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Something I found out of order was council employees who work for my local council have an allotted amount of sick days they must take every year. If they don’t take them it affects the amount they can take the following year.
It doesn't compute in my mind how any employee of any council can earn more than that Prime Minister of the country.
There are hundreds in this category.
Something I found out of order was council employees who work for my local council have an allotted amount of sick days they must take every year. If they don’t take them it affects the amount they can take the following year. Couple this with flexi time working. If an employee starts work 30mins earlier per day just because it is convenient for them. This time accrues to give extra days off.
It’s no wonder they don’t have the backing of the general public when we hear their jobs are at risk!
I believe the practice was brought in by the unions
It doesn't compute in my mind how any employee of any council can earn more than that Prime Minister of the country.
There are hundreds in this category.[/
It doesn't help that for purely political and presentational purposes the PM is paid a pittance for the job he does.....it's one of the reasons why we end up with such poor quality parliamentarians.
In saying that I still wouldn't pay the council workers I meet with washers
Satch said:My own council is a hotbed of dodgey dealing and some of the council "executives" are also Directors of some very strange companies that supply "services" to other councils.
Questions keep being asked but no meaningful answers
There are generally two types of person who try to obfuscate when asked for a simple answer: those who should know the answer but instead are incompetent and don't and thus wish to conceal their lack of knowledge, and those who have something (less than legitimate) to hide....but the second is the very interesting range of answers... e.g. the public won't understand the data... it's too expensive to collect and publish it.... worried about staff safety if the figures were known... data protection act... and intellectual property laws ('ve could tell you, but zen ve vill have to extradite you to ze Americans'). Bonkers.
It doesn't compute in my mind how any employee of any council can earn more than that Prime Minister of the country.
There are hundreds in this category.[/
It doesn't help that for purely political and presentational purposes the PM is paid a pittance for the job he does.....it's one of the reasons why we end up with such poor quality parliamentarians.
In saying that I still wouldn't pay the council workers I meet with washers
Oh I think the prime minister is underpaid.
Just compare that to what that postion would be in the private sector.
So it makes even less sense that a council employee should be paid more.
Oh I think the prime minister is underpaid.
Just compare that to what that postion would be in the private sector.
So it makes even less sense that a council employee should be paid more.
I agree but my point is the PMs salary is part of the problem, it's far too low and shouldn't be used as a bench mark
Rather than bench mark the PM against senior civil servants, the position should be compared with CEOs of plcs, and cabinet ministers against functional directors of plcs, in that way we might get some real talent running the country.
Senior council workers should probably be bench marked against their peers in private industry and again we might get some real talent in local government.
Some of the salaries paid to senior people in public life whilst huge compared to the average are in fact poor for the levels of responsibility and accountability, hence we get dunces.
I agree but my point is the PMs salary is part of the problem, it's far too low and shouldn't be used as a bench mark
Rather than bench mark the PM against senior civil servants, the position should be compared with CEOs of plcs, and cabinet ministers against functional directors of plcs, in that way we might get some real talent running the country.
Senior council workers should probably be bench marked against their peers in private industry and again we might get some real talent in local government.
Some of the salaries paid to senior people in public life whilst huge compared to the average are in fact poor for the levels of responsibility and accountability, hence we get dunces.
Not forgetting that some of the highest paid have brought the country to it's knees, both here and worldwide. So throwing money at the problem is not the answer, finding dedicated people over greedy people is a start.
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