And the trail narrows and the pain begins to become accute

Recently (last Thursday) there was, apparently, a huge blowout at a public meeting. Audience members accused members of the executive committee of fradulently terminating a long-time employee as well as persuing a business methodology that leads to less than loving behavior of the companies long enduring employees, and its customers. Some executive members were, or so I'm told, shocked that this might even be true. So much for communication between executive committee members.

And in a so called effort to better understand her responsibilities, the Interim Manager has demanded that the employees now account, on a daily basis, for each minute while on duty. What were you doing and how much time did it take? This is viewed by several members of the employees as merely trying to figure out what is going on and later use it as ammunition for termination.

And in the punitive action news section: Employees are no longer allowed to have coffee cups with them while they work. Coffee will be consumed on breaks of which there are two per day. This while the employees work in an unheated space and said Interim Manager sits in a heated office and talks to herself.

Do you see how well management is communicating?