‘We’re inundated with managers’: Announcing our first winners!

We’re pleased to announce the winners of the September round of our ‘We’re inundated with managers’ contest.

Congratulations to Tamara McLean from Windsor, who won in the ‘absurdity of the employees/management ratio’ category! She writes: While working one shift, I noticed that we seemed to have a lot of managers on. There were a total of thirteen managers and only eleven officers to run a day shift.

And congratulations to Catherine Thouin from Lacolle, who won in the ‘originality of the submission’ category. She writes: “I’ll always remember: There were six superintendents that day. Two administrative superintendents and four operational superintendents. No surge capacity, no crisis on the horizon. There were eight of us border service officers, handling about ten cases.” It certainly paints a picture!

We’ll be announcing the winners for the month of October in early November (previous submissions will also be considered, so no need to resubmit them).