Boris Johnson is offering City Hall staff confidence-boosting classes as part of their redundancy packages. The workshops, with titles such as Cresting The Curve, Create Your Own Luck and Me, have been set up in the wake of a jobs cull aimed at saving millions of pounds. Posters advertising the sessions, which will cost the taxpayer £9,000, have appeared in lifts, and they are being publicised on the staff intranet.At least 120 posts have been axed at City Hall, including half the environment team - the group in charge of London's bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Mayor wants to save about £7.5million from an £80million budget. Many of the cuts are of middle managers earning about £40,000.Greater London Authority chiefs claim redundancy "coaching" will boost self-esteem and help those who have lost jobs find new ones.But critics say the courses are little comfort for those made redundant.
Boris Johnson is offering City Hall staff confidence-boosting classes as part of their redundancy packages.
The workshops, with titles such as Cresting The Curve, Create Your Own Luck and Me, have been set up in the wake of a jobs cull aimed at saving millions of pounds.
Posters advertising the sessions, which will cost the taxpayer £9,000, have appeared in lifts, and they are being publicised on the staff intranet.
At least 120 posts have been axed at City Hall, including half the environment team - the group in charge of London's bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Mayor wants to save about £7.5million from an £80million budget. Many of the cuts are of middle managers earning about £40,000.
Greater London Authority chiefs claim redundancy "coaching" will boost self-esteem and help those who have lost jobs find new ones.
But critics say the courses are little comfort for those made redundant.
