I hate the way you two do that.True to be fair!
I hate the way you two do that.True to be fair!
Those 800k people are not people in jobs who don't want them (as TheBigShort suggested) -
they are people with no employment who are of working age who have said they don't want to work.
There is no breakdown - but that figure is probably be made up of students, stay at home parents , carers , disabled/sick , unemployed , early retired, wealthy who don't need jobs.
Agreed.That is not what I was suggesting. I was suggesting that the title of this topic was misleading with regard to the content of the report. That the title could be construed as meaning that there are 800k working people who were simply unhappy in their jobs as much as meaning that there were 800k adults who couldn't be bothered working.
Either way, like I said 'catchy headline', but misleading.
There's nothing unusual about that in the Public Transport sector. In fact the only thing that is unusual is that the employer sanctioned the driver. The CIE group companies would be too frightened of the unions to do that.You wil forgive me I hope for having glazed over some of the proceeding posts.
I would just like to return to the previous matter, of the Luas Driver. Not only grossly overpaid but bloodyminded and indulged by his employer.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ire...se-it-was-too-close-to-end-of-shift-1.3204703
You wil forgive me I hope for having glazed over some of the proceeding posts.
I would just like to return to the previous matter, of the Luas Driver. Not only grossly overpaid but bloodyminded and indulged by his employer.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ire...se-it-was-too-close-to-end-of-shift-1.3204703
Just to add....leaving 5 minutes early is not much good to someone depending on the last tram though is it?
LUAS and so many other public utilities are run not for the benefit of the customers or the taxpayer but for the benefit of the staff and management.
You have identified one instance of an employee reneging on his/her responsibility to perform his job for which s/he was paid for, and for that another (lazy) generalised attack on public sector workers.
That is the second time on this thread that you have called me lazy, you really have to try to learn to play nicely, or you will end up with no friends.
While of course people who don't want to work for their money can be found anywhere,
suggest that it takes a certain mentality for the employer to agree to reorganise the work for their convenience.
"the driver’s team leader had told him that he could leave the city centre terminus five minutes early to ensure that he got back to the Red Cow Station with time to spare
And what about poor Mrs Byrne who arrived at the tram stop with 3 minutes to spare only to discover that the tram was gone cause the driver wanted to finish up. Mrs Byrne, who pays her fare and who's taxes subsidise the LUAS drivers' grossly inflated wages.
Well, to be consistent then, public and private sector ultilities are not run for the benefit of consumers and taxpayers but for the benefit of staff and management?
I agree. The mobile phone companies. the banks, the electricity companies. None of these are run for the benefit of their customers.
But private companies are not often monopolies and never have political masters.
My taxes are not being used to pay the grossly over inflated salaries in any mobile telephone company.
When my AIB relationship manager (this is a long time ago) promised me something and then didn't deliver, I closed my account.