South East Water has told staff at a town hall that it needs to reduce head count
- Company
- South East Water
- Roles
- Hundreds
- Date
- 9 November 2026
From the public record
- 30 Jun 2026
- South East Water said in its annual report that it had 994.5 full time equivalent staff at 30 June 2026, up from 953.3 a year earlier, and that its profit after tax fell $51.2 million to $28.6 million. South East Water Annual Report 2025-26
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Anon please. Government essential services business South East Water new managing director and execs told staff at town hall that we need to reduce head count. No communication yet constant threat of losing your job, mass burn out across 1000+ employees and multiple anonymous Worksafe and Union reports. The culture is so toxic people think they are trying to make it uncomfortable so people leave and they don’t have to pay redundancies. Similar to NAB, hundreds of job losses but no communication or consultation.
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