Swivel Serpents - Could Be Doing Very Nicely, Thank You - At Our Expense?

[Galen]

See our "Swivel Serpents" (aka Civil Servants) are being offered a nice bundle of cash and improved terms and conditions in an attempt to settle their pay claim IOM GOA - though not quite as good as their Public Sector chums got thanks to Mr. Moffat of T&G. Nevertheless looks as working for the Government might be not so bad an alternative to the private sector - though I suppose I would miss my car parking space, subsidised gym, private health and year end bonus - but heh I might even meet a politician face to face as opposed to across a counter! Though looking through the forums on the Civil Servants Union site GOA (I always thought that was a holiday location!) there are a few disgruntled bunnies (ungrateful lot) - perhaps life in the real world isn't so bad after all as long as it doesn't mean that Government don't have to up the tax rates to pay for all these increases!