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Date: 24 January 2007 13:06:42
Another week and another resignation. I found out today that my boss, of less than 12 months, had handed in his resignation letter a week ago. At least he had the grace to call and tell me, the last one left 2 weeks before I found out.
He had had enough of the way in which this company treats its staff and keeps interfering in every little thing that goes on. We spend as much time filling out needless forms as we do doing the rest of our job. We have a computer system that still doesn't work properly, it can't even update the accounts package properly.
From what I gather the senior management works on the Third Reich management method. This means that everyone sets up little empires and does everything possible to block everyone else. If you don't fall into line then someone will ring and harangue you until you do.
To give you some idea of how things are:
October 2000 - 19 UK offices each with their own manager
January 2007 - 11 offices with 8 managers, some of these now only employ 2-3 people
While based at Cardiff I had 1 manager in the 3 years I was there. Since moving to Birmingham I have had 4 managers in 3 years - only 1 of whom lasted for more than 12 months.
We have deapartments running on 50% staffing and busy with others running on full staffing and quiet. We've lost, or laid-off, half our sales staff in the last 12 months. Several large customers have also left due to the way the company focuses on profit rather than service.
I am now seriously looking at new opportunities elsewhere. I may even bite the bullet and apply to when our rivals, a company I vowed never to work for.