What would happen if the whole Civil Service took a 10% pay cut?

ILW

Honda and others have done it here, and I believe other countries have done it with their public sectors. How much would it save?

Graham_Devon

ILW wrote: »

Honda and others have done it here, and I believe other countries have done it with their public sectors. How much would it save?

Not much. They been having pay cuts for the past 3 years. It's just this year they will actually get a rise.

puddy

the civil service earn very low wages actually.

my partner worked for the HMRC in the tax office. he worked in central london, had been there for 16 years and was on 22k. he was a single dad with 3 kids. he was a tax collector, not assessor. i think that was an abysmal wage. (obviously the assessors earned more, but still...)

ILW

jenner wrote: »

the civil service earn very low wages actually.

my partner worked for the HMRC in the tax office. he worked in central london, had been there for 16 years and was on 22k. he was a single dad with 3 kids. he was a tax collector, not assessor. i think that was an abysmal wage. (obviously the assessors earned more, but still...)

So why did he do it then? and what is the releveance of his marital status and how many children he has?

puddy

just saying that he wasnt some kid on one of his first jobs, he was supporting a family on those wages in central london.

why did he do it, well he's changed jobs now, not earning much more though, but i suppose he did it because it was secure and it was all he knew. sometimes people stay in jobs because they havent got the confidence to go somewhere else, especially if they are supporting others, just in case its not as secure.

i think that the image of the civil service that they're all raking it in, in flashy suits and taking long lunches needs to be challenged, hence my comment

ooobedoo

Are all civil service on 100k?

You must be a daily mail reader

ukcarper

jenner wrote: »

just saying that he wasnt some kid on one of his first jobs, he was supporting a family on those wages in central london.

why did he do it, well he's changed jobs now, not earning much more though, but i suppose he did it because it was secure and it was all he knew. sometimes people stay in jobs because they havent got the confidence to go somewhere else, especially if they are supporting others, just in case its not as secure.

i think that the image of the civil service that they're all raking it in, in flashy suits and taking long lunches needs to be challenged, hence my comment

Perhaps he was prepared to sacrifice higher salary for a better pension

ukcarper

It would put a lot of public sector employees below the minimum wage

iltisman

Perhaps under the current ongoing collapse of the UK economy the minimum wage needs pruning a bit.

mewbie_2

iltisman wrote: »

Perhaps under the current ongoing collapse of the UK economy the minimum wage needs pruning a bit.

Whoa there. Let's prune the maximum wages first.

ukcarper

iltisman wrote: »

Perhaps under the current ongoing collapse of the UK economy the minimum wage needs pruning a bit.

Lets give people even less incentive to work