k979aaa wrote:Always wondered what these work place Jolly's do = Manager and Employees get togethers literally and the employer always comes behind the manager's i shall not take part in any fraternisation with management!.
Probably quite deliberate provocation - Prior to Privatization , we'd a Area Manager that said " I love a Driver to knock me out at a disciplinary hearing as I'll be on the floor pointing up - You're sacked "

- childish ? - Yes ! but there was a lot of that about at the time . The Classic one was " Are you threatening me " so they could run back and tell tales .
It's just as aggressive as the bolshy union rep on the lookout for the slightest thing , industrial " politics " goes in circles . Another tactic was following people to see if they drank too much after finishing shifts or follow the rep in case in he popped in for a quick pint on release .
Eventually we got " better " Senior Managers and these Empire Builders of the worst kind and their lackies were paid up , the idiots had stopped being useful .
I'm afraid I can't see that happening with RM , it's more like something out of " Downfall " without the petrol , cyanide tablets and revolvers at 148 Old St .