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[pete]

A Los Angeles megamansion could sell for $295 million

Dubbed "The One," the 105,000-square-foot estate took 10 years to complete and is coming to auction. It could become one of the most expensive homes in the world.

edition.cnn.com

 

[pete]

Absolute cowards putting this behind a paywall.

Una Mullally: It's time to challenge the institutionally stagnant Civil Service

State employer gives cosy jobs for life, is a sexist waster of talent and can hardly fire you

www.irishtimes.com

 

[magicbastarder]

my wife works in the public service, and it's not true that the peter principle applies there. people keep getting promoted long after they've reached the point that they're not capable of doing their jobs.

 

[magicbastarder]

also, this cookie cutter approach to promotions is weird. you apply for grade 6, say, and you get on the panel. and then any department in your organisation can nab you, regardless of your underlying talents. my wife has been in situations before where her boss is very capable, but just not capable of actually being a manager.

 

[therealjohnny]

also, this cookie cutter approach to promotions is weird. you apply for grade 6, say, and you get on the panel. and then any department in your organisation can nab you, regardless of your underlying talents. my wife has been in situations before where her boss is very capable, but just not capable of actually being a manager.

My girlfriend works in a similar situation. Most of the senior management she's encountered has been there for years and got promoted simply because of time-in. They're so set in their ways that they won't allow any changes, which is why the department she works in is in such a mess.

 

[ann post]

Absolute cowards putting this behind a paywall.

Una Mullally: It's time to challenge the institutionally stagnant Civil Service

State employer gives cosy jobs for life, is a sexist waster of talent and can hardly fire you

www.irishtimes.com

If only someone who wasn't a COWARD would copy and paste the whole thing here so we can read it and join the monday morning anger posting

 

[pete]

COWARDS

 

[pete]

 

[pete]

Would love to hear the start of it.

 

[Cormcolash]

Think it was a load of fart-type noises

 

[magicbastarder]

and as a counterpoint, man catches fire after being tased while in police custody, police run away scared:

 

[magicbastarder]

the headline is a little misleading - it looks like it was much more than a medieval practice:

The forgotten medieval habit of 'two sleeps'

For millennia, people slept in two shifts – once in the evening, and once in the morning. But why? And how did the habit disappear?

www.bbc.com

 

[pete]

Absolute cowards putting this behind a paywall.

Una Mullally: It's time to challenge the institutionally stagnant Civil Service

State employer gives cosy jobs for life, is a sexist waster of talent and can hardly fire you

www.irishtimes.com

The public service: Not fit for purpose or unfairly maligned?

Ex-ministers variously see it as professional and honest, sluggish and conservative

www.irishtimes.com

 

[Cormcolash]

I think we should just guillotine all civil servants

 

[chris d]

civil servant here at work (on thumped)

 

[Cormcolash]

First against the wall

 

[magicbastarder]

Cormcolash, thumped's uncivil servant.

 

[pete]

civil servant here at work (on thumped)

Sweet, sweet overtime. I remember it well.

 

[seanc]

It's the best of these I've seen in a while.