Gotta say, when I worked at Binnsworth, there were a LOT of jobsworths! Lots of people rushing round, trying to conv0ince everyone else they were busy, most doing jobs that service personnel do as a secondary duty in about 5 minutes.
How many full time staff does it take to work a photocopier? How many Admin staff do you need to administrate the administrators? How many PAs, secretaries, tea girls?
How many "informative" leaflets need to be printed on expensive glossy paper before we realise we have a wonderment called email and the intranet to send out such guff as "u need 2 no?"
Whether we like it or not, ALL budgets across public expenditure are about to go through the Canadian model.
B.C.'s plan to cut public service by up to 57% | National Union of Public and General Employees
HALVING their civil service!
To be honest, did anyone notice the last time the entire civil service went on strike?