A bright spark middle manger has invented a overtime ban and created more paperwork overhead approvals in addition to existing approvals to keep everyone busy and threatening not to pay staff.
So much for bureaucracy busters more useless tasks created.
Mike S thinks his running the company but at middle and lower management layers Mike Lawrie is still here controlling the company (the old managers still look up to him).
The old Lawrie style of old managers who are layers upon layers need a clear out.
This bright spark who thought this up is shortsighted in cutting costs as it will cause loss in revenue, work backlog, poor service, and further morale decline.