tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992644248766561678.post3453240250047662882..comments2023-10-12T21:47:44.939+11:00Comments on Pub Date Critical: Wooldridges Fails to Make the GradePeter Donoughuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02697552041984454181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992644248766561678.post-19756677812320418802018-09-30T01:23:45.434+10:002018-09-30T01:23:45.434+10:00Wooldridges was losing money hand over first for y...Wooldridges was losing money hand over first for years. The administration was incompetent and the average employment length was 6 mouths. If Tim Majors didn't bully the staff to the point of leaving then Shirley would. Selling the company was Tim's only option so he could escape overseas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992644248766561678.post-90769867666986753162013-01-22T17:54:13.276+11:002013-01-22T17:54:13.276+11:00A bit rich Peter. Whilst you were MD of John Wiley...A bit rich Peter. Whilst you were MD of John Wiley there was price discount discrimination against certain bookshops that sold university books (i.e. off campus bookshops). Maybe you can explain why you allowed that ? <br /><br />Many reasons will be given, many excuses trotted out, but the long and short of it is that fairness and encouraging competition is not what your about.<br /><br />You really are a waste of space Peter, why anyone listens to your dribble after your time at John Wiley is beyond me.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992644248766561678.post-4636587579189864352012-11-21T23:41:01.482+11:002012-11-21T23:41:01.482+11:00We did not "cash in our chips". After 27...We did not "cash in our chips". After 27 years of servicing 300,000 customers during Dec.-Feb, not really having a Christmas, sometimes working 24 hours straight, we sold to a company that we thought had the vision to carry the Wooldridges model around Australia. Our model was also much more than booklists (of which we produced 100,000 bags each year ) our model was to visit every school in Western Australia, from the Kimberleys to Esperance and to have retail stores, 14 in fact, from Darwin to Bunbury. We are heartbroken about what has happened. The ex Wooldridge staff are holding a wake on Sunday the 9th December to mourn the passing of the great company. Shirley Majors (ex Wooldridge owner)shirley Majorsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992644248766561678.post-65715530331358831662012-07-27T23:13:40.022+10:002012-07-27T23:13:40.022+10:00Could not disagree with a word.
Regrettably, no-...Could not disagree with a word. <br /><br />Regrettably, no-one who needs to read this will. Not companies about to sell, not venture capital companies about to acquire. The former will cash in their chips (wouldn't you? Truly?), the latter will continue to believe they can "extract value," which if it succeeds is usually at the expense of the company and/or the employees, and if it fails is usually at the expense of the company and/or the employees.Steve Careynoreply@blogger.com