My pound of flesh: The companies are so tight they refuse to pay top £ for decent management. They scare away the right people for the wrong reasons, and leave the arsekissers and inflated egos to stear. Hint: See the thread on company ethics
Ergo....pissing of the real people doing the job. Thereby loosing the only thing that could set X brand apart in the marketplace.....a flexible workforce.
Solution : Get REAL MANAGEMENT