tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018371774869383950.post3088077760280138065..comments2023-09-20T16:55:09.433+01:00Comments on A Shiny World: Who the hell are you to judge my worth?louloukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11562093751876067547noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018371774869383950.post-8007545820017963002011-04-11T23:50:06.649+01:002011-04-11T23:50:06.649+01:00One problem with local gov'ts image to the ord...One problem with local gov'ts image to the ordinary person is that compared to the private sector, getting rid of the people who don't make a difference in these organisations is nigh-on impossible thanks to the stupid ethic that has built up around being a local government employee.<br /><br />The "perks" (i.e. the idea that a job in it is a job for life, "gold-plated" pensions whatever you take that to mean - I take it simply to mean a good final salary pension scheme, super-flexible flexi-time, redundancy packages), enjoyed by LG employees are generally MUCH better than the private sector yet LG employees still have higher rates of sick-leave than the private sector.<br /><br />I think people are jealous of LG employees, and to be honest I think they are rightly so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018371774869383950.post-21876996451692209672011-04-11T21:19:51.585+01:002011-04-11T21:19:51.585+01:00I know Louise and with that comes my gratitude tha...I know Louise and with that comes my gratitude that there are people like her being paid by my council tax. She certainly does make a difference; a difference that also gives great improvements. I am most definitely private sector and would happily employ Louise if I had a position that would keep her busy for 70 hours a week or so and keep her challenged. Keep up the good work LouLouK.John Sturgessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018371774869383950.post-40829341717916925392011-04-11T19:39:48.576+01:002011-04-11T19:39:48.576+01:00@all - many thanks for the understanding. And I ac...@all - many thanks for the understanding. And I acknowledge totally that there are jobsworths. Totally. And should have said that, perhaps, in my post.<br />Gordon - the problem is not 'you', the problem is Joe Public. I could even go further than that and perhaps say Daily Mail readers though I'm not sure. The problem is people who judge all public sector workers to be the same, i.e. lazy and I thought I'd made that perfectly clear - if you don't think all public sector workers are lazy, then this post is not aimed at you.louloukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11562093751876067547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018371774869383950.post-39746139724942458202011-04-11T11:05:20.370+01:002011-04-11T11:05:20.370+01:00Why is this an 'Us and Them' issue, all of...Why is this an 'Us and Them' issue, all of a sudden? When did 'You' (i.e. me, us the people who read your blog) become your enemy?<br /><br />During the seven or eight months I've been following you on Twitter,and clicking through to tyhis blog from time to time, you have tweeted regularly about the frustrations of your current job. About people who patronise you, who don't take you seriously, who judge you by your job grade rather than your talent and the quality of your ideas, who make unreasonable demands on you, who ignore your advice and don't appreciate your hard work.<br /><br />I got the impression these people were colleagues in your current job. That you were doing the best you could to uphold an ethics that wasn't shared by everybody the organisation. And I wasn't <i>judging</i> you on that; I was reading a personal narrative about a committed individual who was trying to do good things in a big, flawed organisation. "All views expressed here are my own" and that. But now it seems like the problem lies with 'Us'.<br /><br />I'll get me coat...Gordon Raehttp://twitter.com/socialtechnonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018371774869383950.post-24214598034179831142011-04-11T10:49:13.461+01:002011-04-11T10:49:13.461+01:00Great post! Here are some people who'd apprec...Great post! Here are some people who'd appreciate you (not) - http://wp.me/pYgKk-nYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018371774869383950.post-55454257708698579722011-04-11T09:52:16.617+01:002011-04-11T09:52:16.617+01:00A difficult post to respond too. To do so effectiv...A difficult post to respond too. To do so effectively requires separating the individual from the role.<br /><br />Sadly the attitudes to local authority workers are not entirely without foundation, as I am sure you can testify to. <br /><br />What you highlight is probably something of which we are guilty of at some level. Which is judging people without knowing them.<br /><br />I was at an academic event last year at which every one in the corporate world of software was described as "a shark driving a porsche". <br /><br />Generalisations happen. All we can do is buck the trend.Darrylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933310274900647515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018371774869383950.post-28710711351498137892011-04-11T08:55:14.521+01:002011-04-11T08:55:14.521+01:00I really, really feel for you. Having just left th...I really, really feel for you. Having just left the public sector myself, I have an inkling of how you must be feeling.<br /><br />However, your post makes me ask this question: if you felt you could make a difference and you can't why do you stay? Moreover, since you have demonstrated that you *can* make a difference in the private sector, why do you allow yourself to waste your talent?James Gardner (ex - DWP CTO)http://www.innovatorinside.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018371774869383950.post-79701964747090929452011-04-11T08:54:27.323+01:002011-04-11T08:54:27.323+01:00I really, really feel for you. Having just left th...I really, really feel for you. Having just left the public sector myself, I have an inkling of how you must be feeling.<br /><br />However, your post makes me ask this question: if you felt you could make a difference and you can't why do you stay? Moreover, since you have demonstrated that you *can* make a difference in the private sector, why do you allow yourself to waste your talent?Darryl Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15574343019582530314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018371774869383950.post-1893061221848497472011-04-11T08:53:58.093+01:002011-04-11T08:53:58.093+01:00Aye, you are so right. We should never judge anyon...Aye, you are so right. We should never judge anyone until we know them well enough, and even then we shouldn't judge, or tar them with the same brush. I have known a few like you. But I also know a few of the other sort. The jobsworths. The ones who aren't paid to think. I can suss them out fairly well now, but I always give them the benefit of the doubt until proved wrong. <br />keep rockin. don't let the b*s drag you down. <br />chrischrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07574928297845542047noreply@blogger.com