[cite]Posted By: Carter[/cite]To compare banking and the public sector is a good one, because employees in both seem to get rewarded for imcompetence.
I will be honest there are good employees in LA's that I have dealings with but they are very much in the minority. A mate of mine works for a council I shall not mention which one but the reason he works there (this guy would be the last person I would place in a position of anything nearing responsibility) is by his own admission that he is unsackable. And that seems to be the case across the board.
I know I'm generalising a lot but there is really nothing driving employees in public employment other than their own morality. And I'm afraid that seems to be in short supply.
Ah well Carter, who am I to stack up my experience of decades of work for 5 different LA's against the inside track provided by your chancer buddy ;-)
We'll have to agree to disagree I think fella but good to see you did acknowledge that at least some of the people you come into contact with are okay.
Yeah, wink seen. However, I also have the experiance (not decades granted) of working with an dealing with these people. I would fully expect people employed in the public sector to fight their corner. Fair one. I'm just giving my own view brew
As the original poster I will give a little update then. Nearly 8 years into my ambulance career. I qualified as a Paramedic 2 and a bit years ago. Currently working as a cycle based responder covering Westfield and the Olympic Park.
Financially it was a big drop initially (my first take home salary was less than I used to pay in tax). We were helped by my wife working more days as the kid were older and we are now over and above where we were when I worked in IT.
It is a great job, yes you see some unpleasant things but you also do some good. As a result I have met some fantastic people, including a female British Olympian from the 1948 Olympics who had some great stories. The odd famous person ,some were great others- no names mentioned- less so.
I don’t earn as much as I could be taking home had I not changed but I don’t regret it.
As the original poster I will give a little update then. Nearly 8 years into my ambulance career. I qualified as a Paramedic 2 and a bit years ago. Currently working as a cycle based responder covering Westfield and the Olympic Park.
Financially it was a big drop initially (my first take home salary was less than I used to pay in tax). We were helped by my wife working more days as the kid were older and we are now over and above where we were when I worked in IT.
It is a great job, yes you see some unpleasant things but you also do some good. As a result I have met some fantastic people, including a female British Olympian from the 1948 Olympics who had some great stories. The odd famous person ,some were great others- no names mentioned- less so.
I don’t earn as much as I could be taking home had I not changed but I don’t regret it.
In my early thirties I stopped being a plumber and went to university for three years to get a degree in radiotherapy/ Oncology. Never regretted it for a minute. Glad to get out f the NHS at the end but am enjoying retirement.
Yep, I was a warehouseman in the paper trade until I was 35. Now I'm an Engineer for (cant say) but it starts with Toy and ends with ota, best thing I ever did!! unless they make me redundant then they are b******S
Quit Toyota after 20 years age 57, small pension covers our exe's. Earn't £11 last Sunday dog training for 4 hours, but never felt happier. Not in the same class @ShootersHillGuru and @kigelia but rewarding just the same.
As the original poster I will give a little update then. Nearly 8 years into my ambulance career. I qualified as a Paramedic 2 and a bit years ago. Currently working as a cycle based responder covering Westfield and the Olympic Park.
Financially it was a big drop initially (my first take home salary was less than I used to pay in tax). We were helped by my wife working more days as the kid were older and we are now over and above where we were when I worked in IT.
It is a great job, yes you see some unpleasant things but you also do some good. As a result I have met some fantastic people, including a female British Olympian from the 1948 Olympics who had some great stories. The odd famous person ,some were great others- no names mentioned- less so.
I don’t earn as much as I could be taking home had I not changed but I don’t regret it.
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I think this is a good idea, Kigelia. You retire and send the wife out to work full-time :-)
*Please don't tell her I said that!*
Ah well Carter, who am I to stack up my experience of decades of work for 5 different LA's against the inside track provided by your chancer buddy ;-)
We'll have to agree to disagree I think fella but good to see you did acknowledge that at least some of the people you come into contact with are okay.
Be interesting to hear the experiences of people who posted on here 9 years ago and what happened.
Financially it was a big drop initially (my first take home salary was less than I used to pay in tax). We were helped by my wife working more days as the kid were older and we are now over and above where we were when I worked in IT.
It is a great job, yes you see some unpleasant things but you also do some good. As a result I have met some fantastic people, including a female British Olympian from the 1948 Olympics who had some great stories. The odd famous person ,some were great others- no names mentioned- less so.
I don’t earn as much as I could be taking home had I not changed but I don’t regret it.
TCE. This is the key bit though. And as for not in the same class, i suspect your work with the dogs is fantastically helpful to those involved.
"What did you do at work today?"
"I saved a life".
I take my hat off to you, Sir.