ICTChris Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 1 minute ago, NotThePars said: It’s not laying off if it’s probationers though. You’re only guaranteed one year. That's correct . Not really a long term strategy for filling jobs, cheaply or otherwise, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 3 hours ago, welshbairn said: Heard tales from people I know, probably true, of teachers in schools and in further education being laid off because their experience means they take too much out of the budget, and they can hire more beginners for less or the same money. Doesn't surprise me at all. The same thing happens in the finance sector and is probably happening across the board. 21st century capitalism is all about short termism and asset stripping, hence the need for knowledge and experience is of no value to many companies and just a drain on budgets. Pathetic, but true............ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blanco Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 28 minutes ago, WATTOO said: Doesn't surprise me at all. The same thing happens in the finance sector and is probably happening across the board. 21st century capitalism is all about short termism and asset stripping, hence the need for knowledge and experience is of no value to many companies and just a drain on budgets. Pathetic, but true............ Were these things sandwiched in between Facebook posts warning of Romanians stealing children in Asda and others threatening 10 years bad luck of you don’t share a picture of a crying dog? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Isn't most of the Scottish public sector operating under a No Compulsory Redundancy policy? The NHS definitely is. I think it stretches credibility a bit to say councils are laying off teachers in order to directly replace them with new people to save money - without being an expert it doesn't sound legal if nothing else.NotThePars' scenario sounds more plausible but then I don't know how probationers are allocated. The incentive is certainly there for individual public sector managers to do whatever they can to get costs down - some that I work with are in the habit of shaving a few hours off each role whenever they readvertise a post when someone leaves and the like. So a job that used to be full time is readvertised at 35 hours a week rather than 39 or whatever.Teachers can now be laid off as the deal on compulsory redundancies ended last year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 On 10/31/2018 at 17:22, NotThePars said: Tbf he was a sincere nationalist, and likely actually voted Yes, up until H_B broke his brain. Tbf being broken by H_B would be utterly humiliating. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 HB deserves credit for a job well done with that one tbh. Oaksoft got a well deserved hounding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Just now, Principal Flutie said: HB deserves credit for a job well done with that one tbh. Oaksoft got a well deserved hounding. It was pretty funny tbh, and one of the few times H_B didn't make a complete fool of himself here. Someone else gave Oaksoft an absolute telting around that time also, possibly relating to Uni degrees. Ad Lib maybe? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 I'd imagine it'd be either Ad Lib or VT on that one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 It was pretty funny tbh, and one of the few times H_B didn't make a complete fool of himself here. Someone else gave Oaksoft an absolute telting around that time also, possibly relating to Uni degrees. Ad Lib maybe? Libby did. VT and others jumped in to finish him off. He's also been soundly beaten on any argument on benefits by yourself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Don't forget Lisa Cuddy rinsing him about the NHS as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Don't forget Lisa Cuddy rinsing him about the NHS as well.Is there any subject he hasn't been rinsed on?His dislike for teachers is almost comical at times - especially when he pretends he has a PhD. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 I'd like to apologise to @Granny Danger for bringing Oaksoft back into his life. Sorry. If someone could attract the auld yin's attention to this, that would be great. I'm not sure how to do it myself. Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crùbag Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Poppies... Some good points being made as to why we put so much effort into commemorating the dead (a good thing mostly) but neglect the living veterans? Why can't the UK govt look after the soldiers it sent into various wars? And this in the Mirror: Quote At least 13,000 of our war heroes are homeless after leaving the military, a Sunday People probe reveals. Military charities said the shameful figure is a record high and the Government is failing those who risk their lives for Queen and country. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/least-13000-hero-soldiers-left-11847000 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Pro tip to all politicians. If you are a 57 year old married guy who looks like this, nobody wants to see pictures of your dick so anyone asking is probably up to no good Here is the full story https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tony-clement-sexting-1.4894889 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 30 minutes ago, senorsoupe said: Pro tip to all politicians. If you are a 57 year old married guy who looks like this, nobody wants to see pictures of your dick so anyone asking is probably up to no good Here is the full story https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tony-clement-sexting-1.4894889 When they texted back “what a dick!” he obviously took it as a compliment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 6 hours ago, Granny Danger said: When they texted back “what a dick!” he obviously took it as a compliment. He's one of these Tory p***ks like you have sort of a mixture of Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg so it's poetic that his dick was the part of his anatomy that got him in trouble 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Pro tip to all politicians. If you are a 57 year old married guy who looks like this, nobody wants to see pictures of your dick so anyone asking is probably up to no good Here is the full storyhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tony-clement-sexting-1.4894889[emoji109] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 I was struck by the solemn and respectful demeanor of Theresa May over the last few days of Remembrance.But I also marvel at how she can consummately adjust her moral compass when it comes to the UK selling armaments to, for example, Saudi Arabia to then bomb Yemeni children to death.This daughter of the manse may be lacking in many things, but rampant hypocrisy is not one of them. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 I was struck by the solemn and respectful demeanor of Theresa May over the last few days of Remembrance.But I also marvel at how she can consummately adjust her moral compass when it comes to the UK selling armaments to, for example, Saudi Arabia to then bomb Yemeni children to death.This daughter of the manse may be lacking in many things, but rampant hypocrisy is not one of them.Is there not a money trail back to her husband from these arm sales? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Venom Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Is there not a money trail back to her husband from these arm sales?Yes, in that his company are large (if not the largest) shareholders in companies like Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems. Unsure if there is a dirtier path back to him personally. *edit, but still stands to profit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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