Public Sector Workers

patchwork_cat

Hammyman wrote: »

Perhaps they should start working smarter. Yesterday, two ambulance men and a nurse spent an entire day taking my nephew on a 250 mile round trip to a pre-op appointment with a surgeon at a hospital at the other side of the country only to find the appointment ended up being a re-run of the previous one instead of the one that was supposed to happen with them then realising the !!!!-up and making a new pre-op appointment for a few weeks down the line. Maybe they'll get it right second time trying.

So 3 staff, one of which was a nurse taken off a ward, whose time was completely wasted because some moron couldn't do the job they're paid to do at the other hospital. THAT IS WHY YOUR DH IS GOING TO END UP STRUGGLING.

He doesn't work in the NHS!

elaine12022

My OH was working in the DWP in a contact centre until recently,and I feel sorry for the ones still there. The job changed, even his job title changed, and the pressure on staff is enormous. They are allowed less and less leaway to be individuals who are talking to other individuals on the phone, some of them who are extremely distressed, some who cannot even speak English.They have to 'stick to the script'. They are timed when they go to the toilet and targets are constantly rising..in fact it reminds me of my experience in a private company call centre :rotfl:and,as others have said, the numbers of staff have gone down,and are not being replaced

relic

elaine12022 wrote: »

My OH was working in the DWP in a contact centre until recently,and I feel sorry for the ones still there. The job changed, even his job title changed, and the pressure on staff is enormous. They are allowed less and less leaway to be individuals who are talking to other individuals on the phone, some of them who are extremely distressed, some who cannot even speak English.They have to 'stick to the script'. They are timed when they go to the toilet and targets are constantly rising..in fact it reminds me of my experience in a private company call centre :rotfl:and,as others have said, the numbers of staff have gone down,and are not being replaced

Sounds like any normal private call center.

I work in private, simply because I do, I know the money is better, but you HAVE to put huge amounts of work and effort to get to that point, it's not about how long you have done the job for. If there was a public sector job going in something I had experience in, i'd snap it up.

It just makes me laugh when I have a conversation with a family member who workss for the local council's education sector.

- She can work from home any day she wants

- she get's sent on various courses regularly, only a few months ago got sent on a week trip to a European country to monitor how they do the same job (all paid for)

- The building she works in is huge, beautiful old building, but because of council cuts it is getting sold (it used to be an old college, now she works there with 7 other people, it used to hold over 300) and is now complaining that she will have to use offices in the local council building.

- She has had a steady pay rise for the past 15 years, add the fact that she has taken leave to do various courses (including a one year Masters) and still got paid full time wages, a very good deal.

- Has no targets, no budgets and reviews are done by her manager who is 69 years old and he is just happy to have a job still (whilst earning over 60k)

bendix

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.

michelle1506

patchwork_cat wrote: »

We are going majorly off topic.

This is not lets slag off public sector employees- if it is that cushy, why don't you work in the public sector?

As I said I am concerned that my DH is going to make himsself ill trying to cover the essential services in his section after 25% loss of staff in 6 mths!

I am worried that people's lives are being put at risk in the NHS as again there is a halt on recruitment, some departments I know of are working at dangerous levels.

Yes we ARE going well and truly off topic. For all of those who are trying to hijack this forum with their own goals in mind, THIS IS WHAT WAS SAID IN THE BEGINNING:-

I thought I would start this thread and give people who work in or for the public sector a chance to air there thoughts/feelings on public sector cutbacks there situations and how you are coping.

Me and my other half work in the public sector and to say the atmosphere and general feeling at the moment is stressful and diabolical would be an understatement.

There is enough of us out there and I hope this becomes a popular thread.


IF YOU CAN'T READ I SUGGEST YOU LEARN. :mad:

ILW

Hammyman wrote: »

Don't forget that "she doesn't do blame". I wouldn't either if I were her.

That is a major part of the problem, absolutely nobody in the public sector takes the blame when things go wrong. It is embedded in the culture.

michelle1506

I thought I would start this thread and give people who work in or for the public sector a chance to air there thoughts/feelings on public sector cutbacks there situations and how you are coping.


If you don't work in the public sector then why are some of you negative people on this thread even contributing??? YOUR VIEWS ARE NOT SOUGHT AFTER!!:mad:

bendix

michelle1506 wrote: »

I thought I would start this thread and give people who work in or for the public sector a chance to air there thoughts/feelings on public sector cutbacks there situations and how you are coping.


If you don't work in the public sector then why are some of you negative people on this thread even contributing??? YOUR VIEWS ARE NOT SOUGHT AFTER!!:mad:

We pay your salary. You are public servants. You work for us. Ergo, we can contribute.

Are we not entitled to express a view? What gives you the right to say we can or cannot post our thoughts?

As a public sector worker, perhaps it's some kind of union directive.

(does anyone have an image of a wind-up doll?)

michelle1506

No you are not entitled to express a view! You and people like you are taking this thread OFF topic. Why not start your own thread if you have some negativity to express?

bendix wrote: »

We pay your salary. You are public servants. You work for us. Ergo, we can contribute.

Are we not entitled to express a view? What gives you the right to say we can or cannot post our thoughts?

As a public sector worker, perhaps it's some kind of union directive.

(does anyone have an image of a wind-up doll?)

patchwork_cat

I have just drafted 2 rebuttals, but thought, no public sector has been the scape goat for too long and those private sector employees on lots of money can't see what is in front of their face that all public sector can - that the country relies on public sector for so much and that the people who are going to be criticised when the infrastructure fails are the public sector employees .

The TUC knows the pain http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13623577