Purposive Drift

Engraved on their hearts

This week's quote of the week should be engraved on every manager's heart:

"There's no way they can cut my wages faster than I can raise their costs."

This said by an airline pilot, whose company was engaged in yet another cost slashing exercise, reported by the ever-interesting Simon Caulkin in an article about the impact of unproductive work in companies and the alienating effects of the often mindless organisational responses to it.