Culture of entitlement and bonuses part of the problem We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss April 15, 2021 — 12.05am Normal text size Credit: Christine Holgate shows the courage, integrity, honesty and demonstrated success of a great leader (“Morrison forced me out of a job I loved, Holgate claims”, April 14). Being a fearless female with guts is why she was bullied. Why shoot the person who has steered the Australia Post ship into a new world? Is it because she rejected its privatisation, saving jobs? Julia Lipski, Gordon The Holgate story is being recast as our PM bullying a woman. In this iteration, the watches were a proportionate reward for outstanding effort. To me, it was about the extravagant rewards always going to the most senior executives and a culture among them that sees that as right and proper. Maybe it was a good deal, but I am sure that there were many people working on it, and most of them would have received nothing more than their contracted pay for more than their contracted hours. I wonder how many posties have received any sort of bonus for riding around, being knocked off their bikes and stung by wasps as they deliver the mail? It is the culture of entitlement at the top end of town, so epitomised by the ostentatious nature of the bonuses, that was the problem.