M.C.A.T. was born out of my and some of my colleagues' personal experience that despite the lofty rhetoric propagated by the Medicare HR and the management about:
- being "employer of choice"
- equal employment opportunities
- fair performance assessment
- impartial and merit based promotions
- care for the wellbeing of employees and their families
- respect for individuals and upholding the rights of individuals
- seeking employee contributions and ideas for workplace improvements
we have concluded that Medicare Australia management does not practice seriously what it preaches. Our experience taught us that most of the managers, supervisors and coaches are more pre-occupied with grand standing, catching employees at the slightest stumbling and punishing the front-line staff for most trivial issues, whilst at the same time same managers, consistently failing to lead by example in leadership excellence, productivity performance and good governance. Sadly, my and other colleagues' experiences indicate that this perverse practice has permeated all layers of management and has been going on for years. We have addressed these issues on numerous occasions at various levels, including ministerial level, but all to no avail. The last straw for me was when just a few months ago I was discriminated and treated unfairly so unashamedly and bluntly by some of the managers that I had a gutful of such shameless conduct. Reported to the HR – how naïve – and just as in the past the HR was not interested. I worked for many organisations of various sizes, yet have never seen such a dysfunctional HR outfit. Two managers – not from HR – called and all they tried to do is to compel me to drop the issue and forget the whole incidence. From HR I got two emails mawkishly advising they'll think about the whole disgraceful case and will talk to me. Months later; yep you guessed it, HR is still missing in action. So here I am, taking the case to the people via the M.C.A.T. I trust that as the time goes on M.C.A.T. will bring to surface what's going on behind the cheesy face façade. M.C.A.T. has the people power. Trough M.C.A.T. things can change for the better. M.C.A.T. support base is now over 100 Medicare employees. Majority are openly supportive, many are tacit supporters for fear of retribution from their "masters". How sad it is that in this country decent people are fearful. This is not right and we need to change such fear inducing environment.
I say enough of the theatre and the phony grand slogans and posters about respect, fairness, equality, care and performance. It's time to Act! M.C.A.T.
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The problem I have is that I am punished by my colleagues as well as by Management. It's kind of like a bad episode of 'Neighbours' where I'm still at school and I'm supposed to really care about what "the rest of the school thinks about me", but I just don't and I never will. The reason that I don't care is not because I'm horrible, or because I enjoy getting personal and nasty, it's because I don't belong on 'Neighbours'! I don't think that any of us do. We are all individuals and we all have a right to our own opinion and a right to speak. I feel that my liberties are under direct attack. I have been punished on numerous occasions, yet no-one has 'won', relationships have been damaged, and there is no satisfying result. What I am asking for is simply to be heard. I don't expect everyone to agree with me; I don't expect to get everything that I ask for, but I do expect to be listened to, even if the answer is no. I'm not stupid enough to believe that I will always get my own way, but I'm not going to spend my work days pandering to the egos of those around me, as if they are more important than I am. I will say what I think, even if no-one likes it, because it's important to me, and because I am important. I'm just as important as 'The Team', which sadly enough has become a tool used by both Management and staff to opress the individual.
Do not allow anybody to suppress or oppress you. I get the impression that some people in authority think they can trample on people's dignity and their rights. Let all of us stand up to such practices.
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