19/11/2014
NEWS STORY
This morning (Wednesday) Pitpass has received an email from a senior employee at Caterham. We will not name him nor hint at his (senior) role in order that he cannot be identified.
"I write to you in discussed (sic) and anger at the two articles you have just released about Caterham," he writes. "I can assure you that both articles are full of errors and miss-truths.
"Caterham has made it to Abu Dhabi this weekend to show the world that we can make things happen in the hope to find a buyer so that +200 jobs can be saved, I feel your articles are damaging to this cause and that you are only aiding the people out there that want to finally kill us off.
"The article regarding car safety is at best sensationalizing half-truths no doubt to make it a story to sell to yourselves. I see this article as damaging to me especially at a time when I am looking for another job. I would be grateful if you would retract this article.
"I fear you are printing stories provided to you from people who only know half the facts and I assume that they are providing these stories out of revenge or to earn an easier buck, either way it is not helping those people at Caterham that are trying to save the team."
First off, Pitpass did not pay for these stories, nor did it pay, or even solicit, the various emails sent over the weekend following the news that 230 staff had been made redundant.
How sad, that just days after his former colleagues have been consigned to the dole, this senior employee is accusing them of being guided by revenge and the desire to make a quick buck.
Much of what we have been sent in the last few days we cannot publish - talk of aircrafts, boats, apartments, Rolls Royces and the like - but this is due to the legal implications. Should any of the claims prove accurate and totally factual we will be happy to report them… the truth needs to be out there.
The correspondent talks of trying to save the team yet admits to already seeking another job, fact is, his 229 colleagues also wanted to save the team but the situation was outside their control... it always was.
Whilst our correspondent demands that we "stop writing this B******T", might we suggest that instead of venting his rage at Pitpass and accusing former colleagues of disloyalty, he takes time out to direct his anger at those who actually created this sorry mess in the first place.
Chris Balfe