>> Dont give us this "the pay is rubbish, the hours are long, and we could
>> get killed on shift" malarky.
>> No-one forced you to join the police force. If you could have got better pay
>> elsewhere then you should have done so. You could have done so at any point
>> int he last 30 years.
>>
>> You joined because its an exciting worthwhile job with variety, good promotion prospects, and if
>> you keep your nose clean, you have good security and an excelent pension (far better
>> than most in the public sector, certainly better than the NHS front line nursing sector)
>> with a much lower age of retirement than the rest of society, followed by the
>> "old boys" job club till you are 60 ish. And for the vast majority of
>> those who join the police they deliver a worthwhile and excelent service for the rest
>> of us and probably suffer far more than us.
>> Now take you halo off and get off your high horse, OK?
>>
>>
>>
My , someone rattled your cage didn't they. If you can point to any part of my post where I wrote ""the pay is rubbish, the hours are long, and we could get killed on shift"" then you're clearly looking at the wrong post.
I didn't want an Office job, simple as that. Nothing to do with 'exciting' or 'promotion prospects'. I took the lower pay option in exchange for the 30 year contract. Our pension isn't bad, but then we pay a significantly higher amount in than the NHS. Yes, I can retire after 30 years (at the moment), but then I'd prefer not to see 65 year old bobbies trying to chase 18 year olds around town.
You seem to have missed the point about tax. Most Pubic sector workers are indeed PAYE. There are plenty of 'private' sector people making lots of noise about 'unaffordable' whilst avoiding as much tax as they can. If that's not hypocrisy, then what is?
|
