THE "Results of the 2020 European Patent Office Staff Survey," as SUEPO has just put it, "are now available. They are worrying." That is an understatement.
"The bottom line is, staff is besieged and demoralised."SUEPO already posted some 'spoilers' last year, revealing some of the most worrying figures and findings.
Benoît Battistelli is basically still at the EPO 'in spirit', even if the photo ops are done by his friend António Campinos with a pair of sneakers and an array of meaningless buzzwords. The results of the survey are discussed in the video above and we've made local copies of the PDFs in case they get removed (as sometimes happens when threats are issued by the Office management). The SUEPO's official Web site contains 5 new files, but we make copies of only 2 (originals in English [PDF] with summary [PDF], aside from French and German equivalents).
The bottom line is, staff is besieged and demoralised. If this is the best Europe's second-largest institution can do, there's trouble ahead. The image below is also from SUEPO by the way... ⬆
