No bonus for government employees...

[pacificelectric]

My girlfriend from Davao, who works for the government told me that she had no bonus yet, like many other govt. employees and this is triggering some unrest while Mrs. Arroyo is enjoying a vacation in Hong Kong with her family...

[Arthur Little]

My girlfriend from Davao, who works for the government told me that she had no bonus yet, like many other govt. employees and this is triggering some unrest while Mrs. Arroyo is enjoying a vacation in Hong Kong with her family...

Government employee bonuses? Such perks are virtually unheard of HERE in the UK ... ... unless of course, one happens to be a high-ranking official! [which I, for one, wasn't!]

[pacificelectric]

Really? I thought you had the most powerful trade unions in the world (well, that was probably before Margaret Thatcher!)...

Still my gf had a sack of rice from her director!

[aromulus]

Government employee bonuses? Such perks are virtually unheard of HERE in the UK ... ... unless of course, one happens to be a high-ranking official! [which I, for one, wasn't!]

Don't you read the news...???

[Arthur Little]

Really? I thought you had the most powerful trade unions in the world (well, that was probably before Margaret Thatcher!)...

Yes, certainly Thatcher WAS instrumental in putting the kybosh on the Trade Unions becoming too powerful for their own ... and the country's ... good. And not before time, it has to be said!

[Arthur Little]

Don't you read the news...???

... Yes, BUT ... what have I missed? I was a Local Government penpusher for more than eighteen years ... and NEVER in all that time were the Council workers given a Christmas [or any other] bonus!

So WHEN did this "complete turnaround" come into effect?

[aromulus]

... Yes, BUT ... what have I missed? I was a Local Government penpusher for more than eighteen years ... and NEVER in all that time were the Council workers given a Christmas [or any other] bonus!

So WHEN did this "complete turnaround" come into effect?

Since this shower has been buying votes with jobs....

From day 1........
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/co...s-failure.html

http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/...onus-payments/

http://www.civilservicenetwork.com/l...uses-attacked/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...e-Britain.html

http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Tor...597151518.html

And on, and on, and on.... Ad nauseam.....

[Arthur Little]

Since this shower has been buying votes with jobs....

From day 1........
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/co...s-failure.html

http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/...onus-payments/

http://www.civilservicenetwork.com/l...uses-attacked/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...e-Britain.html

http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Tor...597151518.html

And on, and on, and on.... Ad nauseam.....

Thank you for the links. But I would stress that the examples you've kindly provided, relate to the top brass in NATIONAL Government Departments, Senior Civil Servants and Chief Executive Officers of Local Authorities &c. And YES ... I'd be the first to agree it's ALL WRONG that people at THEIR level should receive such massive payouts in the shape of a bonus. Likewise, the "Golden Handshakes" so freely distributed to incompetent Directors and the like, in both the Public and Private Sectors.

For one horrible moment there, I thought you'd read some article or other that indicated incentive bonus schemes were to be introduced for ordinary Council workers [like I WAS] ... hence my use of the icon ... as it would've come too late for ex-employees such as myself. Phew!

[Arthur Little]

Since this shower has been buying votes with jobs....

From day 1........
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/co...s-failure.html

http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/...onus-payments/

http://www.civilservicenetwork.com/l...uses-attacked/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...e-Britain.html

http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Tor...597151518.html

"Jobs for the Boys", eh? Yup ... ... in the same way as I would fully endorse the sentiments you've expressed about our current political masters. Thing is, though ... as I've already mentioned on another thread somewhere here ... who's to say their rivals would be any better?

[pacificelectric]

I like that one:

A culture of rewarding failure prevails in officialdom, with the bonus system cynically exploited by an elite who are more enthusiastic about boosting their own earnings than serving the public.

[eagles]

hey, my friends got there's.. I wonder why your gf don't have???? In the news only the teachers under the Deped have not got theirs and some of the local government unit employees.. Most got it either before xmas or after xmas..

[fred]

Most Government workers that I have encountered here do not deserve a bonus...

[KeithD]

Most Government workers that I have encountered here do not deserve a bonus...

Apart from the executioners

[Arthur Little]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that Bonus Schemes for public sector workers in the Phils were first introduced by ex-President Ramos ... and payable twice yearly [in June and December]. And, despite the critcism levelled at the present incumbent, the amounts have, I believe, been doubled during her tenure of office.

[fred]

Apart from the executioners

I assume they were laid off when the death penalty was abolished..Poor buggers.

[September]

Fortunately they had, my friend working in Congress, they had 7thou and the 3k was under obseravation depend on the budget of the congress, but they already got thier 7k before xmas

[September]

hey, my friends got there's.. I wonder why your gf don't have???? In the news only the teachers under the Deped have not got theirs and some of the local government unit employees.. Most got it either before xmas or after xmas..

Yup, your absolutely right eagles, they got thiers what sector or department your gf working anyway