Hands off my pension

PasturesNew

atomicsheep wrote: »

The impact was massive, many offices closed or couldn't operate fully.

Did anybody notice?

atomicsheep

PasturesNew wrote: »

Did anybody notice?

yes, the business.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

atomicsheep wrote: »

the business
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atomicsheep wrote: »

the business.

What "business"???

It's a public sector strike.

ILW

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Knowledge of these issues would be necessary to do your job properly.

In most jobs it would not, you are talking rubbish.

You have also shown what is so wrong with much of the public sector, I so wish they would just get on with what they are paid to do.

Running_Horse

atomicsheep wrote: »

They want the staff to pay more pension, work longer for it and get less out the other end, then go another 2 years with no pay rise when inflation has gone to about 5%.

While I sympathise, welcome to the real world the rest of us have been living in for some time now.

Spirit_2

I spent the first 10years of working life In blue chip companies.It was the eighties and I was a high flier. I took as hot term contract in a public sector organization, loved it, really felt I could make a difference and stayed....still there:eek:

On appointment my pay, terms and conditions matched my previous employers. I knew the pay would not have the same potential as staying in the private sector but along the way I have had promotions, moved disciplines, taken on more and my pay has gone up. There has also been a rebasing of all salaries through a national deal a few years ago and my pay went up. Some terms and conditions got better too. There was no Need they were good before. What has really changed is that private sector terms and conditions have declined in relative terms including pensions.

I pay additional sums into my pension so that it costs me 17.5 %. my employer pays 14%. I really believe the employers contribution is too high. That we are creating a terrible legacy for the next generation to pick up. If I want a higher pension I should have a smaller basic pay now.

For the 'inflation' of pay, terms and conditions along with failing to adequately reform public sector pensions ( there was some reform but it fell a long way short of what was needed) you have to look at the government from 2000 to the last election.

We in the public sector have got to recognize and accept that we cannot expect a weak economy and the next generation to maintain 'us' beyond their means.


Most days I still believe I make difference, I do my level best to be value for tax payers.

atomicsheep

Running_Horse wrote: »

While I sympathise, welcome to the real world the rest of us have been living in for some time now.

No its not the real world. If the public sector workers have the balls to do something about it, then good luck to them all

atomicsheep

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

What "business"???

It's a public sector strike.

No........ a business

"A business (also known as enterprise or firm) is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers.[1] Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, in which most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit or state-owned. A business owned by multiple individuals may be referred to as a company, although that term also has a more precise meaning."

hcb42

so why didnt you strike then?

atomicsheep

hcb42 wrote: »

so why didnt you strike then?

couldnt afford to