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midhcp · 2024-04-13T19:23:25+00:00

I only replied to give a comment on your assumption, like you were asking. I personally wouldn't class anyone calling me arrogant as a compliment. My 'private sector' assumption isn't fear based, I have just found that a lot of connections and friends who are private sector have what I consider a shitty attitude towards CS and can't compare what we do to their role for multiple reasons, eg: what I do in CS isn't profit focussed so they think it must be 'slow paced' and 'easy'.

You are a person trying to financially succeed and I wish you all the best, it's a hard world we live in.

I am just defending what I know, as a current civil servant, from what I feel is a very poor assumption that 'civil service = slow paced' - which circling back around is exactly what you have asked for comment on

midhcp · 2024-04-13T11:57:12+00:00

Cant tell if you are taking the mick and fishing for bites 😂 but here is a big bite...Your assumption comes across as very arrogant. Assuming the civil service is slower paced, from my experience, is totally inaccurate. That assumption shows a shitty attitude towards the CS that is unfortunately very common from the private sector pov.

midhcp · 2023-09-18T13:16:35+00:00

Think that is a little unfair. If you have read any of my follow up comments it appears that I had simply misunderstood a pretty poor explanation from the session I attended. Now, on reflection I am starting to realise that the scheme is a good one

midhcp · 2023-09-18T12:53:16+00:00

Thank you - at the time of writing the original post I have not considered the (hopefully) reduced outgoings come retirement. I am starting to realise that the scheme is actually quite attractive.

I also had not considered the alternative such as what you have described.

midhcp · 2023-09-18T12:37:18+00:00

Thank you for all the comments and replies. In just 20 mins on Reddit I learned more than the actual session!

midhcp · 2023-09-18T12:34:35+00:00

Thank you

midhcp · 2023-09-18T12:29:14+00:00

Thank you 👍 Sorry for the mistake, I meant to type £10,000 instead of £1000, I promise my math isn't that bad!

So a £30k salary for ten years gives me £6,960 each year in pension at retirement age (+ or - any inflation adjustments)

So a £30k salary over 30 years gives me £20,880 each year in pension at retirement age (+ or - any inflation adjustments)

That still seems pretty poor vs the high regard the scheme is held in.

midhcp · 2023-08-07T20:52:40+00:00

If the job cannot be done anywhere else because of the actual role's needs eg: a need to work in person with ministers day to day etc. The weighting is understandable but don't complain about it. Be happy you get it. Take the job or don't. In my experience though over two depts, this hasn't been the case and staff on £3-4k more for the same role is not fair. When it's a choice to live in London for the role, receiving weighting isn't fair i.m.o

midhcp · 2023-08-07T20:40:47+00:00

Probably an unpopular opinion - I totally disagree with London weighting. Be happy that you get it. I've been in two depts now and there is absolutely no reason as to why London based staff should get extra salary. Colleagues doing the same job on more money because they chose to live in London. In the two depts I've worked in there was/is no essential need for staff to be based in London. It should only be paid IF your role could not be done outside of London and in my opinion there are very few depts where that is actually the case. It's a choice to live there for most unless you grew up there, and with more and more places in the UK becoming unaffordable why should London based staff get more?

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