He would 'publicly humiliate' the employees
A boss at the Kettering Weetabix factory used foul-mouthed rants to "get the best" out of his staff. John Petre, who was said to use "humiliation" to motivate employees, subjected one colleague, Gary Mobbs, to "unprofessional and abusive" language, an employment tribunal heard.
Mr Mobbs told the tribunal that for him, the first 25 years at Weetabix had been "happy" before Mr Petre became Quality and Compliance Manager in 2018. At that point, Mr Mobbs started to "experience difficulties" in his working relationship with his new boss, due to his "uncompromising" management style.
Giving evidence, he accepted his language was "inflammatory and unhelpful" but he spoke like that to "hold people to account". In one of a number of incidents, Mr Petre told Mr Mobbs: "I'm ****** off, when I ask for this completing, I want it completing" - for which he apologised afterwards. Despite this, none of his complaints were upheld after the company decided there was "no evidence of unacceptable or intimidating behaviour". However, the tribunal, held in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, ruled the decision summary "lacked accuracy in places" and did not take Weetabix's Dignity at Work Policy into account.
Employment Judge Kate Mary Hutchings said: "At the time [Mr Petre] used this language, he was aware, from the 2018 conversations, that Mr Mobbs found it difficult. Indeed, he said he would adjust his style mindful of how Mr Mobbs had told him he felt in 2018. He did not. She described the summary as "simplistic" and added: "The investigation lacked balance and the outcome letter did not align to the evidence gathered. [It] concluded there was no evidence of unacceptable behaviour, intimidation, verbal abuse, degradation, humiliation or bullying.
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