Cuts without an actual program review and reform, along with decisions driven primarily by employment status (i.e. terms and casuals are always cut before indeterminate, regardless of performance, results, excellence and the future institutional capabilities required) just seems like an exercise in futility! Which will erode trust internally (as colleagues see mediocrity remain and top talent cut) and externally, as services, programs and policies deteriorate, ultimately mailing citizens like government even less than they do now. Oh my oh my!
Spot on. And add to this the lack of any coherent attempt to reform the civil service to give it the capacity and tools that it needs to do its job in a more complex and fast moving world. Instead we see the absolute boondoggle described here and in earlier posts by Kathryn May in The Functionary - https://44615331.hs-sites.com/edi-deep-dive-march?ecid=ACsprvut8sbuJECWoaf3ZykhkBbC5EGOoA8Ifo86uWNZLXLWy3hmjFSSsG2PeBqHUmJseraQNX2E&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_OSxBMX3lfcm97C9RF6CemVLpku8o40PbXJBZ2kRNCdnWQWWd6yDYOGBkXIVXJNkvmbfUo1nHj_903YTvwR8I53NdUbQ&_hsmi=410611646.
Cuts without an actual program review and reform, along with decisions driven primarily by employment status (i.e. terms and casuals are always cut before indeterminate, regardless of performance, results, excellence and the future institutional capabilities required) just seems like an exercise in futility! Which will erode trust internally (as colleagues see mediocrity remain and top talent cut) and externally, as services, programs and policies deteriorate, ultimately mailing citizens like government even less than they do now. Oh my oh my!