>The government is due to unveil this year’s pay deal for 2.5 million public sector workers.
>The awards cover one in four public servants, including teachers, nurses, doctors, police officers, and members of the armed forces.
>Unions are pressing for pay to reflect the cost of living, as inflation rises at the fastest rate for 40 years.
>But ministers have signalled awards will not match price rises, warning this would push inflation even higher.
>It is expected pay rises will be around 5% for many staff. However, there could also be discrepancies, with lower paid staff getting more.
Most likely will be naff all, if past ones are anything to go by.
Thin blue line here. I dont think in 12 years I’ve ever got above 2%. Nurses asking for 15% is ballsy and I’m all for it. I’d be gobsmacked if I get anything over 3.5/4%
Great, can’t wait to see this years sub 2% rise.
Bet it will be 1-3%
Been a qualified nurse since 2013 and I’ve never had a pay rise above the rate of inflation. Fuck the Tories.
Unless it’s 10%+ it doesn’t matter. Public sector pay across the board is disgustingly low compared to a similar role in the private sector. It’s been frozen for a decade, and it was low then. If nothing happens then well, there will be no public sector left. People won’t go into training in specialised areas, people in them will leave, and the ones left will break under the remaining pressure.
I’m gone, couldn’t take it anymore, but I hope everyone else in the public sector gets what they deserve. Either from the government or from a move to private.
From a civil servant: I’ll believe it when I see it. I don’t think we will get anything.
After the last decade of austerity, pretty much all public sector salaries need to be increased by about £5,000.
No wonder the public sector is understaffed in literally every area. Just what you wan’t for.. essential services
As someone in the public sector for a few years, I can save them all some time:
We’re all going to be disappointed at least, but more likely we’ll be pissed off about it.
Non clinical, NHS worker here. We have been waiting for our so called payrise since April. We don’t get increments, we get step points. How it works depends on the band you’re at, but you have to be at that band for 2 to 5 years before your salary goes up. Some bands have an intermediate step point (eg, salary increase at years 2 and 5 if you stay at the same band for that long) and then that’s it. No more payrises other than the real term cuts the government gives us. It’s pretty awful and the only reason I stay is because I jumped up 2 bands into management and I like to help people.
Eventually I will take my skills and go elsewhere. Not because I want to, but because it’s so important to stay ahead of the cost of living wherever possible.
Anyone know what time we find out?
Civil Servant. Right wing media have been pinning the country’s entire woes on us. Either because we were working from home or don’t “believe in brexit”.
All in preparation for giving us fuck all and ensuring there is no public support
Unions have anticipated this and started sending out ballot notifications
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>The government is due to unveil this year’s pay deal for 2.5 million public sector workers.
>The awards cover one in four public servants, including teachers, nurses, doctors, police officers, and members of the armed forces.
>Unions are pressing for pay to reflect the cost of living, as inflation rises at the fastest rate for 40 years.
>But ministers have signalled awards will not match price rises, warning this would push inflation even higher.
>It is expected pay rises will be around 5% for many staff. However, there could also be discrepancies, with lower paid staff getting more.
Most likely will be naff all, if past ones are anything to go by.
Thin blue line here. I dont think in 12 years I’ve ever got above 2%. Nurses asking for 15% is ballsy and I’m all for it. I’d be gobsmacked if I get anything over 3.5/4%
Great, can’t wait to see this years sub 2% rise.
Bet it will be 1-3%
Been a qualified nurse since 2013 and I’ve never had a pay rise above the rate of inflation. Fuck the Tories.
Unless it’s 10%+ it doesn’t matter. Public sector pay across the board is disgustingly low compared to a similar role in the private sector. It’s been frozen for a decade, and it was low then. If nothing happens then well, there will be no public sector left. People won’t go into training in specialised areas, people in them will leave, and the ones left will break under the remaining pressure.
I’m gone, couldn’t take it anymore, but I hope everyone else in the public sector gets what they deserve. Either from the government or from a move to private.
From a civil servant: I’ll believe it when I see it. I don’t think we will get anything.
After the last decade of austerity, pretty much all public sector salaries need to be increased by about £5,000.
No wonder the public sector is understaffed in literally every area. Just what you wan’t for.. essential services
As someone in the public sector for a few years, I can save them all some time:
We’re all going to be disappointed at least, but more likely we’ll be pissed off about it.
Non clinical, NHS worker here. We have been waiting for our so called payrise since April. We don’t get increments, we get step points. How it works depends on the band you’re at, but you have to be at that band for 2 to 5 years before your salary goes up. Some bands have an intermediate step point (eg, salary increase at years 2 and 5 if you stay at the same band for that long) and then that’s it. No more payrises other than the real term cuts the government gives us. It’s pretty awful and the only reason I stay is because I jumped up 2 bands into management and I like to help people.
Eventually I will take my skills and go elsewhere. Not because I want to, but because it’s so important to stay ahead of the cost of living wherever possible.
Anyone know what time we find out?
Civil Servant. Right wing media have been pinning the country’s entire woes on us. Either because we were working from home or don’t “believe in brexit”.
All in preparation for giving us fuck all and ensuring there is no public support
Unions have anticipated this and started sending out ballot notifications