Boss sacks entire company staff to pursue dream of not having to work with them

 

Managing director Sydney Hardy could not be contacted for comment. (Picture: SWNS) 

Staff told to consider themselves dismissed

A boss sacked every single member of his staff last week because he could not work with 

them ‘a moment longer’.  Employees at Nippy Bus, which operated services across South 

Somerset, received a message to ‘consider themselves dismissed/ redundant’ over the 

weekend. Oh, and at the end of the memo – which was titled ‘The End’ – it added that the 

‘gates are now closed and will not open so you [staff] can stay in your scratchers Monday 

and have a lie in’. Great. It added: ‘I am quitting to pursue my dream of not having to work 

here’  

The Nippybus depot in Great Western Road, Martock, Somerset 

(Picture: SWNS)

The company’s customer website said it has ceased operating with 

immediate effect. Driver Steve Atkins said that he was ‘very angry that it was done that 

way’. The internal 

message said the company had ‘ceased operational activity with immediate effect’ from 

Sunday. It added: ‘I am quitting to pursue my dream of not having to work here. ‘There is a 

difference between giving up and knowing when you have had enough. ‘I have had enough 

and realise I cannot work with you, the people I employ, a moment longer.’

Somerset County Council says it is in 

talks with alternative bus operators to try and restore as many services as possible. 

Managing director Sydney Hardy could not be contacted for comment.