Staff morale has ‘gone off the cliff’, says Crossrail boss

By Jordan Marshall2019-02-04T06:00:00

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Mark Wild admits one of key tasks is to “corral” staff to finish late-running scheme

Crossrail’s boss has revealed that morale is at an all-time low among the thousands of staff working on the £17.6bn job.

Speaking to Transport for London’s board last week, Wild admitted: “Morale has gone off the cliff.”

Addressing the board, which is chaired by London mayor Sadiq Khan, Wild said how staff felt about the job had slumped as more and more bad news came out.

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