Dixon's parting Obscenity/Where QF's money goes merged
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But what about the ridiculous old farts in tweed coats and bowling(sic) hats, the Investors, No mention of this group of scum.
The people massaging the egos of Dixon and Co and paying them obscenely large bonuses are city slickers, a different group of 'scum' altogether.
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Rumour has it the first part of the new TV ad is TI for :
" We will retrench you wherever you are,
We'll cut back the payroll and stretch you too far,
We'll cut back the maintenance, you'll be safer by car,
But no matter how much you bitch and you groan,
The CEO will still take his millions home!"
" We will retrench you wherever you are,
We'll cut back the payroll and stretch you too far,
We'll cut back the maintenance, you'll be safer by car,
But no matter how much you bitch and you groan,
The CEO will still take his millions home!"
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Hey Spike, will it be sung with an Australian accent or an Irish accent ????
Maybe the kiddies in the add wont be dressed in white anymore, but wearing a tartan kilt instead ??
Maybe the kiddies in the add wont be dressed in white anymore, but wearing a tartan kilt instead ??
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My apolgies parabellum, I did get a little emotional there, and I believe 'tweed' is out and RM Williams is in these days also... Could you please confirm ??
I wouldnt invest a cent of my own cash into any airline, they are all high risk with low return. However I am happy to keep accepting freebies from the Rat, even if they will be worth less than VB`s in the near furture.
I wouldnt invest a cent of my own cash into any airline, they are all high risk with low return. However I am happy to keep accepting freebies from the Rat, even if they will be worth less than VB`s in the near furture.
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The ad mark 2 (The Irishman's Version)
AJ doing his best "Riverdance" moves dressed in nothing but a pink feather sporran whilst flicking the last remaining QANTAS Aussy dollars into a muddy Irish bog.
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.
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.
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GREED and BASTARDRY
I think comments before me sum up Dixons character and attitude quite well, N-BW particularly colourful but spoken from the heart no doubt.
I think only one word sums it up........GREED, disgusting greed and in fact robbery may even be a better word.
How the shareholders let him get away with that is astounding if indeed they knew it was happening.
And to think I am flying QANTARSE to Perth (only because there is no alternative) in a few weeks.
I will take my seat with shame, with all due respect to the staff.
I think only one word sums it up........GREED, disgusting greed and in fact robbery may even be a better word.
How the shareholders let him get away with that is astounding if indeed they knew it was happening.
And to think I am flying QANTARSE to Perth (only because there is no alternative) in a few weeks.
I will take my seat with shame, with all due respect to the staff.
So sad to read such comments, but most likely all true.
'hadagutful' Greed as you say is the root cause, it's everything that stands for self importance, somethign that is not for the common good.
Does this guy (tricky Dicky) really care these days about how he got rich? I'd say not. He's got no concience, that's obvious, few high paid CEO's would have I'd be game enough to say. They live in a totally insulated world far removed from the real DTE people mostly.
Does the Govt need to take control here of our high flyers & their Co's reigns before we loose any credablity for those at the top? Absolutely, will they? I doubt it, Govts are just another way of feeding the wealthy with OUR money.
QF was once a well respected name in aviation, it's just another grubby greedy Co. for the few who know how to fleece it. I feel for the grass roots people who make up the real basis for a Co, the hard working employees
The foundations of a greart Co are the people at the bottom, they have been erroded away with fast buck smooth talking no substannce empty people like Darth:-( he wasn't the first & he won't be the last sadly)
I'm proud of QF's past history but not by it's more recenty history:-(
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'hadagutful' Greed as you say is the root cause, it's everything that stands for self importance, somethign that is not for the common good.
Does this guy (tricky Dicky) really care these days about how he got rich? I'd say not. He's got no concience, that's obvious, few high paid CEO's would have I'd be game enough to say. They live in a totally insulated world far removed from the real DTE people mostly.
Does the Govt need to take control here of our high flyers & their Co's reigns before we loose any credablity for those at the top? Absolutely, will they? I doubt it, Govts are just another way of feeding the wealthy with OUR money.
QF was once a well respected name in aviation, it's just another grubby greedy Co. for the few who know how to fleece it. I feel for the grass roots people who make up the real basis for a Co, the hard working employees
The foundations of a greart Co are the people at the bottom, they have been erroded away with fast buck smooth talking no substannce empty people like Darth:-( he wasn't the first & he won't be the last sadly)I'm proud of QF's past history but not by it's more recenty history:-(
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Pilots are the same..Only sad thing is we are trying to screw each other in the opposite direction...Those people S*it me just as much as the greedy fat cats..All about themselves,"oh but least it gets me into a jet"....
Aviation really is full off people all trying to screw over each other for personal gain...We really need to look at other industries and follow there lead look at mining even the cleaner earns a healthy wage!!
Aviation really is full off people all trying to screw over each other for personal gain...We really need to look at other industries and follow there lead look at mining even the cleaner earns a healthy wage!!
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I noticed the other day that the CEO of another large well known Australian company just gave himself a 19% pay rise.This was despite the fact of a significant drop in profit and a corresponding drop in share price....
This shows that some at least of corporate Australia have not learnt the lessons of the current GFC.....
This is the 'Me' era and it applies to every level of society in which just about everyone wants to know what is in it for them.....
The problem is that the corporate sector actively engages in a course to limit what those below them earn while at the same time lining their pockets with every cent they can get...
This shows that some at least of corporate Australia have not learnt the lessons of the current GFC.....
This is the 'Me' era and it applies to every level of society in which just about everyone wants to know what is in it for them.....
The problem is that the corporate sector actively engages in a course to limit what those below them earn while at the same time lining their pockets with every cent they can get...
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Dixon The Poster Boy
Dixon is the poster boy for obscene sense of entitlement that has been displayed by corporate Australia.His pay out was made all the more worse by its timing.We have the GFC where everyone is rapidly going backward financially except Dixon.
An absolute disgrace
An absolute disgrace
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Dollar Dazzler-our Dicko
To think I was having a good day-'till I read this news.
This is an ABSOLUTE DISGRACE. To think that over 2,500 Qantas staff have been punted over the past 18 months! How much would their salaries be? Rough guestimate= 150 people x ( avg salary) $80,000= $12m
Thats the payout equivalent. 150 people could be still working
Shame. Hasn't this person any morals? And what is even more galling is to hear that one of his current gigs is consulting to SEABURY ....the same parasites who were organising the APA bid.
So much for all the cut backs, belt tightening, Sustainable future clap trap. We have all been sold a pup.
Greed is good. Long live Gordon Gecko.
This is an ABSOLUTE DISGRACE. To think that over 2,500 Qantas staff have been punted over the past 18 months! How much would their salaries be? Rough guestimate= 150 people x ( avg salary) $80,000= $12m
Thats the payout equivalent. 150 people could be still working
Shame. Hasn't this person any morals? And what is even more galling is to hear that one of his current gigs is consulting to SEABURY ....the same parasites who were organising the APA bid.
So much for all the cut backs, belt tightening, Sustainable future clap trap. We have all been sold a pup.
Greed is good. Long live Gordon Gecko.
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Dixon Corporate Meeting Attendance
Dixon did attend all 8 scheduled remuneration meetings in an ex officio capacity.The remuneration committee was the busiest .Even more so than board meetings of which there were only 7.
Shows where managements focus was/is
Shows where managements focus was/is
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I think this thread has reached its use by date?
It is now descending into the realms of libel and defamation.
It is now descending into the realms of libel and defamation.
