Lazy Council Workers

adocholiday

I have just finished working with a county council and I'm sick of reading the crap people put up about council staff. Like any other job there is a small element of lazy incompetents but the majority are very good workers who are for the most part overworked and underpaid. A clerical officer starts on a salary of around 22k. Not exactly the average industrial wage.

And a lot of the problems with the outdoor staff comes from the unions, not the staff themselves. If you do a job that's not in your actual role, you could be sacked.

donalg1

okedoke wrote: »

donalg1 wrote: »

I doubt that to be the case now in all fairness, sure there was open recruitment in all Local Authorities throughout the last decade up until about two years ago. So could it be possible the reason you dont work for the council is because you didnt apply for a job there, or didnt score highly enough on the qualifying aptitude test?

on your tea break by any chance?

Can you tell me why you don't work for the council if its such a great job. I'm guessing you can't prob just another troll

donalg1

okedoke wrote: »

donalg1 wrote: »

I doubt that to be the case now in all fairness, sure there was open recruitment in all Local Authorities throughout the last decade up until about two years ago. So could it be possible the reason you dont work for the council is because you didnt apply for a job there, or didnt score highly enough on the qualifying aptitude test?

on your tea break by any chance?

Can you tell me why you don't work for the council if its such a great job. I'm guessing you can't prob just another troll

Ah nuts

What goes up and down the road but never touches the road?



Yeah you guessed it.



A county council worker.

loobylou

Posted in error

goose2005

donalg1 wrote: »

Chances are they are FAS lads on a CE Scheme for a couple of years getting paid in and around the standard social welfare rate so cant really blame em for not being too motivated bout some strangers water

Exactly the problem - in a private company, it would be "some customer's" water, and he might change supplier, so management at least try and ensure that employees do some work. And - shock horror- incompetent/lazy employees can actually be fired.

donalg1

goose2005 wrote: »

donalg1 wrote: »

Chances are they are FAS lads on a CE Scheme for a couple of years getting paid in and around the standard social welfare rate so cant really blame em for not being too motivated bout some strangers water

Exactly the problem - in a private company, it would be "some customer's" water, and he might change supplier, so management at least try and ensure that employees do some work. And - shock horror- incompetent/lazy employees can actually be fired.

Exactly these lads were the incompetent lazy employees that were fired from their jobs in the private and have now become the governments responsibility

charlemont

Cork City Council are a useless shower of *****.

donalg1

charlemont wrote: »

Cork City Council are a useless shower of *****.

Sure why not generalise a bit more and say cork people are a useless shower of *****.

starbelgrade

Royal Seahawk wrote: »

A broken washer? On a mains pipe? Care to elaborate a bit on that please?

And you filled back in the hole with concrete? Meaning that the main pipe outside your house which is prone to leaking is now covered in concrete?
I really hope for your sake it doesn't leak again or you'll be begging your local council to come out and fix it.

If you're trying to be smart by implying that I don't know what I'm talking about, then you should at the very least have some inclination about what you are talking about.

You obviously don't, so let me break it down for you in easy to understand terms;

1. A washer is often used in plumbing at the connection joints of two pipes. This one had broken probably due to pressure, causing a leak & I replaced it.

2. All mains pipes are covered with concrete. This is generally known as a "footpath". It is called so, because it is a path which pedestrians use to walk on, with their feet. You see.. path + feet = footpath.

If you'd like me to elaborate on anything else, just let me know & I'll get back to you.

okedoke

donalg1 wrote: »

Can you tell me why you don't work for the council if its such a great job. I'm guessing you can't prob just another troll

I prefer to have a fulfilling job where I actually do something meaningful rather than push earth/paper around as slowly as possible and slowly mark down the days until retirement.

I'm guessing you do work for a council/similar state entity?

donalg1

okedoke wrote: »

I prefer to have a fulfilling job where I actually do something meaningful rather than push earth/paper around as slowly as possible and slowly mark down the days until retirement.

I'm guessing you do work for a council/similar state entity?

No i dont but i tend to ask all the begrudgers that question and they can never give a reasonable answer.

What job do you do thats so fulfilling?

Royal Seahawk

1. A washer is often used in plumbing at the connection joints of two pipes. This one had broken probably due to pressure, causing a leak & I replaced it.

As a fully qualified plumber with ten years experience I'm well aware what a washer is. However, in my 4 years working for a local authority as a mains water plumber specialising in house connections I have never ever come across a mains pipe joint outside a house which has a washer between two pipes. The idea itself just doesn't make any sense, to be honest I don't think any such fitting exists- not in a domestic situation anyway.

2. All mains pipes are covered with concrete. This is generally known as a "footpath". It is called so, because it is a path which pedestrians use to walk on, with their feet. You see.. path + feet = footpath.

I'm well aware of what a footpath is. However, it's clear that you're not. A footpath is a layer of concrete around 4-6 inches deep. A mains pipe outside a house is roughly 2 feet deep. As is standard a mains pipe is covered in sand, then stone. They are never, ever covered in concrete as it would make it impossible to access them should a problem arise in the future.

You filled the hole in with concrete after you repaired it?

Anytime we ever dug up a pipe for repairs etc and after we would fill the hole in we would finish the top layer off with taramac. After 3-4 weeks we would come back and then lay the concrete.

This is because the it would be idiotic to concrete the hole the same day you dug it as the ground below takes a few weeks to settle after it has been disturbed. Any concrete laid on the same day would crack and eventually break up. It would be a beyond retarted thing to do.






But hey, never let the truth get in the way of a good story, right?;)