 I told you I was trouble said: Deadwood: A charmingly descriptive term used in the GO when publicly announcing the names of staff who are deemed "surplus to requirement" ... the list is circulated to all the lucky remaining staff within minutes of the shocked and unwanted being informed (via ethics) of their immediate termination and permanent exile from the group they had pledged allegiance to. I expect the degrading list is sent to the remaining staff to 'improve moral and make them feel secure' as they continue to slave away day after day ... I don't think it was so they could get a farewell card together. The evicted and stunned deadwood ex-staff who would have worked ridiculous hours under constant stress for virtually nothing are then escorted from the building but not before they are ordered by a steely eyed 'terminal' to return daily to ethics for an exhaustive joburg (metered security check) for which they will receive an invoice to add to all the others. Scientology believes in mutual exchange ... they don't just give scary joburgs and staff training away for nothing you know! Finally, they are informed of the requirement for them to complete their staff contract (up to 0 years depending on how long they have remaining on it) in an outer org and once that is served they will need to replace themselves before they are allowed to go if they want to remain in good standing ... and who wouldn't want to remain in good standing with such a nurturing and ethical organisation? All of the above actually happened to someone I knew well at the time along with approximately 00 other people. He/she was halfway through a third five year contract and was devastated yet (astonishingly) remains a gung- ho (but virtually penniless) culty to this very day. Click to expand... 