I believe benching marking is the problem in ireland

johnnyc

just wondering do any of you agree or disagree that benchmarking is one of the cause of our economic situation. From my view point we have public bodies who wanted there pay to be aligned with the private sector, now that times have changed why haven't all public servants taken a pay cut to be aligned with the rich private sector

ednwireland

not really the cause but certainly a symptom the cause its huge cronyism and tax breaks to build up the money into the exchequer. the building your spending plans on the flawed concept that the money was going to last for ever.
mind you i heard today that the hse has 60000 front line staff and 49000 administrators seems a rather excessive ratio.

SkepticOne

Somehow the meaning of benchmarking was twisted to mean the one-way ratcheting upwards of public sector pay regardless of what is happening in the private sector - the opposite of what the term originally was supposed to mean.

Another problem is the massive expansion in numbers of the public service during the boom time. It bought votes for Fianna Fáil but was not wise. As pointed out, part of a culture of political patronage that has been built up since 1997 and is destroying the country.

jimmmy

johnnyc wrote: »

just wondering do any of you agree that benchmarking is one of the cause of our economic situation.

Of course. The public service greatly swelled in numbers during the boom times...this bought votes for the government. It will be interesting to see in todays budget if the government has the will to significantly cut the money - 20 billion per annum - spent. George Lee said last week that the average public sector weekly wage was 966 euro ( plus of course they still have other perks ). This is a lot more than other sectors + countries , and is simply not sustainable.

oscarBravo

Read the charter.