Luxon Is THAT Asshole Boss

After firing half the capital’s public servants, Luxon and Willis are now trying to blame the remaining few for sending Wellington’s cafes bankrupt.

It couldn’t possibly be the economic downturn that resulted from him pulling all the money out of the system and giving it to the wealthy to bank. It must be that people aren’t being rorted for coffees and lunches during this cost of living crisis that’s been going on four years now.

So he’s point his foot down — no more skiving off at home, no more making lunch in your own kitchen and avoiding the public transport costs that this government itself increased. It’s back into the office for you.

Working from home is NOT an entitlement, the most entitled man in the country says sternly to the nation. In case the latest round of job cuts did not remind you sharply enough, you have a job only by HIS good graces. Entitlements? Those are things only Prime Ministers get. That’s why he insisted we pay him an entire person’s yearly salary to live in his own house.

Even though staff have stated they often get less work done and there’s frequently no reason for them to be there, they must go in because Luxon says so. And when Luxon says something, everyone falls into line, he’s just that good a boss. First, he sends our young criminals off to the army, then he gave the beneficiaries a boot up their asses and kicked those lazy disabled people out of their wheelchairs. Why do you think God gave you legs?! Now our country’s CEO is taking the public service to task. No more lounging around in your pyjama pants while REAL hard-working New Zealanders are out mining coal by hand at the crack of dawn. (We really should be investing in R&D…) Shame on you! Don’t you remember you’re scum?

Perhaps Luxon thinks this is genuinely good management. Perhaps he is determined to save just a few more dollars by making the staff he didn’t fire quit. Perhaps he just has no idea what it’s like to work an average-paying (median, not mean) job keeping the essential cogs of the country running, and those few mornings where you get to sleep in are the small pleasures that get you through the week.

And they save you a few dollars from having to buy lunch at expensive cafes, too.

Power strut

That won’t do. Neoliberalism, baby! It’s all about getting that government money to private businesses by whatever means necessary, even if it’s by forcing your public service to pay for coffee.

This is the sort of shitty management tactics bosses can get away with in hard economic times — hard economic times that he’s created.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.

New Zealand doesn’t have a Prime Minister. New Zealand has CEO.