Is AJ really all that bad ?
Yes he is the CEO of Qantas, he does have a job to do. He has started the process of removing all of the scams that Dixon put in place, Lean Sigma.. Gone. Middle managers for middle managers.. Gone. The entire management 'team' that was a part of the debacle of orchestrated engineering PIA.. Gone. A timely decision on keeping heavy maintenance in Australia.. Done. Bring the CORE businesses back into the Qantas fold (Engineering).. Done At least in that last point, the 'business unit' we work for has an identity now that reflects what it does. ETOMS???????? Does that make any sense to anyone who hasn't been sat down for a name change meeting by middle management ?
At least he will come out and tell everyone what he is doing, Dixon liked to rule by fear and uncertainty. He would put across to the troops that Qantas is about to go belly up yet there ended up being a ratio of 1 manager per 20 workers under his reign who would shuffle the money around from department to department and say 'look I've saved x $million thanks for the 'performance' bonus'.
Dixon had ongoing reviews after reviews, he would get his consultancy mates to come in, put the fear of losing your job because it could be made to look easily by juggling the books that it can get done cheaper elsewhere and at the last minute give the workers another 2 year reprieve, pending review.
How much money did Dixon spend on 'consultants' ?
How much money did Qantas mainline have to pay in fines last year ?
What has happened to Lean Sigma ? All quiet on that front, I thought it was an integral part of the strategy map.
How much money did Qantas spend on unnecessary middle management ?
Who signed the Telstra IT contract with those stupidly high fees ?
EQ cost how much ? Does it work ?
AJ might be a smiling assassin but he's obviously a shrewd business man, if Dixon was in charge it'd be a case of more management to sort out how to outsource more. If AJ were running it from the start Qantas might have quite a few more BILLION dollars in the bank and all of us front line staff would be gainfully employed.