walla, calm down sunshine.
i do not for one minute think engineers are office monkeys.
and i also believe the absolute majority at ctc are well and truly needed and do a good job..... its the head in the sand attitude i cant stand that seems to run thick in there, and not from what i read on here either. just because you are unfortunate enough to be stuck there is crap, we understand that.
i will fight for my pension as i believe ops staff have the power to do so more than office staff as we do so much above our remit, not saying office staff do not, but ours is easier to stop doing, work to what we are paid to do and cause the company the most trouble...... something i would rather NOT do, but am prepared to if they take the piss with my/our pensions and T&C's etc.