Day 155 - 14 Jul 95 - Page 06

     
     1   Q.   In what way?
     2        A.  I was made Restaurant Manager of the Year.  I had Store
     3        of the Year.  Both of these were awarded in the same year
     4        which is very, very rare.
     5
     6   Q.   Saving your blushes, were you successful as a Supervisor?
     7        A.  Yes, a few years later I was voted Supervisor of the
     8        Year nationally.
     9
    10   MR. MORRIS:  Can I ask a question?  Can we clarify which year we
    11        are talking about?
    12
    13   MR. RAMPTON:  For what?
    14
    15   MR. MORRIS:  For Store of the Year, Manager of the Year.
    16
    17   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes.  What was the year in which Seven Sisters was
    18        recognised as Store of the Year or Restaurant of the Year
    19        and you were recognised as Manager of the Year?  Was it the
    20        same year?
         A.  It would have been for the year 1987.
    22
    23   Q.   In any one year, how many stores in a region get that
    24        accolade, that recognition?
    25        A.  Nationally, it would be 10 restaurants.
    26
    27   Q.   10 restaurants and 10 Managers?
    28        A.  Yes.
    29
    30   Q.   What about Supervisors, how many in a year?
    31        A.  Supervisors I think nationally it was eight.
    32
    33   Q.   So you were one of eight.  Do you remember which year that
    34        was?
    35        A.  That probably would have been 89, I think, or maybe 90.
    36
    37   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Keep your voice up, Mr. Giardina.  I do not
    38        want you to strain because I can hear you, but it is easier
    39        if you keep your voice up a little.
    40
    MR. RAMPTON:  You are now a General Manager, Mr. Giardina?
    42        A.  That is correct.
    43
    44   Q.   Tell us, because we do not know that we have had any direct
    45        evidence about this, not detailed anyway, how does the
    46        position of a General Manager differ from the position of
    47        ordinary Restaurant Manager?
    48        A.  As a Restaurant Manager, you are given direction and
    49        advice from your Area Manager.  My position of being an
    50        Area Manager for so many years, in a way, it was a 
    51        promotion to General Manager where you are solely 
    52        responsible for that one restaurant, not four any more. 
    53        You are sort of a Restaurant Manager and Supervisor all
    54        rolled into one.  You are left to basically run your
    55        restaurant as if it was your own business, and the reward
    56        is a little bit like profit sharing.
    57
    58   Q.   Do you get -- I am coming back to the hierarchy in a moment
    59         -- an ordinary salary from the Company?
    60        A.  I still receive the basic salary of the Area Manager.