expret.org Former Pret A Manger Staff Speaks Out

In this short episode I included 2 psychologists who speak about PTSD. I have had very bad few days/weeks recently. I'm trying to cope.  For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This podcast and episode is for informational and entertainment purpose...

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://expret.org/2022/05/17/the-world-is-a-cruel-place-but   For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This podcast and episode is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed...

In these 3 part episodes I share in detail what I went through in Pret after my brother died. I couldn't keep this one short as the story is very complex and I was targeted for at least 6 months straight before my ordeal with HR started. For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Than...

Part 2 of my personal story with Pret's extreme bullying environment and when I targeted. For general info on Pret's bullying culture, please see: https://expret.org/2024/10/10/bullying-at-pret-a-manger For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : T...

Last part 3 of my Pret systemic bullying experience that reached to the top levels, including former CEO Clive Schlee. I may do a fourth episode explaining how Clive Schlee was involved and the most horrible thing Pret did via a development manager. I write about this here: https://expret.org/2020/06/09/questions-to-lila-tighilt-warren   For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expre...

Upfront, sorry for the LOW VOLUME, this is the first episode I've done spontaneously, having had a cold and using an old phone. Apologies. The other episodes are louder and clearer. ---  I didn't want to do a podcast, and don't really call this a podcast as such as I am more waffling along, but I've written a lot about my brother and then later about my former workplace Pret A Manger where I was b...

After spontaneously sharing about my losses etc. (apologies for doing these with a cold), I want to continue on a subject to do with systems. We all see people, organizations, issues in a certain way. The American journalist, political show host Rachel Maddow has a sentence on her Twitter profile that says, "I see political people". Her subject is politics. My subjects are a variety, but I see Sys...

Since my brother died in Dec. 2014, which I only found out in Jan. 2015 and that he was already cremated without our knowledge, I tried to find help and never expected to be sent around in circles. My ordeal didn't get better after the bullying in Pret and losing my dad, and now mum. This Part 3 is a continuation of Part 2 "Systems" and zooms in on the NHS mental health service.  There is a system...

Part 2 of the ongoing mislabelling issues at Pret, even after 2 customers died and over a dozen further allergen injuries. I expand on the infamous Barbican Center seminar I touched on in Part 1: https://anchor.fm/expretdotorg/episodes/Ongoing-Mislabelling-at-Pret-A-Manger-1-e1ho3pu   Also see "Allergy Trial 2021" on another customer injury who almost became the third fatality:  https://anchor.fm/...

In this episode I want to show the contrast in pay which is "normal" in business, but I want to call out Pret's PR stunts especially what they did just before first lock-down in March 2020 in regards to NHS workers. For a written version please visit: https://expret.org/2022/01/15/pret-a-manger-misinformed-the-press   For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ F...

I explain in detail why Pret don't do loyalty cards and why Pret's freebie policy is discriminatory. For screenshots of customers and former staff tweets, please see the blog post version, link below.  This episode is also available as a blog post: https://expret.org/2019/03/29/pret-free-coffees For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues...

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://expret.org/2022/02/21/pret-allergen-issues For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This podcast and episode is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed...

As a former Pret staff I explain in detail how Pret's weekly strict mystery shopper scheme works and why low-wage staff smile so much in an intensely stressful work environment. For more info, please see: https://expret.org/2021/03/13/pretamanger-staff-dont-look-happy   For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This is an ongoing piece on Pret's allergen issues after "Ongoing Mislabelling" Part 1 & 2.  As a former Pret A Manger staff I explain how Pret keeps being cleared of responsibility after another customer got injured after eating an unlabelled allergen in a product. This is mainly about the training issues at Pret, or rather the lack thereof. For further info, please see: https://expret.org/20...

As a former Pret A Manger staff I explain in detail why Pret continue to have issues with mislabelling of products, even in 2022, despite 2 customers having died in 2016 and 2017, and over a dozen further allergen injuries. For further information, please see https://expret.org/grief-mental-health/open-letters-to-pret/how-to-cards/prets-labelling-commitment   For anything further on Pret, please s...

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://expret.org/2022/03/19/letter-to-kate-brenner-qc-allergen-trial For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This podcast and episode is for informational and entertainment purposes o...

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://expret.org/2022/03/26/pret-a-manger-personality-versus-skill-dangers For anything further on Pret, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ expret.org⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For links to Pret issues, please see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/expret.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. Disclaimer : This podcast and episode is for informational and entertainment...