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sanshee S
sanshee Jun 29, 2010 09:01:40
Replying to geoffrey_prime

Why are you 'relieved'?

Sure there is loads of waste in the public (and private) sector, and I have first hand experience of the former.

However there's nothing fair or even practical about addressing that by cutting the wages/hours of those at the 'bottom end' of the pay scale (frontline usually), now is there?

Usually, 'overmanagement' etc is the cause.

And just because you don't work in the public sector doesn't mean you don't depend on it. You know you do.

I mean they're even speaking about less money for 'the police'.

Surely that's not a good thing?

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S stray
stray Jun 29, 2010 11:23:28
Replying to sanshee

sanshee wrote:
I mean they're even speaking about less money for 'the police'.

Surely that's not a good thing?

Actually, yes, yes it is. It's the only ray of light amongst all these cuts.

P Popel Vooje
Popel Vooje Jun 29, 2010 13:15:43
Replying to sanshee

sanshee wrote:
Why are you 'relieved'?

Sure there is loads of waste in the public (and private) sector, and I have first hand experience of the former.

However there's nothing fair or even practical about addressing that by cutting the wages/hours of those at the 'bottom end' of the pay scale (frontline usually), now is there?

Actually, I've been chatting with various line managers at work about the likelihood of future redundancies here and they all seem to think it more likely - where I work at least -that it'll be those slightly higher up the hierarchy (ie Grade Cs and perhaps some Bs) who are more likely to get the chop first.

This does make some practical sense, as it'll publicly demonstrate to the electorate that this is a no-nonsense, balls-on-the-line administration that does everything it says on the tin (and, unfortunately, probably a good deal more ) and it'll save the Library more money as us humble Grade Ds and Es hardly get paid f*** all in the first place. Pretty soon lots of people on short-term contracts that have so far lasted for years will find for the first time that they won't be getting them renewed too.