Good luck to state workers picketing today

Really2

grizzly1911 wrote: »

If it is an LGA centre then it is free give away to some extent, providing the public use it, of course.

Why not open it free to all then instead of just LG workers?

I would not mind if my council tax was used for something I could use for free rather than paying for someone else to go free.
Perhaps I am a picky tax payer but the idea of something being free seems to hinge on someone else paying for it?

Really2

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Is it any surprise that a sector that includes the Army, Police, Firemen and Health workers surrounded by illnesses have more days off?

Wrong end of the emotive stick there Devon, how about some stats.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/7842331/Local-authority-staff-take-twice-as-many-sickies-as-private-sector-workers.html

Local authority staff take twice as many 'sickies' as private sector workers
Local authority staff have the worst record for throwing sickies in Britain, taking almost twice as many days off as their private sector counterparts.

Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by The Daily Telegraph show the extent of Britain's sick note culture, with employees at some councils taking more than 12.5 days on average per year – more than double the private sector average of 5.8 days. Even the best performer, Calderdale, was worse than the private sector average, at 6.1 days. In total, days lost to illness in local authorities is 8.3 across the whole public sector.

Good job I know some one who keeps me aware of what things are really like.

scooby75

Really2 wrote: »

Wrong end of the emotive stick there Devon, how about some stats.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/7842331/Local-authority-staff-take-twice-as-many-sickies-as-private-sector-workers.html


Good job I know some one who keeps me aware of what things are really like.

Funny that. When I worked in the private sector, I was constantly ill and had to take quite a lot of time off. Since I've worked for the public sector, I've never had a day off sick.

Mallotum_X

scooby75 wrote: »

Funny that. When I worked in the private sector, I was constantly ill and had to take quite a lot of time off. Since I've worked for the public sector, I've never had a day off sick.

Yep because national stats are based purely on scooby75's sick record. best get the National Statistics Office to update the figures.

scooby75

Yeah of course they are, in exactly the same way some people think these stats apply to everyone.

I believe the term for people's viewpoints is "polarized". Or as I like to refer to it, thick as pigsh*t.

Graham_Devon

Really2 wrote: »

Wrong end of the emotive stick there Devon, how about some stats.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/7842331/Local-authority-staff-take-twice-as-many-sickies-as-private-sector-workers.html


Good job I know some one who keeps me aware of what things are really like.

Local authority. Not the entire public sector then.

grizzly1911

Really2 wrote: »

Why not open it free to all then instead of just LG workers?

I would not mind if my council tax was used for something I could use for free rather than paying for someone else to go free.
Perhaps I am a picky tax payer but the idea of something being free seems to hinge on someone else paying for it?

Are Leisure Centres mandatory could argue why bother having them at all? Save lots of money I don't use them.

I personally doubt that the "perk" is heavily used other than just after Christmas/New Year with all those resolutions to fulfill. Therefore it really isn't worth getting eaten up over IMO.

The new £5m pound HQ is another matter.... and the free car parking.

Mallotum_X

scooby75 wrote: »

Yeah of course they are, in exactly the same way some people think these stats apply to everyone.

I believe the term for people's viewpoints is "polarized". Or as I like to refer to it, thick as pigsh*t.

I guess dismissing a set of stats simply because your personal experiance was different isnt polarized then?

I think the article made it clear that "On average..."

Thrugelmir

ruggedtoast wrote: »

The average state worker is receiving a pension of just £4000 per year. This is after working for years for comparatively low pay in jobs that frequently have little advancement or other benefits.

For a private sector worker to receive the same. They would need to accumulate a pension pot of £131,000 by 65 to achieve the same.

How many retail shop workers will have pension pots this large?

Intoodeep

julieq wrote: »

Not a dry eye in my local transgender outreach centre after that wonderful tribute, Toast. Well done.

Quality :beer::beer: