Tim Gurner: Employees at property developer’s Saint Haven wellness enterprise reassured his feedback on unemployment weren’t aimed toward them

A supervisor at considered one of millionaire Tim Gurner’s wellness golf equipment has tried to ease workers’s nerves after the CEO mentioned he needs unemployment to ‘bounce 40 to 50 per cent’.

Mr Gurner, 40, got here beneath heavy fireplace after his feedback on the Australian Monetary Evaluate’s Property Summit on Tuesday.

His idea that 275,000 Australians have to lose their jobs to assist the economic system has been slammed on-line as ‘conceited’ and ‘entitled’.

‘We have to see ache within the economic system,’ Mr Gurner informed the summit.

‘We have to remind folks they work for the employer, not the opposite manner round.’ 

A supervisor at Saint Haven, owned by controversial millionaire Tim Gurner, despatched a memo to workers on Wednesday

The Saint Haven (above) supervisor reassured workers their jobs weren’t in danger following CEO Tim Gurner’s claims about unemployment in Australia

Nevertheless, one supervisor at his well-known $150million well being empire, Saint Haven, was fast to reassure staff the millionaire did not plan on letting his workers go.

In a workers memo on Wednesday, the supervisor wrote Mr Gurner’s feedback ‘had been under no circumstances directed at our groups’, the Australian Financial Review studies.

‘I need to begin by saying I’ve had the pleasure of working with Tim for nearly two years now and may hand on coronary heart say that his care and love for the … Saint Haven workforce is immense,’ they mentioned. 

The message defined how Mr Gurner had drawn on the results of inflation charges worldwide when commenting on unemployment.

‘We solely have to look to international locations like Turkey, Greece and elements of South America to really perceive how important inflation will increase and housing shortages have very actual impacts on society,’ the supervisor wrote.

‘Many Australian enterprise leaders are preventing very onerous (Tim included) to make sure Australia actually stays the fortunate nation – by talking concerning the significance of accelerating productiveness within the economic system and growing housing provide (presently being impacted by excessive housing prices).

‘These are conversations that have to be taking place proper now (as issues like rents growing, rates of interest growing and inflation growing – impacts every considered one of us).’

Through the Australian Monetary Evaluate’s Property Summit on Tuesday, Mr Gurner (above) mentioned Australia’s unemployment must ‘bounce 40 to 50 per cent’

Following Mr Gurner’s feedback on staff being grateful to their bosses, the supervisor wrote ‘we’re extremely blessed to have a founder, in Tim’ who constructed the ‘stunning membership, that we’re fortunate sufficient to name our dwelling away from dwelling’.

Mr Gurner has confronted widespread criticism since Tuesday, significantly on company networking web site LinkedIn.

Ashadi Hopper, the director of digital advisory company AH&O Advisory, known as out Mr Gurner over his feedback on needing ‘ache’ within the economic system.

‘It definitely takes a particular sort of genius to suggest boosting the unemployment fee because the magic bullet for one’s personal industrial woes,’ Mr Hopper mentioned.

‘Actually, how did we miss this masterstroke of financial technique all these years? 

‘This mental big needs to be handed a plum job on the RBA instantly.’

The CEO of an American-based edible hashish enterprise, Spence Rodgers, additionally erupted at Mr Gurner.

Mr Gurner (pictured with spouse Aimee) has confronted widespread criticism since Tuesday with different company leaders labelling him ‘conceited’ and ‘entitled’

‘What phrases may I probably use to explain somebody so extremely silly, callous, fragile, and nugatory?’ he wrote.

‘What may I probably say to have an effect on them and persuade them they’re rotten to absolutely the core?’

The President of the Australian Medical Affiliation, Professor Steve Robson, mentioned Mr Gurner had made a ‘breathtakingly irresponsible assertion’.

‘Unemployment is related to a spread of antagonistic well being outcomes together with suicide. I say this with some confidence having studied suicide and unemployment,’ he tweeted.

Whereas constructing an in depth property portfolio, Mr Gurner turned obsessed along with his well being after his father died from most cancers in 2016.

Hundreds of blood exams, intensive diets and train routines culminated within the creation of his luxurious personal wellness membership – Saint Haven. 

With membership charges starting from $150 to $450 per week, the membership has a spread of health club tools, and affords crimson gentle remedy, saunas, oxygen chambers, IV drips for hydration and even a cycle class curated by a Tour de France winner.

Mr Gurner began Saint Haven (above) after changing into obsessive about well being following the loss of life of his father from most cancers in 2016

The primary Saint Haven membership opened in Collingwood, Melbourne, in Could with memberships already promoting out.

Mr Gurner has plans to increase the model in different websites round Melbourne and Sydney.

The unique wellness membership additionally boasts an in-house restaurant, in addition to a concierge that may iron your garments and polish your sneakers whilst you’re inside.