taking contacts with me is something that I couldn't do technically speaking. However clients have my phone number. The company has shut down so one would hope that they would call me.
As far as workshop goes, I am starting from scratch. The garage seems to be the easier option to start with. I...
AJB Temple - that was a competitor, so it looks like this is happening across the industry
Doctor Bob - definitely not the same company, where I worked you could get a kitchen for the price of that desk haha
investors wanting companies for their portfolios and bringing in family members who have no idea about anything. Directors living abroad and letting monkies run everything.
It gets a lot worse than that.....
One day I report a puncture on the van and I get told by the manager... can't you just...
Purely a marketing thing. As any woodworker will know.... the product is the product no matter who the person who buys it is. So big headed I am not. My work is average, to say the least. The whole marketing thing is for the Youtube channel.
90% of the people that I worked for had fame and I...
The whole working for a famous client base thing is more about the actual YouTube channel and marketing side of things and not what I have come on to this forum for. I have come here to discuss woodworking.
woodbloke66 - a mixture of pretty bad things
The company was bought out by someone who started to get the furniture made in both Romania and Indonesia.
The staff were treated like absolute s**t
The management team towards the end consisted of people who had no idea about kitchens or anything...
Thank you for all of your input guys. I feel that sometimes we can learn more from negative comments. I am not so used to speaking to other woodworkers so I am learning things already :)
Dr Bob - Any large piece like in the picture were always put together in the workshop but kitchen carcasses...
It is not bragging, some people find it very interesting. I am always being asked about my projects because a lot of people are actually interested in that. It doesn't make me a better woodworker. The quality is no better than anyone else's work, it's just the company that I worked for took a...
Thanks everyone.
I am not allowed to upload most of my old projects as they were for a company, even though that company has shut down.
I am putting together a portfolio of things that I have made at the moment. A change in direction in my career was quite sudden so I am not mega organised...
First of all I would like to introduce myself to the site.
I am Chris and I have been making furniture and installing kitchens for the very high-end market for most of my adult life,
working with many celebrities and royalty. I have now chosen to bite the bullet and work for myself.
I have also...