14th November 2008, 01:31 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by drpeterwardle
There a number of stages to the current situation:
1. Not recruiting via places like BAJR (which has already happened) and only appointing posts internally
2. Laying people off at the end of a short term contract (a normal process) and other natural wastage (which is happening)
3. Laying off of people who have been employed less than two years (ie people who are not entitled to redundancy pay)
4. Redundancy of long term field staff (This appears to be happening)
5. Redundancy or demotion of project managers
6. Redundancy of project officers (PO will tend to be employed longer because of report writing)
7. Laying off of post X staff
Well, our unit has got to stage 4, though actually over the last year the individuals were involved in PX due to lack of fieldwork.
How about a poll based on Dr Pete's stages?