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Friday, 5 August 2011
Civil servants want bonuses (!)
Ok, ok, I know civil servants are an easy and frequent target and that they get stick all the time, but let's face it, they really do ask for it sometimes and one frequently gets the impression that they live on a different planet.
I remember being totally outraged last year when an article appeared in the Luxemburger Wort (during the depths of the ongoing crisis) reporting that civil servants were demanding a bonus, claiming that it was common practice in the private sector to pay employees 40% annual bonus. Hang on a minute. Sorry - what? Do you get a 40% bonus? Do you personally know anybody who does? Come on, get real, we're not in the city of London here.
The civil servants should know better than complain. They're virtually safe from foreign competition as only people speaking Luxembourgish, German and French will be hired (the first of these languages being a problem to the vast majority of foreigners) and a fresh university graduate entering public service will get more than 5000 eur gross a month. It's not a myth, just have a look at any state job ad (and their salary scales). How many recent graduates get that in the private sector.
Get real.
I remember being totally outraged last year when an article appeared in the Luxemburger Wort (during the depths of the ongoing crisis) reporting that civil servants were demanding a bonus, claiming that it was common practice in the private sector to pay employees 40% annual bonus. Hang on a minute. Sorry - what? Do you get a 40% bonus? Do you personally know anybody who does? Come on, get real, we're not in the city of London here.
The civil servants should know better than complain. They're virtually safe from foreign competition as only people speaking Luxembourgish, German and French will be hired (the first of these languages being a problem to the vast majority of foreigners) and a fresh university graduate entering public service will get more than 5000 eur gross a month. It's not a myth, just have a look at any state job ad (and their salary scales). How many recent graduates get that in the private sector.
Get real.
Willy Vauban - I'm back!
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