GET READY TO BEND OVER
Excuse the tile but there is a message.
They are at it again aren’t they, messing with our pay that is.
From what I am hearing from the fed guys is that the way we are paid is going to change quite drastically, no surprise there with last years pay fiasco and the official side asking us to bend over and take it up the tail pipe!
I am still not too sure just what they are up to though, but I understand we will no longer be paid by length of service but more by what we do, so will this mean a young in service officer earning more than a seasoned and experienced one?
I agree that a PC working in an office 9 to 5 Monday to Friday is not really worth as much as a front line response officer, but surely experience should count for a lot in our profession.
My question is, how are they going to shaft us this time? what should we expect this year and the next? What will they do to SPP’s?
March 31, 2007 at 11:11 pm
Lets face it pay is the only driver for this government, quality and independance is a secondary consideration. Perhaps our replacement index should be based on theirs, two years ago they thought 22% was a resonable rise over two years fter all they only get roughly £60,277 as of 1 November 2006, plus expenses, twic my salary AND triple my holiday entitlement.
They conveniently forget our unique nature, we have few rights to any recourse against ‘unfair’ treatment, i.e. no right to strike, restrictions on personal lives and a dangerous job. MP’s on the other hand as far as I can tell do little for their salary and live a life of ‘Riley’. Comparing us with other organisations is like comparing chalk and cheese – we are NOT civil servants, we are servants of the crown, politically independant and absolutely fed up of the arrogant liars trying to run (and failing) our country.
March 31, 2007 at 11:36 pm
Somehow I don’t think that 24-7 response will figure heavily as a ’skill’. The extra money will go to those who have special skills and so inhabit offices or cushty departments.
Pile of Sh*te.
April 1, 2007 at 6:29 am
Without exception, everybody agrees that the copper in the frontline is the most importanmt part of the Police Service. Guess who will be at the bottom of any new pay system?
Wanna bet on it?
April 1, 2007 at 3:20 pm
i think we should petition the goverment and other parties, tell them that they are also to be paid according to ability, skill and current role. I wonder how that would go down……..cant see that fat wanker prescott driving around in a clapped out escort like i do.
April 1, 2007 at 3:23 pm
god i hate the way this country is going.
i saw a piece of graffiti on a bridge on the m5 when i headed home the other work
it said this
“Britain is shit. last one to leave please turn out the lights”
couldnt agree more.
April 2, 2007 at 4:26 pm
The Home Office regard Indexing of Pay with regard to increase no longer appropriate in the Public sector and annual increases should be conditional on modernisation or increased efficiency. Both of these constitute saving money and that is the bottom line. Any flexibility within the negotiations are expected to come from us. Expect another shafting because that is what is on the way and you can guarantee it will be flowered up to try to convince us that it is worthy of supporting. This will be also supported by those who promote the brand and do not want to be seen as objectors. Expect a bumpy ride and frustration, voice your opinions when you get the chance and let the Feds know your feelings. Expect the PNB to be abolished and our pay negotiations ‘modernised’ to bring them closer to what is deemed good practice within the pay negotiating system. We will continue to face more and more demands and have ever higher levels of accountability as well as having the security of a pay negotiating framework designed to save money and allow someone else to hit their target. I must go and sit in a dark room as I can feel a headache coming on, again.
April 2, 2007 at 5:04 pm
And another thing!!
It appears that the ACPO ranks will not have their pay conditions changed like the rest of us.
I wonder why that is? I don’t suppose it’s anything to do with wanting to keep them on their side?
And on another note a certain chief constable has stated their concerns over the amount of paperwork and other red tape that officers are having to deal with.
It’s a shame a chief constable can’t say these things before retirement, I wonder why that is?
April 5, 2007 at 4:35 pm
pc south west
in answer to your question
the chief constables wont say what they really think before they retire as they either want their knighthood, obe etc
and/or are to spineless to stick up for their troops and tell the crap government that their ideas, policys and red tape are killing the country and destroying whatever moral is left in the police forces across the country.