Public Sector Workers

JoeBreakdown

bendix wrote: »

I am full of admiration for public sector workers.

Any group of people who can:

1) on average earn more than their private sector counterparts (source ONS stats)

2) be far less productive than their private sector counteraparts (source ONS)

3) have much more generous pension provisions in relation to their own contribution (source: various actuarial surveys)

4) and yet be so grumpy, sullen and self-righteously sanctimonious about the wonderful job they do

deserves every bit of praise they can get.

Well done guys - you're a fine example to us all.

After being made redundant from a private sector job I did for over 7 years, straight from Uni, I took a job with JCP. I work very hard, I treat all my customers with respect, I remain upbeat whilst at work, I take the time to listen, I try and offer solutions to difficult situations and I am not alone. A lot of us work very hard in very difficult circumstances where we are verbally (and sometimes physically abused) almost on a daily basis.

I work long hours, my breaks are currently non existant, I'm on a pay freeze and my job certainly isn't secure.

Yet I have a job, so I feel grateful. In comparrison to my lovely private sector job, I could easily spend my days dreaming of how it once was for me, but I've gotta get on with it.

I absolutely HATE it when people assume that because you are a civil servant, you are a lazy curmudgeon who earns a fat wage and cream off loads of extra perks. Sorry, but for me and my fellow front line staff, it isn't like that.

And things are going to get worse!

themull1

Hammyman wrote: »

I got offered a job and a start date at DWP Jobcentre plus in Hull. It is precisely because I went through the full application process and got to speak to a few candidates I'd seen at several other interview sessions as well as having some family members in the civil service that I know the type of person they normally take on and the prevalent attitude. On the morning I was due to start, I decided that I'd probably not last a week before shoving some of the "rights based" illiterate and innumerate halfwits I'd be forced to work with out of the window if I didn't jump myself first so phoned them up and declined the job.

What a waste of everybody elses time.

JoeBreakdown

themull1 wrote: »

What a waste of everybody elses time.

What job did you take instead?

Hammyman

JoeBreakdown wrote: »

What job did you take instead?

I had already started my business as I'd got sick of waiting for a start date from DWP and after 4 months had given up on them but it had only been going 6 weeks by the start date. Glad I did continue with the business.

Hammyman

tenmah wrote: »

I still don't understand why all those who state that public sector workers have never had it so good, do not apply for jobs there, and then they can sort it all out in the way they think it should be run?

Because we'd be managed by the very people you agree are detached from reality and that was the prime reason for me deciding I really couldn't be doing with it. Whilst it may sound bad to let them down on the start day, they had a long list of people to draw on for a replacement.

Taiko

Employed in local government myself, and have a bit of an internal reputation as a sort of troubleshooter. Few years back, took our department and reduced the workforce by 70%. Costs came down, output remained constant at the level with the full previous amount of staff. The section basically cruised due to too many people, and some not pulling their weight.

That department was closed in March, as the work was being relocated to another part of the country. I was redeployed to another department that was in a hole, and again we're back in a good position thanks to some measures I've helped bring in. In both situations, I experienced difficulties with other staff, but these have purely been because I don't like working alongside those who don't wish to work, or do so in inefficient ways.

I personally won't be joining any strikes. I will happily cross the picket lines we're likely to have, and I'm sure a lot more will do the same. At the end of the day, I'm proud to do my job, which does provide a lot of support for my area. I'm proud of the plaudits I get, both from within and externally. I also know that any cuts are there in order to make things work better, which they will if given the chance.