Carp, carp, carp - you have brought this on yourselves!
Just a little message to all the eJ folks who are carping like mad:
You have brought this on yourselves. You thought it was big and clever to devalue this profession and prostitute yourselves for the promises of big money and early commands.
What have you got instead? An employer that treats you no better than farm animals and is trying to work you all into the ground.
No seniority lists? Masonic meritocracy? Leave if you want, but welcome to the bottom of everyone else's seniority lists when you do.
You have made yourselves the laughing stock of the profession. Your management now successfully "divide and rule" at will.
For the record, I have never applied. I never would. No bargepole would be long enough to put distance between me and your operation.
Gentlemen, you have brought this on yourselves.