Man：It's a shame in many ways because Andrew was doing an excellent job and was a very useful member of the team. The truth is he's probably contributed more than anyone else in terms of sheer energy and ideas to the projects he's worked on. Certainly, he was a lot more popular with the team than his predecessor, in fact he's so good with people from different backgounds and different countries, he used to make me sick sometimes.

But having said that, he was less good at getting on with superiors, I mean you can't keep disagreeing with your line manager over quite basic matters. It's just not on. There was too much conflict. The company had to choose between the two of them. So he's paid the price, but: he won't have any problems getting a new job. Anyway Margaret won't be doing anything urgent, until they decide what to do about a new appointment. She had planned a two-week break starting yesterday but now that's all been put off for two or three months.