hmrc collecting tax from public sector workers

BobQ

The_White_Horse wrote: »

you have to be a certain type to work in the public sector. a guardian reading, sandal wearing lentil eating beaurocrat with a "no can do" attitude. i'd rip my own head off and guage out my own eyeballs if I had to work with these people.

"can someone get me a paper clip?"

"we'd better have a meeting about this, and set up a committee"

"just a paper clip"

"we have to set up a procurement committee to make sure the public are getting value for this paper clip. I will set aside £30m budget for this and get the health and safety team involved to check the rooms are ok to have the meetings in. until the rooms are safe I suggest we meet via Skype and I will have IT attend your house to set it all up"

"but, it's just a paper clip"

"yes, but we also need to go on a fact finding mission to the US to see how paper clips are used there"

"What?"

"Yes, and an in depth study in cultural differences into the use of paper clips"

"Er.."

"oh and an investigation into the gay and lesbian communities and their use of the paper clip. We hear they tend to staple. Why?? WHY???"

"but i need one now"

"this should only take 3 maybe 4 years and then we'll order them. once we have all the bases covered and had some "blue sky thinking" and possibly some "role plays".

"I quit"

"you can't quit, we will send you on a course, then on counselling - is there anything else we can do to waste money? I mean, provide value for taxpayers?"

I'm sure you had a lot of fun writing that but do you really think that this sort of Daily Mail drivel has any fact in it.

From earlier posts you whinge about flexitime as if its evil. If your job is more effectively done working 6 hours one day and 10 hours the next, what is your problem?

BobQ

Andy_L wrote: »

I'm curious, what do you do and why haven't you left for an extra 10k plus benefits?

I cannot speak for the poster but the value of the pension may account for some of the difference.

The_White_Horse

Andy_L wrote: »

I'm curious, what do you do and why haven't you left for an extra 10k plus benefits?

because like most public sector workers, this person knows they wouldn't last 5 minutes in the real world.

you have to earn your £26k in the real world, not just turn up and moan about the tories.