Have Public Sector cuts now gone to far?

IronGiant

Working at a company that used this, I would agree that long term & repeated use of forced ranking is counter productive.

But occasional use is a way to improve performance. It helps winnow out the low performers and gives incentives for staff to stand out and add value.

But my point wasn't really about that. Just to point out that this kind of practice is commonplace in the private sector. But I never felt the need to come on here and complain about how unfair it is.

tapzilla2k

Does this mean you wish to restrict the rights of others who wish to complain on this forum that in their view it is unfair and regressive?

jamescarter1981

You're a real glass half empty kind of guy aren't you?  

Faust

It boils down to the choices made about where to cut the Police Forces budget, the performance targets the Police are still chasing (May never got rid of them, they were tweaked) meaning they don't look into crimes the public expect the police to be looking at. You also have to acknowledge that cuts to Mental Health budgets have merely passed the strain onto the Police. Who often have to spend a lot of time keeping the mentally ill alive and safe, while they try and get those people assessed by the NHS. Which is a tough job, given crisis teams have been pretty much reduced to a Monday to Friday, 9-5 service. Which in the end means, Police Officers are unable to investigate crime as people expect.

As for investigating past crimes ? That is a vital function of the Police, though some of the alleged criminals might well be long dead, others who may or may not have been involved in the crime are still likely alive. In the case of CSA ? If we don't get to the bottom of the allegations, then we will fail future generations of children who will suffer abuse, especially by those in positions of power who can play the system to avoid getting caught.

IronGiant

I was going with the  "everyone who disagrees with me is attacking me" approach you are taking.

Your choice of name:

Faust:  "highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life"

Your choice of avatar:

Captain Haddock: "He's just a big grumpy, drunken pussycat"

Faust

Sounds very much like a sour grapes attitude to me i.e. I'm not getting something therefore no one else should get it either. .

In your efforts to focus on a narrow personal grievance you have moved the thread way off focus which is have the cuts now gone that far that services are on the point of collapse.

It would appear from various reports today that even some Tory MPs are now becoming concerned the cuts have gone to far.

Faust

Nah! I've got broad shoulders, especially when I know that my view is reasoned and compassionate.

IronGiant

And you have not?

Faust

Only in response to a number of posts where the narrative appears to be unfounded enmity towards other groups.

Toko Black

Hmm. Who moved the thread off topic by bringing up the issue of appraisal systems? You seemed to think this was evidence of how badly treated people are in the public sector. But don't seem to like that it is nothing out of the ordinary.

As for sour grapes or a personal grievance; I've done very well out of forced ranking. While we had it I was always in the top 2 grades.

But it was discontinued a couple of years ago. People are still ranked but there is no bell curve.