All good points N monster.
& you're right, O/T delivers a stark message to management eventually, but perhaps a workforce unwilling to work O/T can deliver a more prompt & clearer message ? A message that tells the management that the workforce is not engaged with them & not prepared to make a system that is flawed work.
Perhaps at this point O/T gives management an indication that the boys & girls are happy with their lot & can be manipulated more ?
Traditionally, at this time of an EBA terminating the management would be tied up fighting with our association & embarking on a buggery campaign, which would tie them up for months & cause them huge stress. But this EBA has been a dream come true for them & they can now channel their efforts into other more unsavory past times !
Don't forget, all the managers apart from the lovable Texan are still in office driving their same agenda.
I might save my O/T for a management team that would never contemplate terminating a loyal employee that is skilled, but would be able to find some way around a bad situation to utilise that person just as our association has done for this management team with the leave burn program.
Perhaps the time has come for the ALAEA exec To take over QE management ? Or at least start charging Joyce & his mates consulting fees.
Has anyone stopped by Bexley on the way home from O/T To drop a case of cold ones off for the reps that are unable to do O/T because of all they do ???
Just saying.