tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post7858190891975831854..comments2024-03-28T23:56:22.210+00:00Comments on HMRC Is Shite: HMRC Cleaners StrikeKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-9848331260200754362016-08-01T11:11:06.927+01:002016-08-01T11:11:06.927+01:00The difference between Sports Direct and HMRC, is ...The difference between Sports Direct and HMRC, is that in the case of the former the owner has taken great risks to build a successful business, generate tax money and employ people. Zero hour contracts are clearly not ideal, but for many, particularly many young staff, they offer employment solutions that fit around their life. HMRC, on the other hand, pretend to be something they are not and are taxpayer funded, as are the generous wages for those at the top, and they ought to be more than capable of being a model employer for others to follow. They are far from that however and the public should demand more integrity from them. Before some single out Sports Direct for OTT criticism they should take a look at the repugnant, and wholly unjustifiable, brutal bullying that goes on within HM Revenue & Customs. We never hear much noise about HMRC though and I wonder why??? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-78318450533606597632016-07-29T18:39:53.636+01:002016-07-29T18:39:53.636+01:00HMRC as an employer is about level par with Sports...HMRC as an employer is about level par with Sports Direct. No respect, no loyalty, no camaraderie, no cost of living rises, Spanish inquisition for sick leave, bullying junior management, unjust performance management system, disposal of people in wrong locations....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-78526064777765294132016-07-29T11:42:19.629+01:002016-07-29T11:42:19.629+01:00The integrity & professionalism of the Civil S...The integrity & professionalism of the Civil Service has suffered for a number of reasons. The pay freeze & disgraceful pension changes (which amount to a sneaky pay cut) has not helped with that, and nor does it lead to a happy & productive workforce, but the problems go much further. At the very top of the Civil Service you will not much of the media commenting on how those careerists have been politicized. At the top of HMRC you have Chief Executives in charge of a department which has done cosy deals with multinationals while hounding small business, they have nothing about the absolutely brutal bullying of their own staff and then they got bonuses and knighthoods for their troubles. All very demoralising for the frontline staff who do the superb work. Sadly therefore we can't expect HMRC to have any sympathy with a contractor's cleaners. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-20427526453662020212016-07-29T10:57:54.082+01:002016-07-29T10:57:54.082+01:00My husband, a retired civil servant, sympathises w...My husband, a retired civil servant, sympathises with you. His view is that the integrity and professionalism of the civil service has suffered dramatically as a result of pay freezes and cuts in existing pension agreements. Consequently if you pay peanuts not only can you expect to attract monkeys but monkeys who may find a way of opening the employer’s till to supplement their meagre income. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29600742611858461.post-53328946388000127092016-07-28T19:21:36.090+01:002016-07-28T19:21:36.090+01:00Perhaps not as bad as no pay rise for x years, pen...Perhaps not as bad as no pay rise for x years, pensionable pay reductions etc.?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com