Thursday, January 17, 2008

The brave few volunteers...

Today was one of the worst days at work... It wasn't so bad for me but for the bosses it was a killer... At our branch there were only two who needed to be asked to go on standby... At a neighbouring branch 7 instructors were asked... People were sensible about it and spoke to the ones that could most afford it financially, as opposed to the instructors that the new bosses will want working for them... Those boys stood up and took a bullet for us...

So I will post a short one as my fury prevents me from saying what I think...

Hats off to the Tobu 9... Jon, Eric, Adam, Adam, Dana, Leslie, Jeza, Michael, and Scott... You all have my admiration and love brothers... May you get your jobs back if you want them or get new jobs if that's what you boys are after...

To anyone reading this, post a comment if you know of friends that volunteered to take the hit for those less well off financially...

I have had to go out to commiseration drinks twice in two days, and I am sick of it... When will this nightmare end??? If this was the winning bid, what did the losing bids offer???

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

At our baranch 4 teachers were stood down. Remaining instructors schedules became busy (not complaining) but today - Saturday when someone TOPATSU`ed several standby teachers coudnt be contacted and those that were couldn`t come in at short notice. We had to teach a couple of SIX person classes, cancelled some VOICE sessions and staff asked students to squeeze into challenge classes. We had to turn students away and already students are struggling to find and book lessons flexibly over weekends and peak periods.

Big Man in Japan said...

The six person classes are ridiculous and the Cancelled Voice is a stupid decision, but these are some of the decisions these people are having to make... Thanks for the comment anon... Is anyone else having a similar experience?