What do you all think? i reckon we should take it, seems good enough.
I’d be in favour of it. It’s in addition to the 1% in Oct and whatever your individual increase is.
It’s a tough one because there are huge disparities in public sector pay yet they are all lumped into the same paydeal. Big difference between an SNA on part time hours and a Garda on the top of their scale
With national debt running at what it is and the civil and public service pension obligation running at €170bn I know what my answer would be.
Don’t get me started on RTE or any of the other non functional govt departments.
I’m not overly familiar with the deals as I’m not public sector but it seems like a pretty awful deal to me?
6.5% over a long period to try and combat inflation almost into the double digits just isn’t good at all.
5 weeks to do anything is really quick for the public sector.
I’m unsure about it. I’m a civil servant based in Dublin but mostly work from home.
Getting brought back a day a week now and it’s definitely felt. I’m not as bad off as most thanks to living outside of the pale. It could be grand, but I think it depends on the 2023 budget also to see if there are any tax reliefs that could work hand in hand with it.
Been in the Civil Service as a CO now for nearly a year. Due my first increment increase plus the extra 1% in October, I should jump from the low 25k to mid 27k.
When I found this out last year I was ecstatic. Now my costs have jumped up so much that this raise I am due in October will pretty much leave me in the same place financially that I was when I started.
This 6.5% over 2 years will help but to be honest I don’t think it is enough. I work hard, do my 40 hours a week after 6 years of working hard in the service industry.
But with inflation, the rising energy costs; rent as insane as it is in Dublin, I feel I am moving nowhere.
I know I am in a better position then a lot of people of my generation, but I am living paycheck to paycheck as is and If inflation keeps going the way it is, inflation will be outpacing my raises.
Plus with the huge electricity and gas price spikes coming in October… they will eat up most of my raise. I don’t see my life getting any easier while I am in the Civil Service. But my other options are not great. I have been taking some other ways to make money in my spare time.
What does it say for our country if someone working for the government with guaranteed yearly wage increases is constantly struggling to survive and has few other options. I can’t move to my parents or I would lose my job, going back to college is not an option for me right now as I can barely afford to live as is, I am in constant fear of being priced out of my home. If I can make it work I am seriously considering emmigration but I wouldn’t even know where to start or if it would be sustainable for me. And I don’t want to leave the life I worked so hard to build.
I’ll be rejecting it anyway. Inflation is at or near 10%, 3% this year is shite. Never mind the drawn out nature of the other 3.5% next year.
Lot of my higher paid colleagues seem happy enough so I reckon it’ll be accepted though.
Pay rates in the public sector should be reviewed every year and pinned to the rate of inflation /deflation in my opinion. If it goes up 6%, pay goes up 6% if it goes down 2% then pay goes down 2%.
That way they get the same value for their euro and don’t need to threaten the nation with strike action 5 times a year.
Unpopular opinion: this is too much for people with a guaranteed job, regardless of how useless they are. It should be increases based on performance. The good people should be rewarded handsomely, more handsomely than already prescribed. The useless people who just show up to work: trim the fat and get rid of them. Too many civil servants are comfortable and will never work a day in their lives
Start from the snakes heads to cost this would be a gesture towards the squander of Governance and legacy pensions
I think it’s pretty decent. For me it would mean a 15-20% increase coupled with my next annual increment. I’m currently doing an open and interdepartmental competition for promotion so would mean even more if either of those go well. I think the 3% back dated from February will probably swing a lot of people towards voting yes.
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What do you all think? i reckon we should take it, seems good enough.
I’d be in favour of it. It’s in addition to the 1% in Oct and whatever your individual increase is.
It’s a tough one because there are huge disparities in public sector pay yet they are all lumped into the same paydeal. Big difference between an SNA on part time hours and a Garda on the top of their scale
With national debt running at what it is and the civil and public service pension obligation running at €170bn I know what my answer would be.
Don’t get me started on RTE or any of the other non functional govt departments.
I’m not overly familiar with the deals as I’m not public sector but it seems like a pretty awful deal to me?
6.5% over a long period to try and combat inflation almost into the double digits just isn’t good at all.
5 weeks to do anything is really quick for the public sector.
I’m unsure about it. I’m a civil servant based in Dublin but mostly work from home.
Getting brought back a day a week now and it’s definitely felt. I’m not as bad off as most thanks to living outside of the pale. It could be grand, but I think it depends on the 2023 budget also to see if there are any tax reliefs that could work hand in hand with it.
Been in the Civil Service as a CO now for nearly a year. Due my first increment increase plus the extra 1% in October, I should jump from the low 25k to mid 27k.
When I found this out last year I was ecstatic. Now my costs have jumped up so much that this raise I am due in October will pretty much leave me in the same place financially that I was when I started.
This 6.5% over 2 years will help but to be honest I don’t think it is enough. I work hard, do my 40 hours a week after 6 years of working hard in the service industry.
But with inflation, the rising energy costs; rent as insane as it is in Dublin, I feel I am moving nowhere.
I know I am in a better position then a lot of people of my generation, but I am living paycheck to paycheck as is and If inflation keeps going the way it is, inflation will be outpacing my raises.
Plus with the huge electricity and gas price spikes coming in October… they will eat up most of my raise. I don’t see my life getting any easier while I am in the Civil Service. But my other options are not great. I have been taking some other ways to make money in my spare time.
What does it say for our country if someone working for the government with guaranteed yearly wage increases is constantly struggling to survive and has few other options. I can’t move to my parents or I would lose my job, going back to college is not an option for me right now as I can barely afford to live as is, I am in constant fear of being priced out of my home. If I can make it work I am seriously considering emmigration but I wouldn’t even know where to start or if it would be sustainable for me. And I don’t want to leave the life I worked so hard to build.
I’ll be rejecting it anyway. Inflation is at or near 10%, 3% this year is shite. Never mind the drawn out nature of the other 3.5% next year.
Lot of my higher paid colleagues seem happy enough so I reckon it’ll be accepted though.
Pay rates in the public sector should be reviewed every year and pinned to the rate of inflation /deflation in my opinion. If it goes up 6%, pay goes up 6% if it goes down 2% then pay goes down 2%.
That way they get the same value for their euro and don’t need to threaten the nation with strike action 5 times a year.
Unpopular opinion: this is too much for people with a guaranteed job, regardless of how useless they are. It should be increases based on performance. The good people should be rewarded handsomely, more handsomely than already prescribed. The useless people who just show up to work: trim the fat and get rid of them. Too many civil servants are comfortable and will never work a day in their lives
Start from the snakes heads to cost this would be a gesture towards the squander of Governance and legacy pensions
I think it’s pretty decent. For me it would mean a 15-20% increase coupled with my next annual increment. I’m currently doing an open and interdepartmental competition for promotion so would mean even more if either of those go well. I think the 3% back dated from February will probably swing a lot of people towards voting yes.