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Civil service is nice soft easy job, generally no pressure compared to the private sector which employs the public sector via their taxes. Its also generally much better paid than the private sector, more secure, better perks ( eg pension, free car parking space , longer coffee breaks etc ). Its not supposed to be like this, but in Ireland it is. Ask Eddie Hobbs. He had a bit to say about civil servants there recently.I am currently working in an Irish Bank and its a grand job. Its in the Head Office, flexi times, interesting work, only drawback is the pay is really bad and its like trying to get blood from a stone getting payrise!
I have since been offered a job in the Civil Service and dont know what to do.
Is there anyone who works/worked in the Civil Service that can advise me on what its like?
Civil service is nice soft easy job, generally no pressure compared to the private sector which employs the public sector via their taxes. Its also generally much better paid than the private sector, more secure, better perks ( eg pension, free car parking space , longer coffee breaks etc ). Its not supposed to be like this, but in Ireland it is. Ask Eddie Hobbs. He had a bit to say about civil servants there recently.
I never said civil servants do nothing. I have friends in the civil service who say they have done their knitting and read papers and books there, along with a bit of work on occassion.Perhaps Rabbit you might do a little research before you promote the old 'Civil Servants doing nothing routine'...
I am talking statistically ; the relatively small number of your " friends in the private sector who all get paid more than you do " does not prove anything. There are also lots of people in the country on close to the minimum wage, especially outside the big cities. Many people do not enjoy long coffee breaks, plenty of sick days off, little pressure, 100% job security, pension, off at 5 pm etc.As regards pay, I'm not on the lowest rung, but my friends in the private sector all get paid more than I do
Are you gullible enough to belive everything you hear? Sounds to me like your friends are pulling your chain. I'm not aware of anyone knitting in the present civil service or outside of it for that matter.I have friends in the civil service who say they have done their knitting and read papers and books there, along with a bit of work on occassion.
If Eddie Hobbs gives out so much about the Civil Service, why is he on several Govt. panels which are established by the Civil Service?Did not not watch Eddie Hobbs talk about them, far more eloquently than me, on his 30 things programme a few weeks ago ?
Answer : easy money / career decision to help his other sidelines. As regards " give out about ", do not shoot the messenger. He just told you the statistics.If Eddie Hobbs gives out so much about the Civil Service, why is he on several Govt. panels which are established by the Civil Service?
No. Nor do I believe everything I would read from posters on the internet who may have a vested interest, and who I do not know.Are you gullible enough to belive everything you hear?
I have seen knitting they have done there, thank you. I personally do not like knitted garments so would not wear something they knit, even if they would. However, I know them pretty well, and know when they tell the truth.Ask your friends to show you proof of their knitting or better still get them to knit something for you.
I never met a civil servant who worked like that. Pull the other one if you expect me to believe the average civil servant works like that.off at 5pm??!! I wish! I generally work about 8am till 6pm or later with 30-40 mins for lunch and no coffee breaks.
Good. Not too many civil servants have lost their jobs over anything.i'll give you the job security one alright.
plus the perks like pensions....in terms of salaries, i agree that cs jobs may be well paid relative to other jobs in some parts of the country.
Stereotypes are often statistically based.
I never said civil servants do nothing. I have friends in the civil service who say they have done their knitting and read papers and books there, along with a bit of work on occassion.
Firstly, it's not just in Ireland, you want to see them in Italy, and I imagine that the rest of continental europe is no better.Its not supposed to be like this, but in Ireland it is. Ask Eddie Hobbs. He had a bit to say about civil servants there recently.
I never said or implied " there's absolutely nothing of importance produced by the C.S ". Far from it. The tens of thousands of people do a bit of work in between the coffee breaks, chatting etc etc. I know a few people who worked in the C.S.in Dublin, and married someone from somewhere else in the country, and who ended up getting a job in private industry "down the country". What a culture shock they got.obviously rabbit thinks that it's cute little furry animals or magic fairies who appear in the middle of the night, rather than hard working civil servants, who produce things like the Budget, Trade agreements, write a wealth of important publications etc. every year. I mean obviously there's absolutely nothing of importance produced by the C.S, I mean who even cares about the Estimates out on Wednesday, eh? Trivial!
Not to mention the health service which, for all that people give out about it, the hours are horrible.
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