2023-10-07 09:04:00
”During our first Steering Committee meeting, I used the metaphor of the sinking ship to describe our situation. […] It seems that my words were not heard the way I hoped. On the contrary, it appears that some of you are engaging in behaviors that run counter to our common goals.” This is what we call a salty debrief. A year following taking office, the highest municipal official sent an internal memo to the members of the management committee, bringing together the department heads. The DH got it. And the least we can say is that Marie-Rose Laevers does not speak the language of wood.
We read there, pell-mell, that “obligations are totally flouted but rights are omnipresent in everyone’s mouth”, that employees “pretend to accept the missions entrusted to them […] seeking teleworking opportunities to avoid the workplace as much as possible”. The list is long, but what is striking is that “there seems to be a loss of direction among certain employees, who no longer know what their functions are”. In short, “anarchy reigns supreme,” analyzes the head of municipal personnel, who “will no longer hesitate to refer the matter to the College of Mayor and Aldermen.”
In this regard, Mayor Emir Kir, who has personnel in his portfolio of skills, does not have much to say on this note which is supposed to remain internal. “I can clearly see the desire to take control following Covid,” he confides, placing his trust in the municipal secretary of whom he speaks highly. This is management, a warning.”
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However, Saint-Josse is rather experimental on managerial issues, notably with the four-day week applied to civil servants. This is not enough to call the system into question, but “we cannot afford to have services without civil servants”, admits Emir Kir. In an election year, the quality of services to citizens counts double, but it will also be necessary to gauge with municipal workers who, often, are voters, all things considered.
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