Public sector downsizing

[Number One]

Well they might be cutting workers but it seems there is still budget to bring in the young and green....Grad programmes continue on and on and I see some of these as exhorbitant nonsense...some of them could do with a little less smoke blown up their arses. So they went to school forever? Big fucking deal they aren't particularly reliable in the workplace some of them....oh but we need to be in a position to attract them back to us after they all fuck off on their OE. Sorry I don't feel too sorry for many of the privelaged silver spoon in mouth ones I come across....though I concede they aren't all like this!

[SPman]

We worry about the future for our children and grandchildren though.

We used to do that, but you end up on a hiding to nothing - so, we imbued them with a questioning mind, a healthy disrespect of authority, and the values they had to work out for themselves (they did pretty well) and turned them loose on the world. For the grand kids, the same. Guess that's all you can really do - except make as much noise as possible about things that don't seem right......

[Mom]

Fuckit lets have babies and go on the dpb instead eh? awww nah bugger that they are cutting that too

I am in an interesting employment place right now. I have lost the last 2 positions I have had due to either business sale and or business restructuring. It sucks!

The arrogance of employers astounds me, the ignorance of them probably astounds me more.

Do what you need to to survive, save your energy to fight the battles you actually have to. Concentrate on what you need to for you and bypass all the emotional BS that passes for good consultation. Document everything, and keep looking forward. Look for the opportunities that others may miss in the fall out. Chin up sweets. It is a horrible place to be.

Hug them boys for me. HUGE HUG for you.

EDIT: PS: Bugger off with the having extra babies, I am well past it thank goodness

[Number One]

Saving energy is the issue for me. Where can I spare it and store it away to use later?!

I am in a position where I am not only going through it personally but I'm am expected to 'rolemodel' professionalism across the organisation...I am often called upon to coach and support people around the place.

I feel like a smiling assasin sometimes and I can't very well tell people that are coming to me for some comfort exactly what I am thinking about OUR employers.

It's hard not to get tired out by not only your own efforts to cope but also watching and suppporting others and hearing about the fall outs that they are all going through in their real lives - I find it hard to distance, disconnect, compartmentalise (whatever you wanna call it) from it all - I just need to give much less of a shit about it all....but then that's who I am...I DO give a shit about stuff going on around me.

[MIXONE]

I know where you are coming from having gone through 6 months ago.It's a shitty stressfull time for sure.
Enjoy your time at home with the family because they are the ones you love.
My wife gave me a Tshirt which says "I don't need sex.My management fucks me every day".

[Number One]

Where can I get me a shirt like that - there is a dress up themed work do coming up

[Hitcher]

Public sector restructuring is about formulaic academic process. On rare occasions, it demonstrates a modicum of engagement with staff and unions. While any restructuring exercise is full of bitter pills, "winners" and "losers", some are better managed than others. These rare events are usually characterised by a climate of openness and honesty and even the "losers" feel like they have been treated with dignity and respect.

Public servants rarely get the acknowledgment they deserve, particularly those on the front line, unfortunately even from public sector bosses. This is probably because their expensive taxpayer-funded grooming at Waltzing Matilda College doesn't deal with things like empathy. Heaven forbid that the development of public policy should be tainted by concern for one's fellow beings.

[Number One]

I am raising the wine glass I am sitting here crying into to you Mr Hitcher well said as usual and hits the nail on the head

Actually I am beyond crying now - that only sneaks up on me at quiet alone times of exhaustion now

[Ocean1]

Rumage.

muttermutter...

AH!!, heretis:

[Number One]

Gold! I am resisting the urge to say thank you trash heap! OOOps resistance was futile after all

I shall be sharing that with my colleagues if you don't mind

[rainman]

You have my sympathy, having been through a few restructuring exercises myself. Not fun.

[=cJ=]

Nar, we're going pretty well to be honest. Keeping a watching eye on the rest of the country though. Our management seems pretty on to it with crisis situations and restructuring and stuff :-)

[Berries]

Been there, done that, in what sounds like similar circumstances what with having to ensure other staff are 'managed' through the same changes that effect you. When it was all over I quit anyway after feeling shafted. Best career move I ever made. The next couple of years had a fair bit of uncertainty granted but honestly, the stress is not worth it. There is no point taking it all home with you, you are just on a downward spiral if you do. If the "Norf Welly Massif" is Wellington then there must be lots of opportunities out there. I'd get job hunting.

[Str8 Jacket]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/poli...sector-mergers
I am keeping my fingers crossed. It's not easy finding work these day's.......

[Number One]

Been there, done that, in what sounds like similar circumstances what with having to ensure other staff are 'managed' through the same changes that effect you. When it was all over I quit anyway after feeling shafted. Best career move I ever made. The next couple of years had a fair bit of uncertainty granted but honestly, the stress is not worth it. There is no point taking it all home with you, you are just on a downward spiral if you do. If the "Norf Welly Massif" is Wellington then there must be lots of opportunities out there. I'd get job hunting.

That's the thing - I feel quite done wasting my energy there and I don't really care about the place and quite a few of the people there and really I just am looking forward to being done with the place!

But where to next?! Geepers