TROUBLE IS BREWING at two northern institutions, and it’s a case of staff versus the head.
So serious is the situation at one place that the particular ministry’s bigwigs held a meeting there this week to calm things down.
From what Cou Cou was told, the majority of staff do not want to work with the head. They are displeased with the way things are being done at the place and feel they should be making a greater input in fashioning the programme there as they are the ones on the front line.
At the other institution, there are rumblings among the staff that the head is behaving like a legend in his own mind and is increasingly coming over as Mr Know All.
What has the staff there ticked off about this development is the fact that the head has seen what can happen when workers don’t like their leader, yet he persists in conducting business his way, with little regard to the workers’ views.
Given the rapidly deteriorating situation at both institutions, some are suggesting that if these matters are not dealt with in a hurry their eruption could turn out to be even greater than that of the northern volcano.
Unbridled tongue
IF LOOSE LIPS sink ships, why would someone who was once penalized for chatter while in a position of confidence be given that old job back?
That’s what the employees of a certain entity want to know. They are upset by the move because when the individual was demoted, it was noted that positions of trust carry with them much responsibility, so the person is not expected to be a blabbermouth.
But now that individual has been reappointed, staff are wondering if the person’s back-biting and news-carrying campaign to get back the job was what turned the situation around. If that is indeed the case, some staffers are saying that nothing good can come from an administration that promotes such behaviour.
This apart, the staff are concerned about a case of supersession and have raised this matter with their union.
Together with the other questionable promotions at this statutory corporation and the manoeuvrings of the bosses, morale at this statutory corporation is said to be at an all-time low.
Choice pick
PROFESSIONALS AT A certain place are quoting the saying that “you can hide and buy land, but you can’t hide and work it” to describe what recently occurred at their workplace.
The situation of which they speak involves new picks, one of which is a known supporter of those in charge.
The staff are saying that for some time there was a rumour that this supporter was after a prime pick in their establishment, but this talk died down when the job they were supposed to be interested in went to someone else. Now, when no one expected it, this person took the second-best pick available.
These professionals are not the only ones wondering about this particular person’s elevation. The individual’s past colleagues are also questioning the move, with some asking if the person’s unusual silence on a very serious, protracted matter was because they had some inkling of what was to come their way.
To be sure, the once-sterling image of this person is now being viewed with different eyes, given the environment in which this elevation was done.
