Saturday, February 12, 2011
Meanwhile - in the U.K. - Trimming staff jobs
Sometimes, the U.S. picks up on what the Brits do.
Let's hope this is one of those times.
I don't really like seeing people lose their jobs, so my preference would be a hiring freeze, prudence and attrition...
Let's hope this is one of those times.
I don't really like seeing people lose their jobs, so my preference would be a hiring freeze, prudence and attrition...
Robert Winnett recently reported in the U.K. Daily Telegraph:
"As many as 15,000 council workers earning more than £58,000 a year are to be named under government plans to force local authorities to cut middle management waste, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
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Official figures show that council spending on middle managers is more than £2.4billion – a rise of more than 20 per cent in the last three years.
According to an analysis of council accounts, in 1997 when Labour came to power the average local authority employed just seven people earning more than £50,000 a year. By 2008 this had risen to 81 people per council. Local authorities employing the most middle managers include Birmingham, Hampshire and Essex councils."
