Were you in the passport office?

What happens if the targets are not met?

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

Never worked in passport office but had ex-colleagues that did. They tended to get poor performance reviews and some were let go. Unfortunately the targets are set by Senior Managers that have never done the job. This is a problem throughout the CS imo. In BF it is difficult to comply with the target, usually it is amount of contraband seized or certain number of refusals. Of course there is no control over what type of passengers happen to arrive when you are on duty. It can be that you get a poor appraisal, which could end in disciplinary proceedings. Cannot answer for other departments.
Contrary to popular belief CS can and are sacked

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BF have a difficult job sometimes, that being said I have had a couple of very bad experiences at Heathrow immigration.Like many things, depends on your luck.

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

Will you stop preaching the gospel according to the daily express. Can you not see that the right continually attacks the public sector in order to soften the blow of cuts. People who lose real jobs may well get another job in the private sector; but they are still real people with food to buy and bills to pay.

The public sector gets some lazy jobs-worths sure. However, that is largely an out-of-date stereotype. I know some who are proper wage slaves doing the long hours with all; the accompanying high stress. they cold get paid a lot more in the private sector for the same work and the same cr@p.

And this thing about the civil service being just boring pen -pushers is another one for the Ealing Comedy. E.g. there are a great deal of folk who have worked in the private sector and are importing their skills into the public sector for the fixed, certain hours and good pension so they can enjoy a better work-life balance. This is a big step as it generally involves a colossal pay cut. that doesn't mean they are fat ripe for cutting.

Yes indeed. It was also because there was a time when an MP will have had to have proven themselves in the real world, generally commerce and industry for the Tories and unions and 'ard graft for Labour. Now it seems to be a career choice and direct entry from Uni. It means the party has time to properly groom them to address difficult questions and present clever, memorable one-liners for the Twitter generation while citing Classics to prove their superior credentials. Meanwhile, they cant find their own curry-hole with both hands.

1. I have never read the Daily Express
2. This is a free speech area so don't tell people what to write.
3. You clearly have no idea about Ealing comedies which often contained social commentary.

"I know some who are proper wage slaves doing the long hours with all; the accompanying high stress. they cold get paid a lot more in the private sector for the same work and the same cr@p."

Then these people are stupid, I hope they're not in positions of responsibility.Are you one of them? You seem to have the air of someone who is embittered and jealous and possibly been passed over

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Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.