Budget Cuts

brayblue24

Saw this headline and thought it was about me-or maybe it's just looking into the future:

http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/man-lives-a-year-without-money-436132.html

TheNog

He is happy cos he is probably mad

Leo Demidov

I wonder would he be in a position to advise dept of finance Re Budget.

pvt.joker

so has anyone else heard we're supposedly going to get 14 days forced leave without pay ?

opti76

pvt.joker wrote: »

so has anyone else heard we're supposedly going to get 14 days forced leave without pay ?

govt wont go for that all they want is cash ...

were looking at a 6% pay cut coupled with pay freezes, levies etc a total of 20% pay cut that wel never get back once the economy returns to prosperity

pvt.joker

if they freeze increments all probationers are in serious trouble

djtechnics1210

pvt.joker wrote: »

if they freeze increments all probationers are in serious trouble

Wouldnt freezing increments be a breach of a signed agreed contract. I.e join the job with a college qualification and we'll give you increments when your out of probation. If they freeze increments id say the state will find themselves in court by individual member taking claims fairly sharp.

Irish_polizei

DONT GET ME STARTD ON ANY CUTS :mad::mad: Im down to the bare minimum, i have very little money left to spend on non essentials
Heartbreaking !!




(not intended to aggressive or threatening to anyone but the irish government)

FGR

If it's a 5% to 7% cut we'll be looking at being down another €80 a week between my girlfriend and I.

I had some faith in the unpaid leave scenario - especially as it would have meant far less petrol being used for the commute.

Terrontress

Irish_polizei wrote: »

DONT GET ME STARTD ON ANY CUTS :mad::mad: Im down to the bare minimum, i have very little money left to spend on non essentials
Heartbreaking !!




(not intended to aggressive or threatening to anyone but the irish government)

Be thankful that you have a job in the first place.

Salmon

Its really hard to listen to this "be thankfull you have a job stuff".

There is a 12.5% unemployment rate in ireland according to figures release by the CSO on Dec 3rd. That means there is an 87.5% employment rate. You cant just keep taking money from one sector and expect them to continue working. At some stage its more financially beneficial to be drawing the dole and mortgage supplements.

mcguiver

Terrontress Quote:

Be thankful that you have a job in the first place.

WHY? No one gave is this job. We did interviews, medicals, physicals, we went up against 18,000 applicants and beat them to start this career.

Many of us left the private sector, and higher salaries to do this. we knew what we were getting into and signed up to a contract. We lived on less than dole money when we were in training, and yet worked 40 + hours weekly in all weathers, all hours facing knives/guns/syringes....but we didnt moan because thats what we signed up for. Then when our pay levels increase, as per agreement, they are cut...but our workload is increasing daily, crime is up, recruitment has stopped and senior people are retiring due to the cuts.

I love the work I do and proud to do it, I put up with the blood, the tears, the puke, the urine.
I've seen more death and suffering than I ever imagined possible, and will remember the sights sounds and smells forever.
But dont tell me I'm lucky to have a job, I worked hard to get here, I work hard every day, I train hard every day to run fast and jump walls and tackle people who would do you harm. and when you,a complete stranger call for help, I respond putting you before my wellbeing, my family and loved ones.
Tell my friends who've been stabbed, shot, syringed assaulted protecting the public that we're lucky.

The public are the lucky ones, having so many Gardai, medical staff, firefighters, prisons staff, soldiers etc. who put everything on the line, working with minimum resources, and so little support.
I'm all for savings at every level, but we're not thebad guys in this economy

paraletic

Terrontress wrote: »

Be thankful that you have a job in the first place.

:rolleyes:

Are you serious??

are you are a public service basher, have been reading the irish independant to much.;)

those of us lucky to have a job in the pub serv (emergency services) were on ok wages during the boom. - Not great wages. lots of people in the private sector were on great wages (not every one).

I am very sorry for those who have recently lost jobs, including those members of my own family. and i also feel sorry for private workers (espesially in the private ambulances) who are on very small wages.

I used to work in the private sector, in construction, resteraunts and in factories. If buisness is good you have a job, if its bad you loose your job! that is the way private companies work, the public service provides vital services, that are considered a right for the population. ie libraries, schools, hospitals, roads, etc.

i am a hse paramedic and despite what lies you have heard we are not well paid. If a paramedic was to work 70 hours a week, i'm sure that they would be well paid, but the same would be the norm for (alot) of private workers.

lucky to have a job??? for those people who have been on the dole DURING the boom. You don't pay my wages - I pay your dole.;)

Shield

Terrontress wrote: »

Be thankful that you have a job in the first place.

Infracted.
If anyone else out there thinks they can take a swipe at ES workers on this forum, be warned, you're in the wrong place.

This thread was about a man living off nothing for a year, and didn't really have anything to do with any ES. While I understand it was posted in a lighthearted manner, I am closing the thread to avoid it being hijacked.