Within the S.E.C., issues of sagging morale remain.
Studies suggest that nominal wages are generally "sticky": it is hard to make existing workers take a pay cut in hard times, due to contract requirements, issues of worker morale, and other complications.
And Brauchli has also faced issues of low morale and internal criticism over his management style, which some staffers viewed as too detached from the newsroom.
Their responses provide a detailed snapshot of the way the lack of teachers, and the subsequent and related issues of low staff morale and high workload, are biting in the classroom and how they're affecting results and attainment.
"It's not clear to me what kind of morale issues we're going to have long-term".
As an example of morale issues, Burbank officers noted that the staffing gap forced them to withdraw from what would have been their 25th Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay, a 120-mile foot race popular with law enforcement nationwide.
CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel praised troops in the U.S. nuclear missile force on Thursday for their professionalism in executing a difficult job, only to be reminded of morale issues facing the unit when two launch officers were suspended in a drug probe.
The focus groups examined possible issues contributing to the deterioration of morale noted in the quantitative survey.
The analysts, he said, generally had "a more supportive view" of the administration and the war, and the combination of their TV platforms and military cachet made them ideal for rebutting critical coverage of issues like troop morale, treatment of detainees, inadequate equipment or poorly trained Iraqi security forces.
These issues contributed to a general deterioration of morale in the offices, culminating in Parker's termination, allegedly due to complaints by the producers of the plays she skewered in her theatrical reviews.
