Thompsons Travel Group
Westville,
South Africa
http://www.cullinan.co.za
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Cullinan Holdings is the Holding Company of the Thompsons group of companies. They have a rich history dating back to 1901 when the company was first registered. The Cullinan Diamond was discovered on Cullinan property. Cullinan entered into the Travel industry in 1998 after a long history in the Industrial sector. This happened with the acquisition of the Thompson Group of companies, including Thompsons Holidays, Thompsons Africa, Thompsons Travel and Thompson Touring South Africa. The Group operates in four major segments: Tour Operating, Travel Agencies, Coach Charter & Touring and in the area of Marine and Leisure. Thompsons Travel have offices in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg. They provide a full spectrum of travel services for the business community, while the leisure division concentrates on the needs of the holidaymaker.
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"Hylton Ross exclusive tours"
Added 05 Sep 2013 by a current employee
I use to work at Hylton Ross and I'm very unhappy about how the Manager at the Pretoria Branch is treating his co-workers. I did a a tour for them as a coach driver about a year ago and I'm still waiting for my salary. If I don't want to drive coaches for them, the manager does not want to give me work as a driver/guide like he use to. If I asked him to give me a contract so I can make sure I get my salary, then he said that he don't give out any contracts to the freelance guides or drivers. He use to give me work for a year, but then stopped giving me work. Whenever I asked to have a meeting with him and his superior he doesn't rock up. Hylton Ross is a great company, but they must do something about the management here in Pretoria.
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"Hylton Ross JHB Branch"
Added 05 Sep 2013 by a current employee
My complaint is not about Thompsons Travel, but about Hylton Ross Exclusive Tours. I work for Hylton Ross as a freelance driver Guide for nearly a year. The one time the Manager at the JHB branch asked if I will do drivers work on a one-off for 12 days down to Cape Town via Swaziland. So me, as a freelancer, took the job and tied myself for those 12 days. My first day on the way to Mpumalanga, I battled to change gears on that coach and I phoned the manager and told him about the gears and that I won't be able to go over the mountains in Swaziland with that bus. When he phoned me the evening, he said he is going to replace me and the bus so I asked him just to replace the bus, because I got a code 14 license and I can drive any bus. His words to me is that he'd put one of his permanent drivers on that tour, so I asked him why did he ask me in the first place to do the tour for him? So he paid me only for 2 days and he knew I was at home. Why didn't he give me pay for the rest of the ten days? After that tour I didn't get any money from him and he asked me again if I will drive a big bus for him and when I said no, he was very angry so I told him I will drive the bus, but I need a contract. If something happened to the bus, he must still pay me so he said he can't give me a contract. Then I told him 'sorry I can't help you', otherwise I'd be tying myself up with him. Thereafter, he didn't make use of me any more. They still owe me money for ten days that I worked for them. From that day on the Manager didn't make use of my services any more so in my eyes it's unlawful dismissal. I did nothing wrong, I didn't even get any written warning from him. Because of him, I'm sitting in a troubled financial situation. He made use of me before that incident every day to do local driver/Guide work for Hylton Ross.
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