Totally agree with Jet and Balti. I'm guessing that the company in question has something to do with concrete and is run by accountants who are absolutely useless!
This particular company has a bad reputation for having low opinions of engineering staff and a victorian mill style office/shop floor divide.
Having dealt with both sets of people this is odd to say the least as the shop floor average intelligence is far higher than the office staff. This is reflected in qualifications of the people in question. A large number of shop floor are qualified to HNC or above whereas hardly any office staff are qualified atall. Most of the leaders are in fact failed fitters!!
No wonder they never made money. Hopefully a takeover will correct the situation for the benefit off the engineers. Good luck to you all.