Labours legacy: 172 civil servant paid more then PM

97trophy

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7791600/Public-sector-rich-list-salaries-of-civil-servants-who-earn-more-than-PM.html

Fingleton, the chief executive of the Office of Fair Trading, who earns between £275,000 and £280,000 annually.

........ another fine example of left wing politics at work in the real world

brit1234

shamefull :mad:

vivatifosi

I didn't find this particularly surprising. However I found it amazing that heads or massive organisations such as the NHS earn less than their peers leading some of the local councils, with far less responsibility and far fewer staff, but their salary packages haven't been subject to such public scrutiny as yet. For example:

Kent: £250k http://prater.org.uk/articles/000014/some_headteachers_earn_more_than_me_says_kent_cc_chief_executive.html
Hull City Council: just shy of £200k!
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Over-80-town-hall-chiefs.6197331.jp
These are just the first two I found as I wanted an example of a county council and a town/city council. Crazy isn't it?

wymondham

It's not right, but if you were offered it, you'd take the money as well?? (I would!)

vivatifosi

wymondham wrote: »

It's not right, but if you were offered it, you'd take the money as well?? (I would!)

In the past, heck yeah! But under the current regime, where my every action would be scrutinised and every person under me whose job was under threat was calling for my salary to be cut in half, possibly not...

wymondham

vivatifosi wrote: »

In the past, heck yeah! But under the current regime, where my every action would be scrutinised and every person under me whose job was under threat was calling for my salary to be cut in half, possibly not...

But why should you have to justify an employment package offered to you? If your employer did'nt think you were worth it they would not offer it??

The issue here is why were these people offered jobs on monopoly money....

In theory people should be paid their worth, but when you see popstars and footballers (just playing a game!) being paid more in a week than a hardworking person earns in a year, then thats your problem! These are extreme examples, but I see lots of this going on in daily life....

thescouselander

brit1234 wrote: »

shamefull :mad:

Indeed, you'd have thought someone that high up in such a large organisation would be paid a lot more.

nicko33

wymondham wrote: »

... and footballers (just playing a game!) being paid more in a week than a hardworking person earns in a year

Think of them as working in marketing for a large business rather than "just playing a game"

chucky

97trophy wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7791600/Public-sector-rich-list-salaries-of-civil-servants-who-earn-more-than-PM.html




........ another fine example of left wing politics at work in the real world

i'm not sure why this is an issue - left wing or even right wing politics have nothing to do with it.

what are the market rate for these types of jobs in the private sector?
are they paid more or less than the private sector for the same role?

blaming it on left-wing politics makes the point made pathetic.

marklv

97trophy wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7791600/Public-sector-rich-list-salaries-of-civil-servants-who-earn-more-than-PM.html




........ another fine example of left wing politics at work in the real world

They are not all civil servants - they include an NHS boss and an Air Chief Marshal. I wish the media wouldn't call every public sector worker a civil servant!

In any case these people are top executives who would be paid around £1M a year in similar jobs in the private sector. I have no issue with their salaries.

Spirit_2

David Nicholson is employed by the DoH. De facto a civil servant.