dozy: He once confided in me that in any comparable "head office" environment , any external consultants could easily cull the numbers by at least 50% - 70% by a combination of getting rid of surplus non productive staff and closing or outsourcing unnecessary peripheral activities such as laundry , dentistry , hairdressing etc.
Haha, yeah exactly, even the true believing JW at Bethel can see the huge 'productivity' wastage that takes place.
As I said above, the WT is rubbish at HR.
The problem is that it is a set-up that they're kinda stuck with, though in recent years they've started to show some flexibility, most of all with the remote workers who can connect via the internet.