or manager, about how you are feeling - and let them sort it out. I bet you have got loads of good company knowledge, that I honestly don't want to us lose, and I always feel proud of seeing people progress in the firm (regardless of what you may think of me) The scores you've put on are inaccurate and disrespectful to the people you work with who have helped raise them, from where we were years ago. Please do consider rescoring us.

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