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Has benchmarking been a catalyst in our economic problems?

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    #62
    OMD
    Registered Users Posts: 2,458 ✭✭✭OMD


    Tipp Man wrote: »
    But the growth in numbers should not really affect the average, only the total bill, if anything you would expect it to lower the average, for example when increasing the number of Gardai you bring in new recruits on low wages, not higher ranking officers, which is different from how a private company may operate.

    If we look specifically at secondary teachers their average salary increased by the following:

    2000-2001: 9.95%
    2001-2002: 6.37%
    2002-2003: 5.86%
    2003-2004: 10.27%
    2004-2005: 3.7%
    2005-2006: 3%
    2006-2007: 4.8%
    2007-2008: 3.15%
    Overall increase 2000-2008: 57.4%


    Just to add to these figures inflation from 2001-2009 was 19.3%
    http://www.cso.ie/releasespublications/documents/prices/current/cpi.pdf


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    #63
    Riskymove
    Registered Users Posts: 10,888 ✭✭✭✭Riskymove


    [
    QUOTE=Tipp Man;63101583]But the growth in numbers should not really affect the average, only the total bill, if anything you would expect it to lower the average, for example when increasing the number of Gardai you bring in new recruits on low wages, not higher ranking officers, which is different from how a private company may operate.

    It depends expansion in some parts of the public service was at higher levels not entry

    I was only piinting out that pay awards were not the only factor in those figures,

    Overall increase 2000-2008: 57.4%


    6% a year or so average; good going alright

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    #64
    jimmmy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,539 ✭✭✭jimmmy


    westtip wrote: »
    Op when the history of this period is written economic historians will label benchmarking as one of the primary causes for derailing this economy - benchmarking only came about becasue that idiot Ahern did not understand that the windfall profits of the boom - PAYE from the builders, stamp duty and VAT on the consumer boom spent in places like land of leather was a mere blip that should have been banked it was not ... it was presumed it would continue year in year out - and they really believed it would be like that every year so they could overpay the public sector.

    Ahern burdened this state with a public sector pay requirement (and pension requirement) it simply could not afford and was unsustainable going forward.

    He will be hanged by the historians as a fool. OP the consequences of benchmarking is a deadweight dragging this country to the bottom of the ocean - and the budget will not go half way near enough for what actually needs to be done.

    The bearded gentlemen will not like it but who cares?

    +1 and very well put. Pity the opposition and the politicians and the general public do not acknowledge the reality of the situation too.


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