How comes you never hear of cuts to civil servants wages?

jetsonx

How comes you never hear of cuts to the wages of middle-ranking / upper ranking civil servants?

How comes you never hear of cuts to the wages of HSE "administrative" staff?

Is always seems to be teachers and nurses. Always.

sheesh

afaik they all got cut the same

Quin_Dub

sheesh wrote: »

afaik they all got cut the same

They did - But the unions keep pushing the "Front-line" staff out into the media trying to build support..

Most people want more/better teachers,nurses , ambulance staff etc. etc.

What's the media sob story going to be if it's about Mary from accounts payable in the Department of Fisheries??

Far better for the Unions if the media story is about the Nurse/Fireman working 2 jobs to cover bills...

RossFixxxed

You don't hear it because you don't have to deal with any of them. Then you'd hear it ALL THE BLEEDIN' TIME!

"Now we have to pay for coffee. It's ridiculous."

Geuze

jetsonx wrote: »

How comes you never hear of cuts to the wages of middle-ranking / upper ranking civil servants?

How comes you never hear of cuts to the wages of HSE "administrative" staff?

Is always seems to be teachers and nurses. Always.

All public servants experienced the same series of three pay cuts.

Admin, nurses, doctors, teachers, etc.

No special cuts for certain groups.

TDs included as well.

Tiddlypeeps

Is there some law that stops them from targeting specific groups? Or is it just a case of front line staff being the biggest cost by a large factor so it would be a waste of time?

BraziliaNZ

All civil servants took many cuts. Promotion is nigh impossible to achieve too at certain levels. You'll be glad to hear they all feel a lot worse about themselves now than they did a few years ago, as if most Gov Depts aren't depressing enough to begin with.

Ray Palmer

WOW! That OP has some level of ignorance.

It was all over the media and was quite savage on all civil servants.

bumper234

How comes saying "How comes" is seen as acceptable in this day and age? :mad:

Mr.McLovin

A better a shít stirrer would have went with a Croke Park III thread

TwoShedsJackson

jetsonx wrote: »

How comes you never hear of cuts to the wages of middle-ranking / upper ranking civil servants?

How comes you never hear of cuts to the wages of HSE "administrative" staff?

Is always seems to be teachers and nurses. Always.

Because you touch yourself at night.

Kimbot

A pension Levy
A direct Pay Cut
Extra hours to work
Some even lost Leave
Cuts to expenses


Plenty of cuts taken by civil servants

bumper234

jonny24ie wrote: »

A pension Levy
A direct Pay Cut
Extra hours to work
Some even lost Leave
Cuts to expenses


Plenty of cuts taken by civil servants

Ah but what have they done for us lately???


:D:D:D:D:D

Kimbot

bumper234 wrote: »

Ah but what have they done for us lately???


:D:D:D:D:D

Well they havent gone shopping in Newry :P

pundy

loads of cuts OP what are you on about?!

kneemos

Quin_Dub wrote: »

They did - But the unions keep pushing the "Front-line" staff out into the media trying to build support..

Most people want more/better teachers,nurses , ambulance staff etc. etc.

What's the media sob story going to be if it's about Mary from accounts payable in the Department of Fisheries??

Far better for the Unions if the media story is about the Nurse/Fireman working 2 jobs cover bills...

Woman from the INTO on the radio this morning using this very tactic,some teachers are working in fast food joints in the evening apparently.

Gloomtastic!

Hope nobody mentions increments!