TEACHING’S LOSS IS FORUM’S GAIN AS CLASS ACT CINDY MARKS 20 YEARS

Cindy, who celebrated two decades with the company, runs The Forum where she has been for the past 14 years.

Newcastle-born Cindy, 42, started her Wetherspoon career at The Quayside as a bar associate, where she spent four years, quickly progressing to shift manager.

Cindy recalled: “I was at university and took on the job as a part-time role, yet when I finished university, gaining a degree and masters with a plan of becoming a teacher, I realised that I loved what I was doing at the pub.

“I had previously worked as a manager, for another pub company, so had progressed quickly and decided, instead of teaching, to make a career at Wetherspoon.”

Cindy spent two years at the Metrocentre Wetherspoons as shift manager and relief kitchen manager before her promotion to pub manager and a move to The Forum. Cindy said: “I have a steady long-standing team around me.

“It is a proper community pub, where everyone knows everyone. “We have pub quizzes and charity bonus ball draws. “They love the domino cards, and we have a darts team, so it’s a proper old-school pub.”

Cindy concluded: “The flexible working is great, with a good work-home life balance, which isn’t always the case in hospitality. “At Wetherspoon, we are well looked after and paid fairly, so I’m a happy bunny. “I am more than happy to work here until my retirement.”