rumpole 483 Report post Posted January 13, 2012 It is 12 months since Andrew resigned. He still has not been replaced. Bill Colgan is doing a great job as an acting CEO and I bet a dollar to a doughnut he is not getting $900,000 a year. Molly the tea lady for you cafers who do not remember or know says there has never ever been such a high morale at Board and well Molly should know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turny 1,224 Report post Posted January 13, 2012 delighted to know she was not affected by the re-engineering retructure leading to the downsizing accommodation of market needs and analaysis outcomes to achieve all KPI's in a competitive and fluid marketplace Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess 1,244 Report post Posted January 14, 2012 and had no idea there were still corporations in this day and age who have a tea lady. Not sure if that's quaint or decadent Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordman 1 Report post Posted January 14, 2012 gee molly your out lasted a few , maybe you should apply 4 the job you know enough and its been proven you dont need cv with flash colleges and letter by name Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAIGHT STRIKE 37 Report post Posted January 14, 2012 It is 12 months since Andrew resigned. He still has not been replaced. Bill Colgan is doing a great job as an acting CEO and I bet a dollar to a doughnut he is not getting $900,000 a year. Molly the tea lady for you cafers who do not remember or know says there has never ever been such a high morale at Board and well Molly should know. is only on about US$450,000 p.a. so Andrew was in a twice as important position, i hope you are not questioning or making fun of someone here, Barack Obama is only responsible for one of the most influential countries in the world. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumpole 483 Report post Posted January 14, 2012 is only on about US$450,000 p.a. so Andrew was in a twice as important position, i hope you are not questioning or making fun of someone here, Barack Obama is only responsible for one of the most influential countries in the world. Have you heard from him??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Clydesdale 229 Report post Posted January 16, 2012 Where is the system that was going to be implemented last April for $20m? Molly should know.......? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumpole 483 Report post Posted January 16, 2012 Where is the system that was going to be implemented last April for $20m? Molly should know.......? component with him and won't give it back without a fight. Molly regretfully is quite old and does not know how to turn a computer on. She has been known to turn a few off when they have been left unattended! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turny 1,224 Report post Posted January 16, 2012 component with him and won't give it back without a fight. Molly regretfully is quite old and does not know how to turn a computer on. She has been known to turn a few off when they have been left unattended! will she be at the Champagne Turf on Saturday? You could possibly escort her for the day and show her the results of her input at Petone ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipse 0 Report post Posted January 17, 2012 12 months stretches the meaning of the word..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leggy 4,090 Report post Posted January 17, 2012 of the RB's approach to fixing problems. this shows we can fix problems, with a simple solution, with no need for all the bullDUST!!! You don't have to be anybody special to appreciate this story. A toothpaste factory had a problem: they sometimes shipped empty boxes without the tube inside. This was due to the way the production line was set up, and people with experience in designing production lines will tell you how difficult it is to have everything happen with timings so precise that every single unit coming out of it is perfect 100% of the time. Small variations in the environment (which can't be controlled in a cost-effective fashion) mean you must have quality assurance checks smartly distributed across the line so that customers all the way down to the supermarket don't get cheesed off and buy another product instead. Understanding how important that was, the CEO of the toothpaste factory got the top people in the company together and they decided to start a new project in which they would hire an external company to solve their empty boxes problem as their engineering department was already too stretched to take on any extra effort. The project followed the usual process: budget and project sponsor allocated, RFP (request for proposal), third-parties selected, and six months (and $8 million) later they had a fantastic solution on time, on budget, high quality and everyone in the project had a great time. They solved the problem by using high-tech precision scales that would sound a bell and flash lights whenever a toothpaste box would weigh less than it should. The line would stop and someone had to walk over and yank the defective box out of it, pressing another button when done to re-start the line. A while later, the CEO decides to have a look at the ROI(return on investment)of the project: amazing results! No empty boxes ever shipped out of the factory after the scales were put in place. Very few customer complaints and they were gaining market share. That's some money well spent he says before looking closely at the other statistics in the report. It turns out the number of defects picked up by the scales was 0 after three weeks of production use. It should've been picking up at least a dozen a day so maybe there was something wrong with the report. He queried it and after some investigation the engineers come back saying the report was actually correct. The scales really weren't picking up any defects, because all boxes that got to that point in the conveyor belt were good. Puzzled, the CEO travels down to the factory and walks up to the part of the line where the precision scales were installed. A few feet before the scale there was a $20 desk fan, blowing the empty boxes off of the belt and into a bin. Oh, that, says one of the workers, one of the guys put it there because he was tired of walking over every time the bell rang. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauhei Notts 1,413 Report post Posted January 18, 2012 Possibly off topic but England's The Guardian has a bit about Paul Bittar; remember him? http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/jan/17/pa I hope I have got it right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumpole 483 Report post Posted January 21, 2012 gee molly your out lasted a few , maybe you should apply 4 the job you know enough and its been proven you dont need cv with flash colleges and letter by name specimen.She has a good pair of ears but she is still somewhat shy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumpole 483 Report post Posted January 21, 2012 I'm rather surprised Molly hasn't had someone appointed to assist her, presuming she is looking after the NZTR crew too. The pie warmer must be under extreme pressure by the look of one rather unattractive individual whose name rhymes with soap powder. That pie warmer would take some stocking up, and then there's all the new recruits, they have to eat and drink and given the lack of productivity from within NZTR one can only presume there's plenty of spare time for stuffing pastries and pies into your gob. I trust Molly can cook and serve airline food, they seem to have a penchant for that style of cuisine down there. especially the new fella and any one who claims to be Ozz (ie criminal background) Molly works for the Racing Board not NZTR..she does pick up a bit of gossip in the lifts,the corridors and the basement car park and storage area but zzzn she does not cook..she makes tea and scones and just keeps pushing her trolley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meomy 971 Report post Posted November 21, 2014 Tauhei Notts, do you recall what this article & link was? It's coming up now as a 404 page not found. Thanks Possibly off topic but England's The Guardian has a bit about Paul Bittar; remember him?http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/jan/17/pa I hope I have got it right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 2Admin2 Report post Posted November 21, 2014 http://www.britishho...bha-early-2015/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biff 2,158 Report post Posted November 21, 2014 especially the new fella and any one who claims to be Ozz (ie criminal background) Molly works for the Racing Board not NZTR..she does pick up a bit of gossip in the lifts,the corridors and the basement car park and storage area but zzzn she does not cook..she makes tea and scones and just keeps pushing her trolley You can pick up a lot of things in those lifts and basements in Petone, I'm still suffering the effects of such many moons later, whoa is me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
