"Well I have to say that I tend to agree with you buzz-lightyear. Which I find rather surprising, as I always had you down as a bit of a Tory."
Ooops. I've always voted Liberal. But I'm on the "right wing".
Re. cutting budgets: I think this is more about maintaining the confidence of the IMF vis-a-vis our mountain of national debt. The government can't make the recession go away, only the markets can do that.
My company seems to be going out of its way to be nice to staff, lots of team building days, just had my notice period extended. So not all companies are tightening the thumb screws....
Sadly the MM are being bullied by higher managemnet to keep their jobs, remember the Ful MOnty where the obnoxious pit manager ended signing on with the workers, sheer genius and oh so good a feeling if it happens to you as a worker.
MM = midle management
I'd say middle management is the area of any organisation most vulnerable to cuts so they are probably all bricking themselves.
So how will the private sector "fill the gap?" Where will these magic jobs come from?
Methinks someone has a little too much faith in the government.
What are your experiences?
Sadly, much the same as you. For me it's not a new phenomenon. This has been my experience pretty much throughout my entire working life! I worked in an industry that was continually being squeezed, so there were continual threats of redundancy as the business contracted.
There are very few decent people managing teams. Out of the 7 or 8 companies i've been employed by in 29 yeas and the 250 odd different locations i've worked in, i'd say this style of manangement is pretty much par for the course. I've met a few good people, but not usually one's that I have had to report to. WHen you get a good manager, it's bliss.
They don't need to be nice to you, you are only there to make them money, end of. What you have to learn is to keep schtum, shut out their bullshit and learn to appear not to respond to it too much.
I hope you don't get made redundant!
This is not really a new occurance, but we are finding its not just your direct employer who are being basrards...i work as an engineer in the building game and our clients are absolutly savage at the moment and will happilly see you doing a project for no profit and then agrue the toss over reasonable or justified extra costs during the contract. Basically contractors are having the shit kicked out of them.
U31 - MemberYou can only be bullied if you let yourself... MTFU.
......or there are two and a half million unemployed
<he says, fully aware that he is feeding a right-wing troll>
To be fair I'm whinging but I am earning the company money at the minute which puts me a fair way down what we have christened the "Shit list" a rather obvious league of who will be shown the door first, I'm aware of a few people planning exit strategies, I think any manger who drives 50% of his Engineering team out the door inside of 6 months (which this one may well do)deserves to go but I doubt he will...
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