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I don't think you can head-butt you boss either but not sure, its a gray area
Hmmmmm..... not sure on that one either. I'd say no head-butting.... but then again.... not sure
Know someone who went from private sector to civil service about a year ago. She thought it was a wind up. Maybe she was just being given time to find her feet but she was told to relax, do a few courses to fill the day and she'd get used to the new pace of life after 6 months or so
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Good for you. What holiday leave do you get? Do you get paid sick leave?I moved last year from private to public. I still have enough work to keep me occupied every day, but I do not have a mad scramble to get everything done within the working day. In the private sector, I felt my job was a joke. I worked very hard, yet could barely get all my work covered, despite doing 45 hours a week (I was only paid for 39) It got to the stage where I got very stressed and hated going to work.
Now I feel I have got my life back again. I enjoy going to work, but I also enjoy my weekends and annual leave. I feel I am able to switch off fully during the evenings and weekends. The working day is much shorter too, 35 hours, where I get all my proper lunch breaks etc.
Good for you. What holiday leave do you get? Do you get paid sick leave?
I know you didn't ask me, but...I get the same I got in the private sector. At least when working for large companies.
A friend who works in the HSE said that she gets a notification from her union rep telling her how many sick days she has left. She said that she is put under low-level pressure to take them.
The notion of people taking their uncertified sick days as if they were extra holidays is completely alien to me, and those I work with. A friend who works in the HSE said that she gets a notification from her union rep telling her how many sick days she has left. She said that she is put under low-level pressure to take them.
Why should the public sector not be benchmarked against the SME sector?You're not comparing like with like, if you are comparing SME sector/ small shops with public sector. The public sector is very similar to big companies and the corporate environment in general.
Not much point in comparing working considerations in say Intel or Microsoft, with working in your local corner shop, or your family business.
Plenty, though as you can presumably tell from my post it's not an issue I've had to deal with - my staff are very reliable, and as it happens I've never had someone reporting to me who's taken "sick" leave in that way. Problematic for other reasons (not anyone I'm currently working with, happily), yes on occasion, but not that one.Interesting post Dreamerb, what sanction can be taken by HRor a manager against an employee who takes loads of uncertified sick days?
Why should the public sector not be benchmarked against the SME sector?
Intel and IBM have massive worldwide revenues and their business spans the globe, the pay and conditions that they offer their employees lean on that worlkwide base, not the local base in Ireland. The SME sector is a truer indicator of what is sustainable in this economy.
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