Eskom bleeding skills

  • Thread starter Thread starter Bianke Neethling
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Zuma went “he, he, he, he”, all the way home – The Mail & Guardian
 
You need skills in the first place to be in a position to bleed skills. From 1994 there were no more skills. And one can see this clearly in its decline.
 
My son in law and his brother, both university trained engineers, left Kendal in 2010 for Australia after ±10 years or more service, not being able to handle all the crap going on unchecked.
 
If you dont promote a good working environment, and looking past BEE-E…. What do you expect?
 
Put yourself in the position of someone at Eskom that's been there a good few years and has some valuable experience and knowledge.

You probably spend your days too shi*t-scared to admit where you work and when you finally do its met with some sort of apology for being part of the big-bad.

Now listen to the general public moan and gripe and swear blind that every person at Eskom is corrupt/lazy/incompetent (or all 3).

Now add to that the media's relentless pursuit of an Eskom story, some of which you know to be true and the other patent BS.

Why would you stay? Why would you not move on? Why would you not take advantage of the countless opportunities overseas where your skillset is in short supply?
 
nicroets said:
Kendal, completed in 1993, is still the largest power station of any kind in Africa.

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Kendal Power Station - Wikipedia

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Thanks for proving my point. Completed by those with experience. F***ed up by those who has none. Kendal currently underperforming at 34%. This is unfortunately, one of the consequences when every single person with experience left, replaced with inexperienced staff and to make things worse, taken over by criminal syndicates. It can be as big as the whole USA, but if its not performing, it means nothing.
 
Skills, power delivery, etc - none of that matters as long as the comrades can chow and bee targets are met
 
Iwojima said:
Put yourself in the position of someone at Eskom that's been there a good few years and has some valuable experience and knowledge.

You probably spend your days too shi*t-scared to admit where you work and when you finally do its met with some sort of apology for being part of the big-bad.

Now listen to the general public moan and gripe and swear blind that every person at Eskom is corrupt/lazy/incompetent (or all 3).

Now add to that the media's relentless pursuit of an Eskom story, some of which you know to be true and the other patent BS.

Why would you stay? Why would you not move on? Why would you not take advantage of the countless opportunities overseas where your skillset is in short supply?
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I’ve made this point many times. At an engineering company, your most valuable asset is your senior engineers. Not necessarily particular individuals (though sometimes one of them is carrying hard), but normally as a collective.

Eskom went on a culling spree of their most senior and battle-hardened engineers. Those were also loyal staff, with a lot of blood sweat and tears invested into the ship running smoothly.

Now they have enormous technical deficits, skills shortages and a reputation in tatters. I have no idea how they are going to attract thousands of top engineers again.
 
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