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Public sector earn 50% more than private sector

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  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    ninky wrote: »
    so basically management is willfully creating a strike situation by not reinstating a driver it unfairly dismissed. and i thought bob crow was bloody minded.

    Lets be honest here, if teh management wanted to be really bloody minded, they could find thousands of people who could be trained to do the job in a couple of months and would do it for at least 30% less than the current employees. Driving a tube is not very difficult.
  • ninky_2
    ninky_2 Posts: 5,872 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    Lets be honest here, if teh management wanted to be really bloody minded, they could find thousands of people who could be trained to do the job in a couple of months and would do it for at least 30% less than the current employees. Driving a tube is not very difficult.

    but then they would be breaking the law.
    Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. - Lord Byron
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    ninky wrote: »
    but then they would be breaking the law.

    As it currently stands.
  • ninky_2
    ninky_2 Posts: 5,872 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    As it currently stands.

    so you think it would be an improvement to change it?

    only likely to seriously impact on the work ethic, competency, commitment and standard of the workforce.

    it's rare that you encounter a bad tube driver or station attendant these days. compare that to the transport sectors with non unionised labour (e.g. minicab drivers / controllers) where it's all a lot more hit and miss.
    Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. - Lord Byron
  • robin_banks
    robin_banks Posts: 15,778 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    The_White_Horse wrote: »
    is this a joke - public sector workers get a promotion every year, come what may. it's their right innit. it's in their contract.


    No they don't. Stop propogating myths.

    I'm top of my pay scale, and there's nowhere for me to progress in the organisation I work for, which is the 'third sector' delivering services in London Boroughs.
    "An arrogant and self-righteous Guardian reading tvv@t".

    !!!!!! is all that about?
  • robin_banks
    robin_banks Posts: 15,778 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    ILW wrote: »
    Lets be honest here, if teh management wanted to be really bloody minded, they could find thousands of people who could be trained to do the job in a couple of months and would do it for at least 30% less than the current employees. Driving a tube is not very difficult.

    Do it then. The pays great as are the conditions by all accounts.
    "An arrogant and self-righteous Guardian reading tvv@t".

    !!!!!! is all that about?
  • michelle1506
    michelle1506 Posts: 301 Forumite
    Made redundant and at 55 found it hard to get another job in the private sector.
    ILW wrote: »
    What were his reasons for changing?
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    edited 10 May 2011 at 1:47PM
    robin_banks wrote: »
    Do it then. The pays great as are the conditions by all accounts.

    They are not recruiting.
  • mo786uk
    mo786uk Posts: 1,379 Forumite
    I don't think you want a bonus culture in some public sector jobs where the focus is on quality - not quantity.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    ninky wrote: »
    so you think it would be an improvement to change it?

    only likely to seriously impact on the work ethic, competency, commitment and standard of the workforce.

    it's rare that you encounter a bad tube driver or station attendant these days. compare that to the transport sectors with non unionised labour (e.g. minicab drivers / controllers) where it's all a lot more hit and miss.

    It would drive down costs and probably lead to less disruption due to strikes. I do not believe that it would lead to a lessening in quality either as employees would know that if they did not do their job properly, they would be out.

    Probably not that relevent anymore as I would suspect that tubes will be driverless before long anyway.
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