Ah yes... the glossy 8 page magazine that is circulated around my particular government department every month that tells us how many upper echelon managers have gained honors/huge payouts/bonuses/early retirement and how many lowest grade workers are going to be made redundant....

Once upon a time it was those about to be made redundant who knew first... these days it's their colleagues who tell them, not their managers.

The Director of our particular government department used to visit us regularly so we could talk with him and discuss changes.... had 3 new Directors since then and not seen hide nor hair of them anywhere even remotely close to the 'shop floor'.

Seems that even bad news can be 'good' if it's dressed up well enough.

LTS