Here’s a conundrum for estate agency owners with excellent staff – should you perhaps be encouraging them to have a few off days? Dress down, stop being so polite to customers, take their time answering the phone – that sort of thing? Or take some holiday?
Word has reached EAT’s ear that recruiter Josh Rayner and his team are currently on an undercover headhunting mission in the south-east.
Apparently, this involves being out on the road three days a week, mystery shopping and hoping to head-hunt elite managers and negotiators on behalf of LSL.
LSL, parent company of Reeds Rains and Your Move, has ambitions to lead the market in every town where it operates and has announced a major recruitment drive for experienced operators.
It is currently looking for around 100 new members of staff, but over a longer term, the number could be significantly more.
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Some Corporates and Independents decided to engage in a competitive boat race. Both teams practiced hard and long to reach their peak performance. On the big day the Independents won by a mile.
The Corporate team was discouraged by the loss. Morale sagged. Corporate management decided that the reason for the crushing defeat had to be found, so a consulting firm was hired to investigate the problem and recommend corrective action.
The consultant's finding: The Independent team had eight people rowing and one person steering; the Corporate team had one person rowing and eight people steering. After a year of study and millions spent analysing the problem, the Corporate team's management structure was completely reorganised. The new structure: four steering managers, three area steering managers, and a new performance review system for the person rowing the boat to provide work incentive.
The next year, the Independent team won by two miles!
Humiliated, the Corporates laid off the rower for poor performance and gave all the managers a bonus for discovering the problem.
A new Your Move manager spends a week at his new office with the manager he is replacing. On the last day the departing manager tells him, "I have left three numbered envelopes in the desk drawer. Open an envelope if you encounter a crisis you can't solve."
Three months down the track there is a major drama, everything goes wrong and the new manager feels very threatened by it all. He remembers the parting words of his predecessor and opens the first envelope. The message inside says "Blame your predecessor!" He does this and gets off the hook.
About half a year later his office is experiencing a dip in sales, combined with serious listing problems. The manager quickly opens the second envelope. The message read, "Reorganize!" This he does, and the office quickly rebounds.
Three months later, at his next crisis, he opens the third envelope. The message inside says "Prepare three envelopes".
A guy walks into Your Move Head Office and hands the employment executive his application. The executive begins to scan the sheet, and notices that the applicant has been fired from every estate agent office he has ever worked for.
"I must say," says the executive, "your work history is terrible. You've been fired from every estate agent office."
"Yes," says the man.
"Well," continues the executive, "there's not much positive in that."
"Hey!" says the guy as he pokes the application. "At least I'm not a quitter."
He is hired to run a branch
Rather than be tempted to the darker side of EA in the whacky world of Your Move, may I suggest all those thinking of or even working for Your Move try looking further to enhance your prospects.
Try getting a job in "Seoul".
I heard its a good Korea Move
"Word has got out" "undercover mission" what a load of self promoting old twaddle - I suspect Rayner even e-mailed the news to EAT himself ! Speaks volumes of the individual that he thinks it'll be good for business to be seen as a headhunter for Your Move ?!
Phew! We're in the South West so should be safe.
John Andrews - very funny! A new reality TV show maybe?
You can look at it in a different way.
I have recently bought a property from a Calderdale branch of Reeds Rains and they were not exactly electric
If you are half decent you could rise to the top very quickly.
Is this expansion or a clear out of dross only time will tell.
No good agents would leave good jobs to join Your Move.
Your Move definately need to head hunt some staff for their Sevenoaks branch. I've never met a more gormless bunch of lazy middle aged woman. They only reason they got into property was because they 'have a passion' for the industry after watching Location, Location, Location lol!!
i concur with john top job????rather be unemployed.
Well good luck to them, imagine how dissapointed the estate agent will be when they find out they have been headhunted by Your Move!!!!