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War on thousands of local borough council 'non-jobs'
amcluesent
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Local authorities have taken on an extra 180,000 workers since 1997, with the total number not employed in traditional front-line roles now standing at almost 750,000, according to ministers.
The Coalition is highlighting the figures at a time when councils are threatening to cut basic services and increase charges because of cuts in central government funding.
Ministers want councils to cut middle-management waste instead.
Among the jobs that have been spawned by the boom in “non-jobs” were a “bouncy castle attendant” on a salary of £13,000 at Angus council in Scotland and a “cheerleading development officer” in Falkirk.
North East Lincolnshire council [is] advertising for a “future shape programme manager” on £70,189 per annum.
FACT - The gravy train goes on for the leisured classes, leeching off the productive sector!
The Coalition is highlighting the figures at a time when councils are threatening to cut basic services and increase charges because of cuts in central government funding.
Ministers want councils to cut middle-management waste instead.
Among the jobs that have been spawned by the boom in “non-jobs” were a “bouncy castle attendant” on a salary of £13,000 at Angus council in Scotland and a “cheerleading development officer” in Falkirk.
North East Lincolnshire council [is] advertising for a “future shape programme manager” on £70,189 per annum.
FACT - The gravy train goes on for the leisured classes, leeching off the productive sector!
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The leisured classes are even more leisured. Yesterday saw a report attacking the public sector sicknote culture that saw the average public sector employee too around 8.3 sick days a year, compared to 5.7 (I think, certainly under 6) for the private sector.
No doubt the public sector apologists will come forward now to say that being a bouncy castle coordinator is particularly stressful.0 -
amcluesent wrote: »“future shape programme manager” on £70,189
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Madness......“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
I suspect it's some kind of anti-obesity initiative.
£70k to tell people to stop eating cakes and exercise more. I could do that.0 -
Have a bit of sympathy with the likes of then new Liverpool £140K "Director of Generation.." These poor people are recruited without an ounce of a clue as to what they are supposed to be doing [so no surprise that we don't know]. Hence it's quite stressful to sit there and build up pension rights while you try to work it out.
Eventually [they're not completely stupid] they do work it out - and discover all they have to do is recruit two 'Assistant Directors of Regeneration....' on £90K. Job done!
Large Gin & TOnics all round!0 -
Loughton_Monkey wrote: »Have a bit of sympathy with the likes of then new Liverpool £140K "Director of Generation.." These poor people are recruited without an ounce of a clue as to what they are supposed to be doing [so no surprise that we don't know]. Hence it's quite stressful to sit there and build up pension rights while you try to work it out.
Eventually [they're not completely stupid] they do work it out - and discover all they have to do is recruit two 'Assistant Directors of Regeneration....' on £90K. Job done!
Large Gin & TOnics all round!
The UK has had 40 years of this sort of !!!! and places like
Liverpool still aren't regenerated.0 -
amcluesent wrote: »
Why is this a non-job? Presuemably the (council run) park has a bouncy castle so it needs an attendant to keep it safe and, quite possibly, collect money0 -
Why should a council be running a bouncy castle?0
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My OH - LG employee - claims biggest waste is duplication of jobs between County and Distict Councils (also often Social Services). Usually they don't liase with each other so several sets of people are doing virtually the same thing.
Oh and then there's the total waste of space that is HR - which seems to spend all it's time organising often pointless training sessions.0 -
Terrible plunge in advertising income for The Grauniad.They are an EYESORES!!!!0
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amcluesent wrote: »
North East Lincolnshire council [is] advertising for a “future shape programme manager” on £70,189 per annum.
Just found the job spec for this, it is a fixed term contract for what is effectively an axeman.
So NE Lincolnshire want someone external to do the dirty work for them.My first reply was witty and intellectual but I lost it so you got this one instead
Proud to be a chic shopper
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