Beware the wrath of Gov.-Gen. Julie Pyette!.Reports out of Ottawa Tuesday claim the Queen’s representative in Canada has seen a mass exodus of staff while reducing others to tears after dressing-downs..“Four members of Payette’s communications team have departed during the pandemic period alone. A fifth person is leaving this week and another two have taken leaves of absence. It’s just the latest wave of staff to quietly transfer out of the small office in response to mistreatment during Payette’s mandate”, multiple sources told the CBC..“This has gone from being one of the most collegial and enjoyable work environments for many of the staff to being a house of horrors – it’s bullying and harassment at its worst,” one source told CBC..CBC said they had spoken to dozens of sources to come up with the portrait of a tyrant Pyette..The sources told CBC Payette has yelled at, belittled and publicly humiliated employees. They accused her of throwing tantrums in the office and, on one occasion, tossing an employee’s work aside and calling it “sh&%.”.CBC reported on one day along multiple people were seen leaving Pyette’s office in tears..“She screams and humiliates staff in front of others – it’s verbal abuse. In no world is it OK to treat people that way,” a former staff member told CBC..Multiple sources told CBC Payette routinely complained of being tired, underfed and overworked.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .But Rideau Hall said Payette and “the management of the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General ‘strongly believe’ in the importance of a healthy workplace.”.“We deeply regret this reporting, which is in stark contrast to the reality of working at the OSGG, and obscures the important work done by our dedicated staff in honouring, representing, and showcasing Canadians,” said Ashlee Smith, press secretary to the Governor General, in a statement to CBC..Payette, a former astronaut, was appointed Governor General on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in October 2017. Her term runs until 2022..At the beginning of her mandate, CBC reported, Payette put staff on the spot by quizzing them about outer space — asking them to name all the planets in the solar system, for example, or to state the distance between the sun and the moon..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby7694
Beware the wrath of Gov.-Gen. Julie Pyette!.Reports out of Ottawa Tuesday claim the Queen’s representative in Canada has seen a mass exodus of staff while reducing others to tears after dressing-downs..“Four members of Payette’s communications team have departed during the pandemic period alone. A fifth person is leaving this week and another two have taken leaves of absence. It’s just the latest wave of staff to quietly transfer out of the small office in response to mistreatment during Payette’s mandate”, multiple sources told the CBC..“This has gone from being one of the most collegial and enjoyable work environments for many of the staff to being a house of horrors – it’s bullying and harassment at its worst,” one source told CBC..CBC said they had spoken to dozens of sources to come up with the portrait of a tyrant Pyette..The sources told CBC Payette has yelled at, belittled and publicly humiliated employees. They accused her of throwing tantrums in the office and, on one occasion, tossing an employee’s work aside and calling it “sh&%.”.CBC reported on one day along multiple people were seen leaving Pyette’s office in tears..“She screams and humiliates staff in front of others – it’s verbal abuse. In no world is it OK to treat people that way,” a former staff member told CBC..Multiple sources told CBC Payette routinely complained of being tired, underfed and overworked.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .But Rideau Hall said Payette and “the management of the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General ‘strongly believe’ in the importance of a healthy workplace.”.“We deeply regret this reporting, which is in stark contrast to the reality of working at the OSGG, and obscures the important work done by our dedicated staff in honouring, representing, and showcasing Canadians,” said Ashlee Smith, press secretary to the Governor General, in a statement to CBC..Payette, a former astronaut, was appointed Governor General on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in October 2017. Her term runs until 2022..At the beginning of her mandate, CBC reported, Payette put staff on the spot by quizzing them about outer space — asking them to name all the planets in the solar system, for example, or to state the distance between the sun and the moon..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby7694
