The latest:

The EPO's external survey is needed because of intimidation from the Office and push-polling by António Campinos; historically, Benoît Battistelli even crushed people who had 'dared' to survey the staff

Summary: Staff of the EPO will have a say without the oppressor watching every move and making lists of 'enemies'

THE EPO's "official" survey of staff is like a yellow union. It's designed to make Office affairs seem healthier than they really are.

Not so surprisingly, a survey about the Office not controlled by the Office (looking to embellish its own image) is being conducted [PDF]. It's opened up to people who aren't members of the union and it typically shows incredibly low trust rates for management (like 3% for Campinos; it'll probably be 0% this time around).

"Not a single word about the strike. It really hurt the management (damage to credibility), but they'll never admit it and they've managed to convince publishers to keep quiet about it."Yesterday the EPO was on strike. We imagine that thousands of workers participated, but keeping a count is hard. The message was loud and clear though. Looking at the front page of EPO.org, the management today promotes (warning: epo.org link) the shoddy exam that caused a lot of fury last year and was abused by EPO management. They defraud their own system. Not a single word about the strike. It really hurt the management (damage to credibility), but they'll never admit it and they've managed to convince publishers to keep quiet about it.

The staff survey will help convey the true sentiment of staff and derail the dictator. The EPO needs a radical change or a shift towards what it used to be. Over a decade of deliberate, systematic violations of the EPC have rendered the EPO an outlaw institution. ⬆