The negative impact of government downsizing on employee engagement is seeping beyond federal offices and into workplaces across the National Capital Region, according to a local management expert.
Jaime McGillivray, a Gatineau-based director with the Canadian Management Centre, said many local residents know a friend, family member or neighbour affected by government cutbacks.
The perceived arbitrariness of some of the decisions – workers being told they could be laid off just as they return from extended training sessions, or as they approach retirement, for example – is creating a sense of unease among local workers in both the public and private sectors, Ms. McGillivray said in an interview.
“The dust hasn’t quite settled,” she said.
“The entire region, across all industries, seem to be (suffering from) the hangover of federal layoffs.”…
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