Cry me a river
I have my own business which I happen to break my arse on and pay a LOT of taxes as a reward; which are subsequently spent on a load of underachievers running around in the firm belief that they are doing real jobs, discussing their next very important meeting, whilst waving paper around.
But don’t get back to me tomorrow or for the next 14 days or ever: due to flexi days, not in till 10am/ gone by 4pm / 2 hour lunch break / picking my pubes in the toilet / interference with my core hours / bank holiday / holiday holiday / sniffly nose for 2 weeks / stress for the next 6 months. Don’t ask for my colleague or manager either because their up to the same sad sack tricks.
Public sector are a shower of lazy shites - having spent 4 years as a lawyer engaged with various governmental and local agencies I possess the t-shirt and tattoo so don’t tell me any different, sweet Jesus, Mary and indeed Joseph the stuff I’ve seen and the shovelling of public monies down the toilet would make you cry. If anything why not add another layer of bureaucracy as if three or four wasn’t enough through increased pointless legislation, we can then have another shower of pricks bumbling around feeling self important; oh wait, hang on, I have to pay for this abortion. So that’s the wrecker, the people who pay the taxes are going to the wall, whilst those in receipt have a smarmy smirk that they have a guaranteed paper waving job until 2013, by which time they may or may not be bored.
I work 7 days a week, 15 hours a day, 24 hour call out, with fuck all holiday to make a go of things; if I’m blowing stuff out of my arse I still turn up at 7am every day and get work done BECAUSE I HAVE TO. Sadly this sentiment is not shared by my work shy public sector colleagues, nor indeed their equally capricious scally dole scum mates, whom I unfortunately seem to be funding. Wicked. Get some reality check wanker, failing which a real job if indeed this is at all possible given your hopeless public sector skill set.
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 27 Jan 2009, 21:19, 5 replies)

I work in the private sector
I aim to work in the public sector as soon as possible. I don't like you pre-emptively insulting me.
(Cuthbert Annihilator, Tue 27 Jan 2009, 21:30, closed)

I work in the public sector
I work in a rough primary school where being told to fuck off without have a chair thrown at you is a good day.

Don't tell me I'm lazy.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Tue 27 Jan 2009, 21:41, closed)

He did admit he was a lawyer
And you know what they say, it's just 99% of them that give the rest a bad name.
(TheCircleIsNowComplete is longing for the endless immensity of the sea, Tue 27 Jan 2009, 21:48, closed)

tl;dr + you bore me + you are rude.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Wed 28 Jan 2009, 8:03, closed)

HEAR HEAR
I heartily endorse the above. In terms of local authority paper pushers of course.. there are worthy causes in the public sector (NHS etc,) but even they, sadly suffer under-funding due to the idiots who do nothing whilst mopping up most of the money

The question is, what are we going to do about it?

I for one am going self-employed so that I can control how much of my money the government gets to splash around on their pathetic pet projects, (currently on PAYE.. this will not be continuing.) Even they will have to cut down on such luxuries eventually.
(AndyC4m Eject Eject [><], Wed 28 Jan 2009, 10:24, closed)

M.E.K.O.N.
I was being mildly self deprecating.

I'm well aware that a lot of the public sector is wasteful, I'm well aware that many workers within it are hopeless and wouldn't survive in the real world. I've spent long enough working with them. And long enough working with a client base that doesn't actually want to fucking work. Thank Christ I got out of that game.

I'm also well aware that a lot of private businesses couldn't give a flying fuck about their clients and have completely hopeless staff that haven't a clue what they are fucking doing. I don't, however, assume that you are one of them. So why assume the same of me? In my book that makes you out to be the wanker. It sounds like you made a conscious decision to get out of the law business - why was that? Moral scruples? Disillusioned? No social life as a result? Couldn't hack the pace?

So much of my job is about trying to break down the bureaucracy in the system to make life easier for the customer. Which I don't have to do, I might add, but since I hate wasteful bureaucracy as much as the next man, I'm happy to make life as easier for the punter as possible.

Don't assume that all public sector workers are out for an easy time. I'm lucky, and I acknowledge that. I have a job that I enjoy, I get a decent wage (after about 14 years of staggering on by on abysmal salaries and ten of those loathing my work), but I work hard for it. Probably not as hard as you, but you know what? That's life. Used to be a lawyer? Probably your choice. You own your own business? Good for you. That's your choice as well. Part of my job involves people forming their own businesses. I may get bored of it or disillusioned at some point; the point is, if I do, I'll make an active decision to go out and find something else rather than whining on about how fed up I am. It might take a while (Christ knows it did the last time, but I did it), but I'll perservere.

And my job isn't guaranteed. Believe it or not, no job in the public sector is anymore. I could be made redundant at the drop of a hat. You know what? I don't particularly mind.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 28 Jan 2009, 13:23, closed)