Re: DVLA Adding To HGV Shortages
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Originally Posted by
Taunton Blue Genie
To be fair, the phrase 'get on with it' was ambiguous.
Yes, I acknowledge that..but the response to ambiguity isn't to accuse someone of not caring about "yourself, your family, your loved ones and your colleagues at risk, forget dilapidated buildings and shitty working conditions, forget underfunding and poor pay"
That's just classic strawman stuff.
Re: DVLA Adding To HGV Shortages
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Originally Posted by
JamesWales
Yes, I acknowledge that..but the response to ambiguity isn't to accuse someone of not caring about "yourself, your family, your loved ones and your colleagues at risk, forget dilapidated buildings and shitty working conditions, forget underfunding and poor pay"
That's just classic strawman stuff.
Some posters are more combative and aggressive than others, of course.
Re: DVLA Adding To HGV Shortages
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Originally Posted by
life on mars
Working conditions poor ?
Flexible hours working .
Up to 30 days Annual Leave Ex Bank Holidays
26 weeks of maternity or a share parents up to 50 weeks
Good pensions
Paid Special leave
Onsite child care and vouchers help
Onsite Gym
Free eyesight costs
Advance /help salary towards cycle purchases and transport costs
Staff discounts
long term employment
Salary 25 ish up can climb to 58k for managers in 6/7 grades
usual 5 day a week Mon to Fri very flexible industry to help with home life
Those aren't working conditions, they are benefits, possibly designed to make up for the poor working conditions.
Re: DVLA Adding To HGV Shortages
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Originally Posted by
life on mars
Working conditions poor ?
Flexible hours working .
Up to 30 days Annual Leave Ex Bank Holidays
26 weeks of maternity or a share parents up to 50 weeks
Good pensions
Paid Special leave
Onsite child care and vouchers help
Onsite Gym
Free eyesight costs
Advance /help salary towards cycle purchases and transport costs
Staff discounts
long term employment
Salary 25 ish up can climb to 58k for managers in 6/7 grades
usual 5 day a week Mon to Fri very flexible industry to help with home life
What do you call “a good pension”. My mate worked for the CS for 44 years, how much do you think his pension is for working all those years?
Re: DVLA Adding To HGV Shortages
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Originally Posted by
The Lone Gunman
This claim really interests me. Would you care to provide some details?
Personal data on thousands of PC in homes , that may not be secure really , yes you allow gate ways in but I'm guessing we are talking serous money, unless you have the answer and care to share ?
Re: DVLA Adding To HGV Shortages
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Originally Posted by
ninian opinian
What do you call “a good pension”. My mate worked for the CS for 44 years, how much do you think his pension is for working all those years?
I will be better than a lot of people in the private sector I read that 87% of public sector employees are currently paying into a salary-linked pension schemes , compared with 12% of private sector employees which deliver a better contributions I'm not saying they are wonderful , just better than a lot of folk out there
Re: DVLA Adding To HGV Shortages
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Originally Posted by
life on mars
I will be better than a lot of people in the private sector I read that 87% of public sector employees are currently paying into a salary-linked pension schemes , compared with 12% of private sector employees which deliver a better contributions I'm not saying they are wonderful , just better than a lot of folk out there
Yes and for a so called better pension, CS’s have to put up with crap pay. So how much is a good pension and how much do you think my mates is for working 44 years?
Re: DVLA Adding To HGV Shortages
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Originally Posted by
ninian opinian
Yes and for a so called better pension, CS’s have to put up with crap pay. So how much is a good pension and how much do you think my mates is for working 44 years?
Oh and if it’s so great working for the CS why don’t you do it???
Re: DVLA Adding To HGV Shortages
Serwotka is a Bluebird - i met him on the train heading back to London Bridge from the Den:ayatollah: think it might have been the night Nicky Maynard got injured.
Re: DVLA Adding To HGV Shortages
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Originally Posted by
life on mars
Personal data on thousands of PC in homes , that may not be secure really , yes you allow gate ways in but I'm guessing we are talking serous money, unless you have the answer and care to share ?
The answer is you're talking shite.
Do you honestly believe that the hundreds of thousands of civil servants who have been working on a myriad of government databases remotely during the pandemic haven't had any access to personal data?
You boldly claimed "you cant work remotely as you have to use secure database servers due to the nature of the work." If that were true, barely anybody would be able to work from home in any industry, let alone in the civil service.
Re: DVLA Adding To HGV Shortages
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Originally Posted by
life on mars
Personal data on thousands of PC in homes , that may not be secure really , yes you allow gate ways in but I'm guessing we are talking serous money, unless you have the answer and care to share ?
I work for part of the Home Office and we are all working from home with access to individual data of hundreds of thousands including PND.
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Originally Posted by
The Lone Gunman
The answer is you're talking shite.
Do you honestly believe that the hundreds of thousands of civil servants who have been working on a myriad of government databases remotely during the pandemic haven't had any access to personal data?
You boldly claimed "you cant work remotely as you have to use secure database servers due to the nature of the work." If that were true, barely anybody would be able to work from home in any industry, let alone in the civil service.
Wait until he hears that HMRC staff have been WFH.
Re: DVLA Adding To HGV Shortages
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Originally Posted by
ninian opinian
Wait until he hears that HMRC staff have been WFH.
Hello from my front room🙂
Re: DVLA Adding To HGV Shortages
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Originally Posted by
Harry Paget Flashman
I work for part of the Home Office and we are all working from home with access to individual data of hundreds of thousands including PND.
The same goes for the MOD Agency I just finished working for.
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Someone mentioned following the advices of individual businesses on WFH rather than Mark Drakeford; no thank you!!! Does anyone really believe many businesses would favour employee health over profit? I'll stick with my friend Mark if it's all the same.
Re: DVLA Adding To HGV Shortages
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Originally Posted by
Dorcus
Someone mentioned following the advices of individual businesses on WFH rather than Mark Drakeford; no thank you!!! Does anyone really believe many businesses would favour employee health over profit? I'll stick with my friend Mark if it's all the same.
Most private sector businesses seem to be back in reasonable numbers now. It's the public sector, (particularly in Wales, presumably) that is still working largely from home, with questionable results, but that is a huge topic perhaps for discussion elsewhere.
I certainly think it's unnecessary for Drakeford to offer a route into nightclubs, but still ask people to work from home.
If it's safe enough for hundreds of people to gather in a pub, it should be safe enough for people to have face to face meetings in offices and it doesn't need the First Minister to intervene at that level, IMO.
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Originally Posted by
JamesWales
Most private sector businesses seem to be back in reasonable numbers now.
Seem to be. In reasonable numbers.
This is all very woolly. Where are you getting your information from?
Re: DVLA Adding To HGV Shortages
This thread just reads like the tory boys on here are desperate for someone to take part of the blame for the ongoing CF with regards to hgv drivers, and they don't want it to be the Tories or Brexit, so now we are blaming unions and mark Drakeford
Re: DVLA Adding To HGV Shortages
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Originally Posted by
JamesWales
Most private sector businesses seem to be back in reasonable numbers now. It's the public sector, (particularly in Wales, presumably) that is still working largely from home, with questionable results, but that is a huge topic perhaps for discussion elsewhere.
I certainly think it's unnecessary for Drakeford to offer a route into nightclubs, but still ask people to work from home.
If it's safe enough for hundreds of people to gather in a pub, it should be safe enough for people to have face to face meetings in offices and it doesn't need the First Minister to intervene at that level, IMO.
not very easy to nightclub from home is it?
Re: DVLA Adding To HGV Shortages
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Originally Posted by
The Lone Gunman
Seem to be. In reasonable numbers.
This is all very woolly. Where are you getting your information from?
Speaking to people, friends, colleagues, co-workers, clients and obviously working myself.
I'm not the National Statistics Office (although I will quote them when necessary).