I've never really understood...

[graculus]

When the whole tedious public sector v private sector arguments get rolled out again because of something stupid the government has done (this time round it's 'oh, if you live in a cheaper area and work in the public sector, we shouldn't pay you as much as people in the same jobs where it's more expensive to live') and the trolls trot out their tired rhetoric about the bloated and incompetent public sector and their gold-plated pensions etc...

If life is so good in the public sector (oh, if only that were so!), wouldn't everyone want a job in the public sector? Surely it's not because they all think 'oh, I can't live with the ethical dilemma of getting paid a living wage and having reasonable job conditions, I'd much rather get paid crap and treated like shit!'? It always sounds a little like sour grapes to me.

This rant brought to you by the Millionaire's Tory Party and their hangers-on as clearly they're all getting taxed far too much... ;)

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[graculus.livejournal.com]

I have to pretty much stand over my workers and make them log all the hours they do, otherwise they'd never get it back, but that's something I very much believe in. Other managers I've known haven't been so firm on this subject and the culture of vocation rather than job is encouraged to capitalise on this - I've always believed that nobody really knows just how much unpaid work does go on and if everyone worked their actual hours and no more it'd be interesting to see what didn't get done...