So the latest dubious "paid for" award for Firstport is to be named by the Top Employers Institute as a "top" employer in 2019!
Firstport join distinguished companies such a tobacco firms in Argentina in winning this prestigious award.
Of course the 3,000 claimed employees,many of which are now part time, and down from the 4,200 at the time of Firstport's administration, may have a different view?
After all, save a few notable exceptions Firstport staff are paid considerably less than the industry standard.
Forget the claimed 35 hour weeks advertised. Employees often work 60-70 hours every week.
And for residential house managers, how good can an employer be, when they are offering commission to managers if they can engineer a situation whereby a residential house manager can lose their home?
If Mr Howell is reading this, About Peverel would say as the boast of the 5 star Safety Council Award as Firstport paid a record fine for serious breaches of health & safety legislation that resulted in a fatality spits on the memory of Irene Cockerton, so does the boast of being a "top employer" spit on the memory of Mr Chris Gurr.
