----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Burchett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Question for David Miliband
> > >>As a former office worker, I am a bit miffed at the way discussion on this >>thread seems to imply that office staff are more dispensible than ground >>staff. OK, the ground staff are very important and I do not for one moment >>suggest that any of them should be made redundant in preference to an >>office >>worker, but I am sure that BW do not employ people just to sit on chairs >>in >>their offices. Surely the office staff who are being made redundant are >>(or >>were) doing valuable work too? >> >>Dorothy > > I think there is a shortage of ground staff and we/they can't afford to > lose anymore. Your office job may have been important and I have no doubt > some of BW's are, but I also believe some jobs are of status value only. > I do know that when I worked for the Health Service my job was completely > unnecessary and a waste of money. > Sue nb Nackered Navvy I'm sorry you had that sort of a job, I think the public sector is prone to keeping up the established number of posts, whether there is actually any work involved or not - I once had a job with a semi-government organisation where my duties took up all of 2 hours a week!, so I know how soul-destroying that can be. If any such posts exist within BW, then obviously they should be eliminated asap. I hope that BW have adopted the private sector attitude of employing as few people as they can get away with, and expecting those to work their little socks off. Dorothy
