My thanks to a loyal reader who posted about a visit to Hull yesterday by Gerry Dorby (Assistant Director of Risk and Intelligence at HMRC).
"Just been told that Gerry Dorby was asked, at a SLT meeting today in Hull, a series of questions from staff (AOs and Band Os).Therefore it seems that HMRC has taken up "farming".
One was, with the digitalisation of data gathering coming into effect soon, where will this leave AOs?
His answer: they'll be farmed out to other departments.
Another question: how does he see morale and well being going in Hull as it gets closer to closing?
Answer: well, he apparently answered another question entirely, completely side stepping it, before adding "why would anyone complain, there's loads of work to do".
He then said he had "no idea" where the regional office in Leeds will be, either exact location or time wise. "I promise, as soon as I know, you will"., he said.
This is as rumours fly that Wellington Place will house the Leeds staff (and what's left of Hull's) from 2019."
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Nothing surprises the public with that mob. A violent organisation.
ReplyDeleteI don't really know who Gerry Dorby is so it would be unfair to comment directly about him. What I will say is that the culture of management at HMRC is to treat staff like they are bits of sewerage. In The Times this week I saw that HMRC are in the Top 50 employer index for so-called social mobility. That index has little or no credibility then (thanks HMRC, as some of the other outfits may actually have been worthy). How those shameless HMRC scumbags put themselves forward for such things with blushing is beyond comprehension...
ReplyDeleteThe out of touch self serving elites at the top of HMRC, are exactly the type of elites the public are sick to the back teeth of. Think Trump, think Brexit. They treat most staff, the self-employed and SMEs like shit, because they have no experience of the real world. The Govt really ought to reform the governance of HMRC before trust is totally exhausted beyond repair.
DeleteHMRC's newsroom put out a self congratulatory piece about this. Unfortunately for them, the comments took it in a direction they didn't like, so "gentle reminders" came from the moderator to stay in topic ( certainly not the flawed promotion system, lack of pay rises, PMR and the forced distribution which picks on certain social groups). Oh no. The precise line in the story was emphasised as the line that we should cmoment on. Nasty propaganda from a newsroom that is losing its grip. There will be retribution.
ReplyDeleteGosh it really does sound like an authoritarian regime at HMRC. Talk of propaganda, control of free speech, violence...what is going on in there?
Delete@14.04 oh yes the Orwellian world of censorship certainly exists in HMRC and I should know as I was recently asked to remove a comment on a recent thread about mental health because I mentioned that a previous manager had driven me to think of committing suicide.
ReplyDeletefurther to the above, my partner is an ex-HMRC employee and was subjected to behaviour which detrimentally affected their mental health. A line manager even involved an outside accomplice in her games designed to drive my partner to the brink. They are still receiving mental health counselling to overcome this trauma caused by hmrc's criminal offending.
DeleteIn answer to another commenter: yes there is a significant underlying problem of bullying and law breaking in HMRC.serious incidents have resulted in them turning a blind eye.
Hmrc inflicting mental health suffering on human beings is sadly a common event. This hypocritical smug politically correct organisation needs to be investigated. Criminal offences already exist on the statute books to effectively deal with this wrongdoing and with Mrs May's pledge to overhaul MH legislation we can only hope that laws will be strengthened. Only when bullying managers are put before the courts, and held individually accountable for their own behaviour, will a message go out to these psycho rogues. The present situation is that senior management and HR have a great big cover-up operation shielding bullies from scrutiny. The injustice and law breaking, not to mention the physical & mental despair of victims, is something Hmrc feel they have a perfect right to cover-up, even if the cover-up just adds to the list of misconduct. The failure to deal with the violence is going to cause a recruitment crisis before too long.
ReplyDeleteStaff used to have their own discussion forums that were moderated (mostly resonably well) by colleagues. Now the Communication Teams decide what staff can talk about within the newsroom, and close any article they want if they don't like the comments STAFF are making to their propaganda.
ReplyDeleteReading through these comments:- Life at HMRC = Propaganda is pedalled. Freedom of thought/opinion stamped on. Free speech crushed. Staff bullied to despair without recourse. Misconduct covered up. Violence perpetrated. Harm caused to victims and their families. Criminals walking free. Justice not done. ??? Maybe we have somehow misunderstood this, but it would appear there is a huge problem within HMRC?
ReplyDeleteHMRC management are sick.
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