A spotlight has been turned on a one man (err, person) retirement machine--Dianne Maxwell. She serves as the country's Retirement Commissioner and effectively reports to herself. She is a one man (err, person) Commissioner with a bunch of staff.
Newsroom has published an expose of Maxwell's management style. Few could question her effectiveness. She apparently believes that her primary responsibility is to push and shove as many of her staff into retirement as possible. How does she do this? Allegedly by bullying her staff into resigning.
A government agency run by one, all-powerful commissioner has experienced an eye-watering turnover of staff. A Newsroom investigation has uncovered allegations from more than a dozen former staff who say their boss, Diane Maxwell, has overseen a culture of bullying and management which impacted the health and wellbeing of multiple staff. [Newsroom]It would appear that Maxwell has taken a plain and simple view of the place and function of the Retirement Commission. She aims to see as many staff as possible retire out of its ranks, to be replaced by "fresh meat" which in turn will be entering the ranks of the retired shortly.
