Heard today that the traditional valedictory letters that you get having put your arse on the line for Queen and country for how ever many years is being scrapped in favour of certificates.
Now given that my primary school used to dish out certificates for learning your multiplication tables and that my commissioning scroll was covered in dodgy printed signatures rather than the proper hand written ones, why do I get the feeling that this will turn into another disaster with dodgy printed certificates knocked up on MS Word (PPoint if you're lucky!) ?
Smacks as being the ultimate kick in the teeth for people leaving after many years service and no doubt will look so impressive as a reference for future employment. Or is it just that there are so many people leaving now and requiring these letters that the high paid help just don't have time to produce them any more?
