Optomistic Shareholder. The problem, as Qantas staff see it, is that in these tough times under Dixon, we were told we needed to tighten our belts, take wage freezes and then, wage increases that fell well behind CPI.
Meanwhile, in these tough times, Dixon and other senior managers had their noses firmly in the trough. Remuneration packages became obscene. Managerial and other superficial positions grew and grew whilst frontline staff remained same and in some case, were reduced.
Qantas survived and suceeded under Dixon and became top heavy. But there is a whole lot of potential to be a whole lot better.
I am optomistic about Alan Joyce. I honestly hope he can turn around the damage done by Dixon. De-segmentation in certain areas is a welcome step. Likewise, the removal of 590 managers. Read that again. 590 managers. WHY does a business of around 36,000 employees need so many managers? (after the departure of 590, how many will remain)? That is one manager gone for every 60 emloyees. Or, aproximately 4 managers for each aircraft in the fleet!
There is a lot of bitter sentiment amongsed staff, left by Dixon. If Alan Joyce can re-engage staff, Qantas will emerge from this crisis stronger than ever.