>> Having read most of the postings on this subject I cannot understand why this discussion is rolling on rudderless.
Or me, Al. Nothing new has been raised in any of the posts added in the last few days, and things have rolled on in the world. If the parties concerned most intimately - ie ex-employee and employer - have not taken it to appeal, or beyond, then this really is flogging a dead horse pointlessly. (Interestingly enough, I think the marketing post that was advertised at the time of Nick Hallam's departure was _not_ a like-for-like replacement, which smacks more of organisational reform/reorganisation. At the end of the day a short term post is just that .. a temporary one)