Guest guest Posted November 13, 2001 Report Share Posted November 13, 2001 Does anyone know how to clean suede shoes? I've got a steel brush for fluffing them up, but doesn't work very well on light colours or on stains and my light red Hobbs shoes have gone quite grey (ok, silly extravagant purchase, and shouldn't have used them on the muddy grass all summer, but needed something for DS' christening party). Am having one of my trying to sort everything out days - as not working today and nanny is upstairs with the kids (very nice to be on gardening leave!!!). Karina Mum to Emilia (3) & Sebastian (1) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2001 Report Share Posted November 13, 2001 Karina, sorry no idea on the suede shoes, but what is gardening leave? It's the second time I've heard it today. I know I haven't been in paid employment for just over five years now, but surely companies don't now give time off to do your gardening?!?! Whatever next? ;o)) Hannah -----Original Message----- From: kbholm@... Does anyone know how to clean suede shoes? Am having one of my trying to sort everything out days - as not working today and nanny is upstairs with the kids (very nice to be on gardening leave!!!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2001 Report Share Posted November 14, 2001 > Karina, sorry no idea on the suede shoes, but what is gardening leave? Basically I had 3 months notice and we came to an agreement that although they have to pay me for all 3 months I will only work 2 of them, thus get one month's " gardening leave " . (They did suggest that I might wish to leave straight away with no money, but this wasn't a suggestion I approved of - especially as I have to pay my nanny for 3 months!!). It's a joky term really, usually happens in the City where they often frog-march you out of the door the minute you resign so you can't do any damage, but keep paying you for whatever your notice is. Also during this period you are barred (at least morally) from taking on another job - so you'd have all these guys sitting at home doing so- called gardening (sitting in the garden with a pint and a newspaper I imagine... or like me; reading e-mails and trying to prepare myself for my time after Christmas without job and without nanny :-)) Karina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2001 Report Share Posted November 14, 2001 Actually, it has no basis in the law at all. I was once poached from the firm I started out with, to open a new branch for another firm in Manchester (not as grand as it sounds - they were working on poaching a whole team from yet a third firm, and wanted someone not very senior to do some flesh-pressing and open an office profile, as it were). My original firm, in Liverpool, put me on 3 months gardening leave (officially, it's so you don't have time to tell your clients where you're going and try and persuade them to come with you. Like you don't *know* you're going to do it for months in advance ), and the firm I was moving to challenged it through the industrial tribunal as they wanted me to start straight away. The tribunal agreed it was unlawful as it prevented me from practising my trade, I think - the details are a little hazy after all this time. Anyway, I only got a month off, in the end! Vicki, who used to be a stockbroker. >It's a joky term really, usually happens in the City where they often >frog-march you out of the door the minute you resign so you can't do >any damage, but keep paying you for whatever your notice is. Also >during this period you are barred (at least morally) from taking on >another job - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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