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Felicity Waller, Head of Commercial, lastest senior staff member to leave

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,357
edited April 2016 in General Charlton
According to a tweet from Airman Brown

Rick Everitt ‏@airmanbrown 20m20 minutes ago
#Cafc head of commercial resigns after being contacted by agency recruiting for a commercial manager for #Cafc
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  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,499
    Classy as ever.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,759
    Wow, now that is really staggering. We really need to get these twats out of our Club.
  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866
    Is Head of Commercial similar in role to Commercial Manager then? Wouldn't that be constructive dismissal - actively recruiting the replacement for someone who is already there?

    Gotta say though, that recruiting agent is a bit of an idiot..
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,137
    LuckyReds said:

    Is Head of Commercial similar in role to Commercial Manager then? Wouldn't that be constructive dismissal - actively recruiting the replacement for someone who is already there?

    Gotta say though, that recruiting agent is a bit of an idiot..

    Smells like constructive dismissal to me.
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    edited April 2016
    Agency's fault unless the club gave his / her name as part of a headhunt list - which they didn't.
  • mid_life_crisis
    mid_life_crisis Posts: 3,269
    Shame it wasn't the CEO who got the call.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,759
    PL54 said:

    Agency's fault unless the club gave his / her name as part of a headhunt list - which they didn't.

    Why the his/her? We know she is female.

  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    Could be that they were always going to hire a manager above her and she is unhappy with that and the fact that the agency would consider her an ideal candidate for the role has broken the camels back.
  • Mrkinski
    Mrkinski Posts: 960
    Cafc - the regime that keeps on giving (fuel to the protesters)
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,357
    edited April 2016
    I had heard that she resigned at the same time as Mel Baroni ie after the infamous Roland Rant and assumed it was for the same reason.

    As she had been in post longer she had to work he notice until the end of the season.

    Clearly the agency have, if Airman's story is correct,, messed up badly but why are CAFC recruiting for a commercial manager without involving or even telling the current Head of Commercial?

    Maybe that she did resign over the Roland Rant and Charlton employed a useless agency to fill the post. I'm sure the whole story will be in VOTV sooner or later.

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  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,890
    One of our many decent, resident recruitment professionals will be along in a minute to explain more about how this could have happened/what it means etc. etc..
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,289
    Sorry, being a bit thick I know, but is what's being said that she has quit after agents working for the club tapped her up for her own job?
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,890
    More or less, it seems at this point.
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,492
    Agree it's a BAD mistake by the recruiting agency, but what is the head of commercial doing that's so bad? Surely if those in leadership positions at the club are unhappy with commercial relationships they need to be looking a lot closer to home.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,116
    SDAddick said:

    Agree it's a BAD mistake by the recruiting agency, but what is the head of commercial doing that's so bad? Surely if those in leadership positions at the club are unhappy with commercial relationships they need to be looking a lot closer to home.

    It's never their fault
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    If she had resigned then it's a complete non story.

    I once had to train my replacement after resigning.

    Basically woman looking for a new job mistakenly asked by recruitment company if she was interested in the one she had resigned from.
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,890
    Even if that's the case, it's not a complete non story. Her resignation, regardless of the circumstances, speaks volumes about the management of the club.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,759
    I read it that she resigned after being approached about filling the job she already held
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,116
    LoOkOuT said:

    Even if that's the case, it's not a complete non story. Her resignation, regardless of the circumstances, speaks volumes about the management of the club.

    Exactly, she only started in September
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    Absolutely. Thank goodness they have the goodwill of the fans, or this would be yet another gift from the management team that never stops giving.

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  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866
    Was this the one who was sitting in the corner of the fans forum video? She'll be missed..
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    edited April 2016
    Everyone I know who's encountered Fiz only has good words to say about her. I wish her well - and respect to anyone who resigns from this administration.

    I was chatting to one of the club sponsors at the sponsors' day, and he was scathing about the sheer number of commercial managers he'd had to deal with in the last couple of years. Including one who claimed he was recruited specifically because he had no knowledge of football.
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    LargeAddick said:

    I read it that she resigned after being approached about filling the job she already held

    That is clearly how it has been written however, Henry Irving believes she MAY have resigned after RD did his rant on the website which would mean she is working her notice and knows that she is being replaced.
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,890
    And if that is what has happened, then it's still funny: The professionals the club hired to match-make for the role then find the perfect match in the one person that just resigned from the role.
  • cafcsinger
    cafcsinger Posts: 5,572
    They're a good laugh this bunch eh
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,587
    Only knew her from the last FF video but she came across as pretty decent. Oh well, one great big rebuilding job will need to happen at some point - let's hope sooner rather than later...
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,357
    http://m.sportsrecruitment.com/jobs/details/2150/commercial-manager
  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    Seems like the ideal job for Guy Luzon, am sure he's desperate to get back in the network and work for Mr. Roland Sir again - they would save on the cost of a desk as well as he could just crouch in his office.

    I bet the agent that phoned Ms. Weller was Dudu Duhan - it all adds up.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    isn't there a legal case to answer? If she resigned after being approached for her own job, surely that's not legal?
  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,013
    Typist

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