Public Pay to be brought in line with Private

There are still plenty of jobs around, I'm always being contacted up by headhunters.

In the company I work for they are employing more staff and people are also leaving for better conditions in other companies.

Even the apprentices and graduates are not on minimum wage.

Maybe its the field I'm in, maybe its to do with qualifications and experience, but its definetly not uncommon.

Maybe you are just applying your own experiences to the rest of the country.

Originally Posted by hardhat_harry

There are still plenty of jobs around, I'm always being contacted up by headhunters.

In the company I work for they are employing more staff and people are also leaving for better conditions in other companies.

Even the apprentices and graduates are not on minimum wage.

Maybe its the field I'm in, maybe its to do with qualifications and experience, but its definetly not uncommon.

Maybe you are just applying your own experiences to the rest of the country.

i know what your saying,if like my son and daugther you've been to uni and are doing a job that needs brains, (for lack of a better word) then once you have experience in your chosen profession there are jobs to be had with ever better pay,but for the likes of those with no real qualifications how ever good they are at there given job then the likelyhood is they will struggle to get a well paid job with sensible working hours, and with business's struggling to make a profits with ever more cutthroat practices here and abroad then they are trying to cut every corner they can including pay

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Oh dear - another who doesn't want to hear opinions other than your own?

Ha hah that's funny. Despite the differing views on the thread, I had no strong views either way so I didn't comment before your post.

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Why the "idle" - I know your name and I know you know mine.

Just a lazy post, worthy in fact of the "idle" reference, and I didn't want you or anyone else to think I thought your name was Sid. My posts are usually lazy, I spend all day thinking too hard for my brain to cope with, so I tend to just resort to pub talk typing. Never read too much into anything I say. Ya one size fits all monotone murdoch loving grease monkey.

[MrMessy]

Does anybody know what the national companies do about regional pay? I presume most companies will pay more in London. Do Tesco staff in Wales get the same hourly pay as Yorkshire?

[MisterTommyH]

I would have thought it was more to do with different types of industries (or lack of) in certain areas rather than discrepancies across a single company.

For example I would have thought that there would be less Tescos in rural Wales therefore jobs are in non-national companies which base their wages on the local economy?

[Viney]

Originally Posted by Tommy H

There are 'leaks' that next weeks budget will include pay freezes or smaller increases to bring public sector pay into line with private sector pay for comparible jobs.

Is this fair / unfair?

Discuss.

What kind of jobs? The public sector for admin type jobs is as well, if not better payed and pensioned than similar roles with in the private world. They get better pay increases, well consistent anyway, and to be honest, working for a private sector company contracting within the public secotr, they are better off overall. I really do think that its all a myth. I Employ a Tupe'd person and they are on better money and benefits than i am. They are only 2 years older then me and technically her grade is 3 down from mine.

Things like nurses etc, there really isnt a comparible role.