Irish Civil Servants are Orwell's Inner Party Members.

OurLadyofKnock

Bulldogs of the establishment who are used as a buffer between the psychopaths at the top and the private sector serfs.

Hence why they are all over boards mocking people who are not paying the service charge.

benway

Ah here. you've been reading that Mr. O'Reilly's Independent again, haven't you.

You forgot the bit where the psychopaths at the top are on the pockets of a small clique of their private sector serfs.

No real difference between the average public sector and private sector worker, we're all in the same boat.

BraziliaNZ

So the dude on a lowly salary handing out forms for your provisional driving license is secretly plotting a dystopian future for all of us?

Zulu

benway wrote: »

No real difference between the average public sector and private sector worker...

Unattainable pensions, leave entitlements, no real proformance reviews, automatic pay rises, & a "job for life".

You're right, there's no difference between the average public sector and private sector worker.

OurLadyofKnock

The civil servant is arrogant and drunk on power thanks to the Partnership fairy making them immune to reality. Their mocking and ridcule of the average Joe who does not want to pay the service charge is disgusting and sordid.

Reminds of the days were Trinty Students used to mockingly toast poor catholics from the facade of the college with police to protect them.

Zulu

fight, fight, fight, fight...

/flicks light on, off, on, off...

benway

Zulu wrote: »

Unattainable pensions, leave entitlements, no real proformance reviews, automatic pay rises, & a "job for life". .

When I look at middle management in my (private sector) place, this is exactly what I see.

OP, you're railing against the wrong enemy, if you ask me. The PS isn't perfect, but it's big business driven corruption that's put us in the position we're in.

granturismo

Zulu wrote: »

Unattainable pensions, leave entitlements, no real proformance reviews, automatic pay rises, & a "job for life".

You're right, there's no difference between the average public sector and private sector worker.

Pensions - not all pensions in the public sector are equal

Leave - 4 weeks for me - every person with a job is entitlted to annual leave

Performance review - I'd love a performance review

automatic pay rise - I havent had an increment in 5 years and wont get another one for the next 20 years - each grade has a set number of increments, once you get to the top increment thats it for life unless you get a promotion and all promotions have been cancelled (unless you are at the top and can get payments 'above the bar'

job for life - that was never a secret, anyone could apply for public service jobs when they were available. I'd love a realistic performance review to justify my position.

policarp

Some animals are more equal than others. . .

OurLadyofKnock

on boards all day complaining they are working just as hards as private sector workers...

MonkeyTennis

can I just say

Whats wrong with being drunk and arrogant?

foxyboxer

Kevin Cardiff.


That is all.

granturismo

OurLadyofKnock wrote: »

on boards all day complaining they are working just as hards as private sector workers...

On annual leave spending my free time as I wish.

MonkeyTennis

OurLadyofKnock wrote: »

on boards all day complaining they are working just as hards as private sector workers...

Im posting during my 2 hour lunch break.

foxyboxer

benway wrote: »

When I look at middle management in my (private sector) place, this is exactly what I see.

OP, you're railing against the wrong enemy, if you ask me. The PS isn't perfect, but it's big business driven corruption that's put us in the position we're in.

Oh don't get me started.

I worked in an office where a middle manager in his office was observed to be "carefully and deliberately scrutinising the dirt content of his fingernails for ten minutes" :rolleyes:

Son Of A Vidic

Zulu wrote: »

Unattainable pensions, leave entitlements, no real proformance reviews, automatic pay rises, & a "job for life".

benway wrote: »

When I look at middle management in my (private sector) place, this is exactly what I see.

A private sector company with public sector like entitlements and waste? Jaysus you are truly blessed to have found that nugget.

Orando Broom

OurLadyofKnock wrote: »

The civil servant is arrogant and drunk on power thanks to the Partnership fairy making them immune to reality. Their mocking and ridcule of the average Joe who does not want to pay the service charge is disgusting and sordid.

Reminds of the days were Trinty Students used to mockingly toast poor catholics from the facade of the college with police to protect them.

I think you'll find he's drunk on beer.

tigger123

OurLadyofKnock wrote: »

Bulldogs of the establishment who are used as a buffer between the psychopaths at the top and the private sector serfs.

Hence why they are all over boards mocking people who are not paying the service charge.

Is there any point to this thread? Or is it's sole purpose to allow you throw random insults at people?

Your original post kinda makes sense if read as a drunken ourburst.

benway

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

A private sector company with public sector like entitlements and waste? Jaysus you are truly blessed to have found that nugget.

It's not unique to this job. Over the course of the past decade, in various positions, in various industries, all private sector, I've seen enough of apathy, incompetence, nepotism, cronyism, promotions beyond ability, waste, destruction of business capacity and customer service in the name of penny-pinching "efficiency", lack of any clear vision or business direction, unworkable statistical-based management that let people do basically no work if they knew how to game the system, irrational division of labour leaving certain positions overworked beyond what could reasonably be expected of anyone, other positions underworked to the point of idleness, businesses continuting to thrive on a reputation built in previous decades while the place slowly but surely came apart at the seams, etc., etc., to convince me that "inefficiency" isn't unique to the public sector.

In my current job I work closely with the Public Service - if anyone is placed to make the comparison, I'm your man. Don't believe the hype.

policarp wrote: »

Some animals are more equal than others. . .

Private sector goooooooooood, public sector baaaaaaaaaaaad.

Dudess

OurLadyofKnock wrote: »

Bulldogs of the establishment who are used as a buffer between the psychopaths at the top and the private sector serfs.

Hence why they are all over boards mocking people who are not paying the service charge.

Which civil servants?

Dudess

OurLadyofKnock wrote: »

on boards all day complaining they are working just as hards as private sector workers...

And what about the private sector workers on Boards all day?

Do you put thought into ANYTHING? Or are you willing to make yourself look laughable, so angry and bitter are you that you didn't pass the aptitude test to get into the CS?

Zulu

Looking for another row again today, Dudess?

biko

I'm sure there's a public servant bashing in Ranting and Raving already.
It's getting tired in AH.