Humphrey Smith - "..please work for us!"

[Max]

Word has it, that Humphrey Smith was allegedly recently attempting to put his resources to effective use. He was spotted in Sheffield, handing out leaflets to the public, with the caption..

'Would you like to run your own pub'

..or words to that effect. So not knowing the exact content of the leaflet (yet) I thought I would prepare the copy, for what such a leaflet SHOULD state..

(Click on above image to enlarge)

[ademapearl]

Your post reminds me that a few weeks ago I was idly looking through the Yorkshire Post jobs section, when I spotted a very small advert stating vacancies existed for public house managers - apply to Samuel Smith's brewery, Tadcaster. I could hardly believe that such an advert was tucked away with such little prominence, amongst vacancies for part time cleaners, school crossing patrols and those inevitable scams promising ?200 per week with no effort! If the brewery is serious about recruiting new staff, then one would have thought that a larger, more attractive advert would be worth the extra money. Still, on the other hand, some industrious but desperate jobseekers have been spared a fate worse than death by not noticing these particular vacancies.

[Mr Zak]

There are two ways of looking at this. One way says that the brewery is ashamed of advertising itself and its vacancies, and such a low profile ad will attract the dross it deserves - i.e. unskilled, inexperienced "pub managers", who will respond to the brewery's instruction to "jump" with the question "how high?". Another is to say that the brewery is shrewdly keeping its costs down and, in an employer's market, is exploring a cost efficient recruitment option that no-one else has thought of.

Given Humphrey's track record, which do you think is the case?

And before anyone accuses me of calling pub managers "dross", may I repeat my assertion that most of them do an excellent job under very trying circumstances - but such a recruitment initiative is hardly likely to attract those of similar calibre, is it?

[poohbear]

  we all know humph is very tight fisted when it comes to spending money and doesnt like to advertise
but i agree that all he will get is inexperienced managers owwrking for him for peanuts with no thanks

[moggy]

There are two ways of looking at this. One way says that the brewery is ashamed of advertising itself and its vacancies, and such a low profile ad will attract the dross it deserves - i.e. unskilled, inexperienced "pub managers", who will respond to the brewery's instruction to "jump" with the question "how high?". Another is to say that the brewery is shrewdly keeping its costs down and, in an employer's market, is exploring a cost efficient recruitment option that no-one else has thought of.

Given Humphrey's track record, which do you think is the case?

And before anyone accuses me of calling pub managers "dross", may I repeat my assertion that most of them do an excellent job under very trying circumstances - but such a recruitment initiative is hardly likely to attract those of similar calibre, is it?

hi mr zak have you thought that there may be a third reason why the advert was so small and inconspicuous, perhaps mr smithis ashamed because most of his workforce are either leaving(because of the way they are been treated) or they are being sacked for not achieving the idiotic targets set by this man.
he could be ashamed to admit, how many people he has lost and had to replace, and the cost that the company has had to bear because of this. no wonder the rest of the independents are having a good laugh, i know of one local company that now has 5 of smiths old management couples, and they were welcomed with open arms, as one manager said it was nice to get out of the workhouse and lunatic asylum