Seriously, if working in Exact is as bad as you describe, then why don't you just leave the company? If you've got the qualifications, skills and knowledge, I'm sure you'd be able to secure a job with a better future.

Office politics... which company doesn't have them? Even in government offices (where everyone thinks life is a bore!), staff play office politics too. Why? Simply coz they think that's the fastest way to get noticed and move up the corporate ladder. Yes... there are shoe polishers in Exact, but there will come a time when these shoe polishers have to proof their worth. Recent changes in the org structure have seen a reshuffling of the middle management, with some of those "shoe polishers" being assigned to manage new teams. Don't you notice that amongst those that have resigned, there are those "shoe polishers" who no longer can shine shoes and kiss those "white asses" like they used to? It is pretty obvious that the reshuffling exercise is also testing their capabilities. Perhaps they are also aware that they can no longer "have their cake and eat it" and have decided to move on.

Yes, there are also staff leaving because of many other reasons. Some because of higher pay, better job prospects, change of job scope, travel opportunities, etc. The list can go on and just narrowing it down to simply blaming the current management is a rather shallow analysis of the situation.

"The 4 monkeys"... what good have they brought? All those promotion and high increment for "shoe polishers" was done during the 4 Monkeys' era. Now that they are no longer in the management, these "shoe polishers" are also scared shit of they own "rice bowl".

Is there really nothing positive to say? I think you're missing out on a recent case where the management DID listen to what the staff had to say. For example, a Mgr was "demoted" when his staff grouped up and complained about him to the Management. He transferred to another team and eventually left the company. This example has shown the middle mgmt that they are not as high-and-mighty as they think. Some are beginning to show some improvement in their people-skills, unlike before where there were Mgrs who shouted at their staff without giving a damn whether other people heard. What about those all-expense paid sports activities organized for staff? And extra fund allocation for self-organized team events? Bear in mind that not many companies would pay for these extra curricular activities.

Management change/ restructuring happens ... and usually old staff find it the hardest to embrace new changes. Maybe some of the planning and processes are questionable, but a lot of what is currently being implemented is done as a learning process for a lot of the middle mgmt and staff. Maybe, we should give the new management setup a chance to proof what they can do. It's been barely a few months and is still too early to say how good or bad they are. Sometimes, if you don't try, you don't know.

As for team building at KLGCC for the Managers, so what about it? Lots of other companies do that for their managers too! If you're so concerned about spending the day at KLGCC, then do something and get yourself promoted. Become a Manager... then go and have your lunch at KLGCC. And, don't forget to treat your staff too!

BTW... the singing has already stopped. And step heavily on the floor and hitting tables??? Haven't seen that yet.