Posted By: Robyou Accounting On: 7/25/2010

Title: Helping Ms. Marley..

NOTE: The word "resort" in this comment is being used in quotes, as it seems that Ms. Marley is using a bit of hubris in self-describing a 16 room facility as a "resort."
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Ms. Marley's dilemma: "Meanwhile, Ms Marley claimed she had personally been concerned about rooms at the resort being sold for less than 50 per cent of the average $395 a night she had authorised and she had "not received an explanation in five weeks" from Mrs Hanna Cox as to why this was."
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Ms Marley seems to be unfamiliar with "supply and demand" economics. Perhaps some of the high school students can explain the effect of worldwide economic collapse on the Bahamas Tourism industry. Then, perhaps, the student can explain to Ms. Marley that $395 per night is patently not competitive with the amounts that other "resorts" are charging.
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Ms. Marley's dilemma: "She said salary delays were likely to continue for now until steps can be taken to turn the business around. "The funds are not in the account due to slackness and negligence," said Ms Marley. "
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Assuming that Ms Marley is the defacto head of management for this "resort" facility, and that workers have been hired for an agreed upon pay rate, and after performing the agreed work, the Ms Marley is intentionally not permitting the accounting department of the "resort" to compensate the worker for the agreed upon pay rate after receiving the benefit of the worker's efforts, that there would seem to be malfeasance on Ms Marley's watch.
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Yes, this commenter can certainly agree that there is "slackness and negligence." Specifically, Ms Marley is being slack in her ability to do her job of paying the workers after they have performed the work, and indeed Ms Marley seems to be guilty of negligence in her management of the "resort" accounting department. I'm not a lawyer, so I cannot speak to which laws are possibly being broken by an owner specifically refusing to pay a hired laborer for work performed.
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And then the statement of, "She said salary delays were likely to continue for now until steps can be taken to turn the business around."
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Let us try to re-phrase this statement so that it makes sense to the general public. "Ms Marley, being unable to competently manage the resources of the Cable 'resort' is going to CONTINUE to use her labor force to finance her poorly managed resources. The employees are becoming defacto "investors" to the property by Ms Marley's refusal to pay their wage. Whatever amount Ms Marley is illegally withholding from the employee would seem to be an equal dollar amount that the employee has accrued as a now partial owner of the property, due to Ms Marley's specific refusal to pay for the work agreed and rendered by the employee.
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Of course, if this previous statement is incorrect, then Ms Marley would seem to be spearheading an intentional criminal conspiracy to deprive employees of earned income. Perhaps it falls under some "theft of services" law.
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No matter how you might slice it, Ms Marley is not entitled to use her "One Love" method of management to fund her enterprise which is evidently been managed from the top into possible criminal activity. I would not allow the insult of asking, "Who the heck does Ms Marley think she is," in choosing which laws to personally direct her accounting department to disobey.
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Ms Marley, it is NOT the employee's job to see to the financial sufficiency of your company. The employees are "work for hire," unless you are not permitted by any law that I know, to withhold the payment of their hire because you have mismanaged your property, to where you have an unreasonable expectation of the value of the services that you are providing to the customer, then using your own employees to finance the shortfall until you can figure out a way to correct your own management shortcomings.
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Wow, what lucky people you must have working for the "One Love" management style. Most of us would prefer an earned wage for services provided, rather than being paid "at a future time when top management decides it has fixed its own inefficiencies."
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Ms Marley's dilemma: ""We've never faced anything like this in our 20 years in the tourism and music business," said Ms Marley"
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Perhaps Ms. Marley needs to find another means of making an income. She doesn't seem very good at basic accounting in this "resort," and her "One Love" management style is patently a dismal failure. I wonder what her father would have done if he had performed a concert, then the concert promoter said, "I didn't make as much money as I expected, therefore you should continue to perform additional concerts until we decide we have made enough.
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YOU KNOW what he would have said..

Posted By: Free Man On: 6/20/2010

Title: The people in power would like us to believe that we all have the same interests. We don't.

The people in power would like us to believe that we all have the same interests. We don't.
Their is the interest of the ordinary worker, and the interest of Rich investors. Security in the Bahamas is not just building a major resort every 5 to 10 years. To Most people having security means having a place to live, having a job, having affordable health care.
Declaration of Independence: We held these truths to be self evident. That all men are created equal. They are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. Among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
To secure these rights Governments are instituted among men deriving there just powers from the consent of the Governed that whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it.
There has always been a conflict between the ideals of the people set forth in the declaration of independence and the interests of the wealthy classes expressed in the constitution.
I know this een America but we still got to know our own rights and fight for our own rights. we should know what other people's freedoms are and look at ourselves to whether if we have any or little freedoms.

Posted By: Jamaican On: 5/27/2010

Title: I use to work for them as GM...same problems

same problems when I worked for them at MRS and I am Jamaican. The comments quoted by the owner dont seem very "One Love" but then thats Stephanie. Not very professional and based on attitude not "Marley Like".
No such thing as bad staff only bad managers/owners. If they are bad staff then if you manage properly you retrain or replace. Same with income and expenses. Make decisions to survive, be proactive But thats not Stephanie.

Posted By: Tim On: 5/10/2010

Title: talkin sh** dude

abs carry your dead a-- bey

Posted By: G Girl On: 4/28/2010

Title: Pay The Workers

Stop beating the Bahamaians up. Bahamians are hard working people, just because a small percentage does not perform they way they should, we tend to beat everyone else up and group them with all the bad workers, lets stop that. The Marley's are bad paying owners, before the resort was in the picture they had a problem with paying. Pay the workers and stop make excuses.

Posted By: candy On: 4/28/2010

Title: hell nooo

stephanie pay ya staff thats bull

Posted By: Sexy Joint On: 4/27/2010

Title: Stop Ya Shit

Stephaine stop your shyt!! pay ya damn people ok!! and stop having all ya family with there children and other friends come to the resort and sleep, eat, shyt and piss fa free and expect to move forward like this...this is a taste as to what i wanna put up on here. But i have to go to sleep and ask God to guide my tonge cause i have alot to spill on this place which is filled with DARKENSS.

Posted By: TRULY BAHAMIAN On: 4/26/2010

Title:

In response to the comment written by "Abs On" I must say that the Marley recuited a fine group for employees when they opened. The staff became disgruntle after only 4 weeks Stephanie was unable to pay. It took a Bahamian to market the Resort and bring her expertise to the company. They did not realise this until month of Stephanie paying a Sale & marketing company from the US $10,000.00 per month and they never sold 1 room, not friggin One. So ask Stephanie why did she have the Company on her payroll for more than a Year, this money could have been saved to run the Resort.Not all Bahamians are LAZY. Maybe she should take the Resort to China. cause its obvious they want cheap labour. The marleys are truly dishonest, when business was good and they made money, they themselve request the money for personal use. On one occassion a new truck was purcahsed and the owner drove it for 2 day after which it was parked. She left the island two day after the purchase knowing that the staff was not paid and supplies were needed to run the resort. I'm not saying the they shouldn't treat themselve to a gift, but take care of business FIRST..... Not only were the staff not paid, but there were numerous vendor who only did CASH business with them.

Posted By: Sue Rolle On: 4/26/2010

Title: Filing Despute with Bennons would be a waste of time

This labour officer mentioned in your article is a poor excuse of a civil servant. She appears to be sadly lacking in the expertise to do her job.

Posted By: Abs On: 4/25/2010

Title: Marley Resort

Stephanie said it well. In fact she was kind. I would have said "Bahamians are the LAZIEST SOBS on the planet". They want to do as they like, when they like and expect to get paid. It's all around. Just today my wife, 7 year old and I walked out of a restaurant on Arawak Cay because of delayed service and staff walking around staring into space. Bahamians have NO sense of urgency from top down. Starting with the Prime Minister, people show up unapologetically late. Time means nothing to them. Being late is costly and disrespectful. Just look at the streets in the morning with the traffic mess. Most people are meant to be at work by 9 am but the roads are still packed and no rush to get to work because it can all be blamed on traffic, especially Government workers where they know that none of our "ballsless" politicians will do a thing about it. I do admit that Stephanie should take responsibility because she's gotten the best advice and chose to ignore it. 90% of the staff should have been let go 2 years ago. Occupancy at the Resort dictates so. 4 hard working Chinese could run that place straight into the black and 38 "dumb and lazy" Bahamians will surely see it ruined. They think people invest in businesses to employ them. Let them go Stephanie. Sadly though, Bahamian Immigration now has it in for the Marley's for calling Bahamians lazy, an indisputable fact. Thus she will not get the 4 hard working Chinese needed to run the Resort.

Posted By: GIGI ELLIS On: 4/25/2010

Title: "OBEAH, DON'T WORK NO MORE"

MAYBE STEAPHANIE NEED TO STOP SPRINKLING GOAT BLOOD ROUND THE PLACE. STOP BURNING THEM DAMN CANDLES , STOP PURING 100% WHITE RUM IN YOUR SPA, TRYING TO FEED THE SPIRITS. THE MARLEYS NEED TO START PRAYING TO THE ONE AND ONLY GOD TRUE GOD. THIS IS THE BAHAMAS NOT THE MOUNTAINS, TAKE THE PRACTICE BACK. THE BAHAMIAN PEOPLE ARE USE TO BEING PAID FROM THEIR EMPLOYERS. STEPHANIE THINKS SHE'S IN JAMAICA. THATS WHY SHE BOUGHT THE FORMER OPERATIONS MANAGER & HOUSEKEEPING MANAGER FROM JAMAICA AND THEY WERE PAID $400.00 PER WEEK FOR THE OP MANAGER & $200.00 PER WEEK FOR THE HK MANAGER AND THE HK MANAGER HAD TO PAY STEPHANIE $200.00 PER MONTH FOR LIVING IN OUR HOUSE ON PROPERTY. WE BAHAMIANS KNOW WHAT IT IS TO LIVE. THIS THESE TO EX-PAT THOUGHT THIS WAS A KING'S SALARY.
SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED IN 1834.
IF YOU WERE PAYING THE STAFF ON TIME YOU WOULD'VE SEEN THE RESULT. "Welcome to The Bahamas."

Posted By: God's Child On: 4/25/2010

Title: Stepdaughter Bring disgrace TO the "LEGEND"- BOB MARLEY

"MIX UP, MIX UP"- There's so much stumbling blocks in our way, Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, so much big ting they staff never get pay.
"RAT RACE"- OH what a rat race what a disgrace at the Marley Place. This is what the Legend was prophetising.
"SLAVE DRIVER" - Slave driver the table is turned, Catch a fire you ga get burn.
"Ambush In the Night" - truly ambush at the "Marley Resort". They come with their name and lack of money trying to belittle our intergrity.They tryin to keep us hungry, When we gonna get our money.
"Waiting In Vain" - PAY YOUR STAFF ON TIME.
"Get Up, Stand Up"- I'm sure this is what the employees did. Whats wrong with speaking for your RIGHTS. The Legend agrees with the Staff.
"One Love" - Absolutely NONE displayed by the Marley Resort Owners.
"Want More"- Now you get, what you want Do you want more, do you think it's the end this is just the beginning.
Truly the Legend is turning over Right now.
I sounds like the Marley operating this place like its still their private getway.

Posted By: PATRICK MILLER On: 4/25/2010

Title: " ASK US"

I was employed at the Resort from the last "Grand Opening" which was held on June 16th 2008, which was the resorts 3rd "Grand Opening". In my opinin every employee that start during that time was truly passionate and were well trained in the service industry. First let me say the resort opened in June, the following month July we started to experience late payroll. Some weeks we had to wait for the Bar to make money to be paid. This continued throughout the month of September until they changed the pay date to bi-weekly and it was "WEAKLY". This was when it stared to get out of controll. I agree sometimes the service was horrible, however this was due to the majority of time we were unable to deliver the tangible requests. Can you imagine a guest calling for toilet paper, soap or other amenties and we did have have any. In the beginning, because we were passionate about delivering world class service and we realized that "Service" to us was truly bigger than than the "Marleys" we would have to purchase these items when requested by the guest. Even though we were not being paid on time. To us it meant being an Ambassador for our Country. On numerous occassions we could not deliver exceptional service because we could not have the supplies needed. Customers would come to the restaurant and hell yea the service was slow because 8 out of 10 times the server had to run across the street to the store to buy an ingredient for the order. It was not until Mrs. Barbara Hanna-Cox joined the team the hotel started to get actual "PAYING" customers. Ask them about Orbitz, Expedia, Travelocity, Majestic Tours, Altours etc. Obviously the Marleys don't understand how the hotel industry operates when you booked your reservation with one of those Companies. Its been a year now and they still can't understand. Check out Atlantis which is a world class resort and they we selling room dirt cheap. Do they think that because they are the "MARLEYS" the resort would be 100% at all time? With those outrageous room rate starting at $425.00 p n plus 12% tax, who could afford to pay this rate, ITS A RECESSION, please Stephanie pull your head out of you ***. Mrs. Hanna-Cox was the "BEST" thing that happen to the Resort.
Well what did they expect? When you work you should be paid. Sometimes it was hard, can you imagine showing up for work daily and expected to smile and deliver exceptional world class service and my bill are overdue, salary sometime 7 weeks late. hats off to all of you who can. They need to except responsiblity for ALL the NEGATIVE that impacted the Resort. PAY YOUR STAFF.

Posted By: Boo On: 4/25/2010

Title: been there, know dat

My wife and I took friends who arrived by cruiseship to the Marley resort. We looked forward to lunch and cocktails. The service was the worst I've ever seen in Nassau... that's bad! Nobody knew how to mix drinks until we offered to show them how. It was horrible service in a nice place. After about an hour of sipping a crappy drink we left without paying... nobody cared or said a word.

Posted By: Hogplum On: 4/25/2010

Title: Marley Resort

It is most unfortunate an establishment such as this claims the low occupancy rate is due to staff wasteage/porformance, the Bahamas Hotel Association, and the inability to attain a bank over-draft. Ms. Marley has to assume responsibilty of the Resort and Spa financial deficiences. The non-payment of workers is clearly a violation of labor laws and this breach of contract can be taken to court. It is obvious The Marleys exist in the Bahamas due to the ability to promote Bob Marley's Legacy and profit from it, if it were not so the Resort would be in Jamaica. It is common knowledge the Bahamian dollar is very strong in this region and certainly in the Carribbean, therefore, if Ms. Marley was soo intent to close she would have done so and not seek additional cash flow in the form of an over-draft. Pay the staff, conduct your affairs professionally, and discontinue identifying Bahamians as lazy, after all anything negative that has impacted your property is a direct reflection on your inability to operate a 38 room Resort and Spa effectively.

Posted By: Not luvin the Ghetto Bahamas On: 4/24/2010

Title: The Bahamas is not a paradise but a gangsters ghetto paradise!

The funds are not in the account due to slackness and negligence," said Ms Marley.
And some Bahamians have a problem with the Chinese coming here to do work with work permits from Bahamian Government. Its because : 1) Chinese got the money in the millions & 2) Chinese are better workers than Bahamians, because they have more get up and go and not slack and wateful and lazy as most Bahamians are. And thats coming from a Bahamian who works hard and get the job done.

Posted By: Das life On: 4/24/2010

Title: C'est la vie

Saying that the resort has not made a profit in two years is not news. How many resorts have made a profit in the last two years? Unfortunately, they opened their resort as a global recession began. Ask Crystal Palace, ask Atlantis.
On the other hand, her percentages are about correct. At least 15% of staff at most entities in the country are a waste. Another 50% needs constant supervision.