Commanders are only as good as the men...
After my 6th ICT, quite sad to say that my commanders don't seem to understand this.. From the top, they hold us so tight, it is worse than being in a active unit. In this ICT, there is a change in commanding officer, which I noticed a change in the way the unit is run. More welfare, with explaination given why certain things (like booking in at 1900 hrs which was then postponed to 2000 hrs after complains from the ground) to lessen the pain why certain decision is made. But it will get some time to filter down (cross fingers) to the respective officer who seems to only care about themselves under the leadership of the previous CO (at least in HQ, but also not every officer. Not fair to put a blanket statement)
Just ranting here also because it happens in real life as well. In the army, we can't quit in response to this kind of ***, but can only slow things down, or stop working intelligent as a sign of protest. But in real life (and I have witness it happen before), we can quit and move on. So this post is just a reminder that hopefully will surface again from my subconcious mind that if, and a big if, I become a manager, I need to take care of my guys...