Re: Lack of employee interest

["Don Ward" <donrward@hotmail.com>]

David Particularly your last point seems so American. In the States workers 
who do the job have so much more knowledge about what it takes  many times 
to keep from screwing up, than management does. However, most often they are 
not consulted. In my job I continually reminded the boss to ask the worker. 
Most often the bosses were surprised what they learned when they asked. Then 
they would go back to playing boss. Not  master servant so much as "me 
Tarzan, you Jane".  Don Ward

>From: "David Wheatcroft" <dwheatcroft@lineone.net>
>Reply-To: EOpriv@cog.kent.edu
>To: "EOPrivatisation Group" <EOpriv@cog.kent.edu>
>Subject: Lack of employee interest
>Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 08:07:51 +0100
>
>Again I am catching up on the debate and agree with the points made so far 
>but would like to add if I may a few further points.
>
>Certainly in the UK there is still the historic Master/Servant culture, 
>this us and them culture does not lend itself to the Trust that is needed 
>in EO
>
>The feeling that it is to good to be true and there must be a catch in it. 
>Some cases employees have been used to mask a management buy-out.
>
>The employees organisations have shown at best little interest and in some 
>cases downright opposition to EO especially from Privatisation.
>
>There is still a feeling of "Why should we buy what we already own, or so 
>we have been told for many years".
>
>The feeling that they only involve us when they are in a mess so why should 
>we get involved.
>
>Regards
>
>Dave
>Dave Wheatcroft
>01246 233438 -Tel

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