one obm email saying 'by the way'.... does not cut it. There could have been much better communication and as we do not have access (even BOS often dont) to the systems that were available before it will be interesting to see how it pans out....yes, we are big boys and girls, and we will cope, but remember it was the WAY it was done that most are upset about.
Agreed on the pay for coming in earlier thing. If the job still has to be done, then by definition it is not 'redundant' is it!!