Public Sector workers laughing all the way to the bank

donaldtramp

They are now public sector due to the way Broon mishandled our economy and got us into massive debt.
Do you think I'm happy about being part in the small section of society who pays for the bankers at the top and the scumbags at the bottom of society to live off the taxpayers back?
I note that layoffs are already rippling through the banking sector.
The same must and will happen throughout the rest of the public sector.

Or we could just keep printing money and hope the rest of the world doesn't notice eh?

Get your head out of the sand!

real1314

donaldtramp wrote: »

I work in the private sector and 25% of employees at my company got laid off this year.

Thanks for highlighting the differences:rolleyes:

DWP shed 25% of it's workforce in the 3 years before the recession. Look s like the private sector was bloated and slower to react than the public sector?

We can all play these silly quote games (mine is true by the way) but the simple fact is that most working class people (that's people who work, not people who work but think they are middle class) spend more time arguing with each other whilst other people saunter off with the spoils of their labour. Public or private doesn't matter much really.

Graham_Devon

So now we have bankers up against bricklayers and shopkeepers

donaldtramp

ses6jwg wrote: »

I also work in the public sector for a Local Authority and I think up to scale 4 got a 1.5% rise and above that got a 1%.

p.s. Love my LGPS thank you for contributing Donald.

You're welcome. I hope you personally get to take part in the the great clear out that is coming and the pension shake ups;)

Graham_Devon

donaldtramp wrote: »

You're welcome. I hope you personally get to take part in the the great clear out that is coming and the pension shake ups;)

Come on Donald. We all know you hate public sector workers, but that's a bit harsh isnt it?

Hopejack

I'm sorry don't agree at all - I've worked in both the public and private sector and always got more salary and higher increases in the private sector. In fact much better benefits full stop bar the pension I'll admit - but again that is dependent on the company in question.

DH still works in the public sector and I've never known him have more than around a 2.5% increase when at times I've had as much at 8-10% increases in the private sector at the same time.

I think as someone else said, the difference is, that when the sh*t hits the fan, the private sector does cut back and the 8-10% pay increases stop (and are clearly missed!), but the public sector, even when the rest of the economy is going well, still only get their small pay rises..... Often public sector pay rises are set years in advance so not always taking economic situation into account but as they remain fairly steady and low all the time it doesn't make much difference!

ses6jwg

donaldtramp wrote: »

You're welcome. I hope you personally get to take part in the the great clear out that is coming and the pension shake ups;)

Not really bothered.

I'm young, intelligent with excellent qualifications, I''ll get a job elsewhere

Graduated University May 2009 and in a job by June 2009.

People who are out of work more than 6 months are:

1) Too fussy

or
2) Too stupid

or
3) Too lazy

IMVHO

real1314

Just another point.

Did you know that tax breaks for higher earners (40% tax band) costs more than public sector pensions.
It's funny that working class people in the private sector want to deprive £15-20k public servants of their half salary pension (so, £7.5-10k) after 40 years work, whilst not apparently caring that someone on £100k can stick £50k a year into a pension fund without paying a penny in tax on it, thus only losing £30k a year in net income and gaining a £20k pa subsidy via a tax break.

25 years of £7.5-10k pension = bad
40 years of £20k tax break = erm, what, sorry, didn't hear you, well they earn it sort of don't they? erm? mug? me?

treliac

donaldtramp wrote: »

Do you think I'm happy about being part in the small section of society who pays for the bankers at the top and the scumbags at the bottom of society to live off the taxpayers back?

Then you know what to do, don't you? I'm sure your talents would be welcomed somewhere else.

treliac

ses6jwg wrote: »

I also work in the public sector for a Local Authority and I think up to scale 4 got a 1.5% rise and above that got a 1%.

p.s. Love my LGPS thank you for contributing Donald.

And isn't it zero next year?