| Topic: | @ Ben Willcocks | |
| Posted by: | Ed Yelland | |
| Date/Time: | 09/07/09 11:22:00 |
| "The general point is this - Why should the public sector watch as the private sector rake it in during the good times, then get stitched up in the bad times?" Not sure where you're getting your 'insight' from, but for a good number of years now, the average median pay in the public sector has been higher than the private sector. Add in early retirement, index linked pensions, more holiday, more sickness absence etc, and the picture is one of public servants on average being significantly better rewarded than their private sector peers - approx 40% more in fact. Contrast this with productivity - the return to UK Plc of paying public sector workers more than their private sector peers has been a constant year on year fall in productivity as per the latest ONS report. In short, for some years, public sector workers have been paid more whilst actually producing less. Hardly a "stitch up" is it? |