Civil servant did nothing for 14 years

[Puggit]

Not in the UK, but amazingly in Germany. Still - I wonder if there's anything like this in the UK

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/g...

[fido]

There's a bit of the German sense of humour in that. Of course, everyone knows that 25% of [adminstrative] civil servants do nothing! {Waits for Randy to tell me that they are incredibly hard-working and deserve every ££££££ of their index-linked final salary pension}.

[alock]

fido said:

Of course, everyone knows that 25% of [adminstrative] civil servants do nothing!

When did the figure get that low?

[thinfourth2]

I couldn't do that

I don't think i could last 14 days in a job with nothing to do

Well not without PH

[HereBeMonsters]

This will be forwarded around all of my friends who work in local Government...

[NoNeed]

HereBeMonsters said:

This will be forwarded around all of my friends who work have attended work for the last 14 years in local Government...

Fixed that for ya

[MKnight702]

NoNeed said:

HereBeMonsters said:

This will be forwarded around all of my friends who work have attended work for the last 14 years in local Government...

Fixed that for ya

Blimey, they actually went in?

My neighbour "works" at the Council Offices, she takes more time off "sick" or to "look after the kids" in a month than I have ever taken off cumulatively since I started work 20 years ago.

[GregE240]

Gordon Brown did nothing positive in 13 years - does that count?

[thinfourth2]

GregE240 said:

Gordon Brown did nothing positive in 13 years - does that count?

he brought an end to boom and bust

Prove me wrong

[Puggit]

thinfourth2 said:

GregE240 said:

Gordon Brown did nothing positive in 13 years - does that count?

he brought an end to boom and bust

Prove me wrong

Can't argue that point, but at least with boom and bust there's a chance to make good money in the booms

[NoNeed]

thinfourth2 said:

GregE240 said:

Gordon Brown did nothing positive in 13 years - does that count?

he brought an end to boom and bust

Prove me wrong

He brought an end to a lot of things. Sadly the whitehall gravy train is stiff chuffing away and is unlikely to end anytime soon.

[anonymous-user]

He ended boom and bust by replacing it with bust.

[thinfourth2]

Oh you spoil sports

I was hoping for a huge rant from a tory fanboy showing how i was completely correct

[Caulkhead]

alock said:

fido said:

Of course, everyone knows that 25% of [adminstrative] civil servants do nothing!

When did the figure get that low?

After the coalition sacked a third of them. . . . .

[Dracoro]

article said:

Mr Fleige said that there would be no sanctions against the former civil servant and that following budget cuts his job would not be filled.

This made me laugh. So, in other words, if there were no budget cuts the position WOULD have been re-filled when he retired. Imagine the job description, "err, come in and do nothing for 30 years"

[NoNeed]

Caulkhead said:

After the coalition sacked a third of them. . . . .

If only that was anywhere near the truth.

[V8mate]

Only 14 years? Amateur.

[anonymous-user]

Anyone got a link to the blog of that American bloke who was re-assigned in a large corporate and ended up working for a department that no longer existed? He was apparently getting paid but without a job to do.

[HereBeMonsters]

Symbolica said:

Anyone got a link to the blog of that American bloke who was re-assigned in a large corporate and ended up working for a department that no longer existed? He was apparently getting paid but without a job to do.

I heard of a similar one in the last place I worked. She took early retirement and went to live in Jersey, but was still being paid as a consultant. We dutifully sent her a new laptop every 2 years, paid her broadband bill, etc. The laptops always came back immaculate, and we never had an IT Helpdesk call logged for her. I have no idea what she did, but she was still on the payroll when I left...

[Starfighter]

Symbolica said:

Anyone got a link to the blog of that American bloke who was re-assigned in a large corporate and ended up working for a department that no longer existed? He was apparently getting paid but without a job to do.

The Japanise refer to these as "corner office jobs" as the persona has 2 windows to look out of all day.