Re: Managerialism, etc.
  espee8800

Oh but aren't we really good at doing just that.

On Tue, 16 Aug 2022 at 09:51, Tony Galloway arg@...> wrote:

> Pen-pusher paradise

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> As a train driver in Sydney for almost 30 years, I follow the current

> dispute with interest (“Elliott dishes broadside at Kean for derailing

> union negotiations https://www.smh.com.au/link/follow-20170101-p5b9qm,”

> August 15). Both sides of politics can be blamed for the rail crisis. The

> system has too many outside managers with no skills or background in

> working trains, either as a driver or guard. They are basically paper

> shufflers to keep track of sick leave and to hassle the staff. In previous

> years, we had inspectors who came through the ranks from either the

> locomotive or traffic side. Now we have people from other corporations

> employed as shift managers on salaries much higher than drivers or guards.

> These middle-level managers are frequently not even qualified to open and

> close the doors of a train, let alone drive one in service. If Labor wins

> the next election, they should seriously look at cutting back on

> unnecessary levels of management, or at least put people there who have

> experience in NSW trains. You don’t put a consultant in charge of an army.

> - *Vann Cremer, Auburn*

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> Yep

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> Tony

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