A rush for the door?

An article in the BBC's in-house publication, Ariel, today states that 1000 enquiries have been received in the first week of the redundancy trawl. If true, this is a large number, although enquiries do not necessarily turn into requests, which don't always turn into volunteers. However, it says something about the state of morale inside the corporation. Having been ground down now for so long is it any wonder that people may be looking to move on? Much of this week has been spent talking with BBC News about their plans. A grueling experience. It's obvious that their undue haste has even caught them by surprise; They have been ill-prepared to answer even the most basic of questions. How much money are you planning to save ? - being a particularly tricky one, it would seem. The next few days will be crucial. The redundancy trawl closes and we meet the management. A meeting with our representatives from across the BBC is scheduled for next Thursday, by which time we should know whether the BBC prefers conflict over logic - a commodity that's recently been in short supply amongst senior BBC staff.