So once again the circle turns, yawn. What GR is doing is what any Toe-Cutter will do (and has done in the past) and that is over-do the slashing and burning, where excesses are indicated, whilst impacting upon service and safety through direct and indirect (morale) effects. Of course in about one year he will be disgraced and dishonourably discharged by ‘The Powers That Be” for the havoc he wreaked. The “Yes Men’ will remain in power as 2nd and 3rd level managers under a new leadership of rebuilding (read Empire Building) through self-greed, aggrandisement and cronyism.
The blame should therefore not be directed at GR but at those with snouts in troughs who fattened up, multi-layered and mismanaged their portfolios. Those 2nd and 3rd level managers, some who have gone and some who remain, who should wear the blame for the poor sods who will be arriving home to mum and the kids with a shocked look on their face. But these 2nd and 3rd levels have no morality and will reconcile this situation to themselves easily. As easily as those who acted day one of the new IR reforms by sacking and rehiring under different conditions.
I severely doubt that the quantum of workplace controllers will be affected. Conditions and remuneration will surely get hit. This will result in the normal supply and demand problems with either revised conditions and remuneration or a changing of selection criteria or rating standards (God Forbid).
Nothing new here – same old intellectual decision-making processes at work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And then in ten or so years………..
Last edited by IMHFO; 28th Mar 2006 at 23:57.