Just hanging on

Just when I thought the way forward was clear the economic downturn hit. Many of us have been involved in a restructure couched in words such as 'growth and development of the region' but between the lines, it was a cost cutting exercise. It has been both frustrating and stressful and is not quite over. The sad thing is, restructure in this instance meant job cuts, now there are less of us to do the work, as it gets busier it will be harder to get excited about work every day especially when service falls short. There is this naievity that job cuts do not mean a drop in service. Eventually as job cuts increase to save money, services will suffer with less people to fulfil the obligations. A slow implosion as all service industries turn in ever tightening circles and in the end achieve nothing. It is a pity this is a sign of the times and unfortunately, I think this form of restructure is going to be the norm.