Bill Struth
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Right you are Frasier!Its psychological ,Im messing with your mind.
Looking at the exact terms of a contract is just childish and belligerent. And it is totally unhelpful and unproductive. My job is to develop software. I do what it takes to get the job done. I don't look to see if I have to provide a certain amount of lines of code per day. I don't look to see if I have to answer the phone. I don't look to see if a certain standard of computer must be provided. I simply get on with the job my boss asks me to do. It is because I am a responsible adult that I behave in this manner.
Firefly;You have to "work " in the first place ,to get back to it.
You don't get it. That is also the normal modus operandus of Civil Servants. They are now making a point by sticking rigidly to their role profiles. It is a complete departure from normal service and is being done to make a point. Why would you have a work to rule that's not going to have any impact.
Would anyone like to do the maths on the following?
Firstly we need confirmation or a guess as to how many passports have been processed each day since the work to rule ?
A backlog of 45000 passports ,over ten weeks of work to rule.Thats 50 days.
Add on the ones which have been processed.
How many a day does it work out at?
How many an hour does it work out at?
Divide this by the number of staff employed by the passport office.
It would be an interesting exercise to see how productive they really are,and if they are,well fair play to them.
if there isnt money to pay them extra, then there isnt money to pay them extra. The whole country is in the same boat
...I agree Caveat, and what about my point on custom and practice?
The CPSU have balloted their members for industrial action that is going beyond the limits set down at present by other unions. My major fear at this time is that if they go ahead and dock pay and suspend personnel that the whole thing could go out of control.
I know from a friend of mine (who is a union official) that they have had a hard time holding back the union members who wanted to escalate action to the point of open revolt.
Expect it to come up on Winning Streak soon.Did anyone hear the guy from the passport office on drivetime a few minutes ago?
He said he just cant understand why people book their holidays without having their passport!!
This is an idiotic statement.
There are several reasons why I say this ,they are as follows.
Is there a rule that says I must have a passport before I book my holiday?
What if I cant afford to buy my passport at the time of booking my holiday?There may be families of four,five six etc and passports are very expensive.
People are being cautious and are not booking too far in advance in case the travel agents goes belly up.
If I book my holiday two,three four months in advance,I do not see any reason why I could not get a passport in this time frame,or even ten days as per the passport postal service.
It is absolutely none of his business when I get my passport!
The logical conclusion is that everyone in the country ,man woman and child should have an up to date passport,in case ,God forbid they happen to win/book/be treated and or buy a holiday.
yet those civil servants at the top (assistant secretary generals and sec gen's) had their pay cut's "cut" (one of the reasons behind the industrial action) and Anglo Irish Bank can ask for €6bn...
This country has money, just not for the lower paid or for those who need it most!
Different unions frequently have different positions on IR matters. In the case, it is the CPSU taking the mandate from their own members taking industrial action. They don't 'have to appear to be reading for the same book'.As unions they have to appear to be reading for the same book.
Unless you believe in ostrich economics, we have to pay those borrowings back at some point.
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