How boring is working in public sector!

[northernladuk]

I won't be in any rush to go back into the public sector I can tell you!

Fine. I would have said leaves plenty of good roles for the rest of is but bearing in mind what us going on it won't matter in 8 months or so.

You are aware of that aren't you?

[SueEllen]

Thing is, the public sector is entrusted to spend billions of our cash, no accountability and billions more given if the project goes wrong. This means, once you hop on the gravy train , you make sure that it runs at breakneck speed and never stops.

Actually it depends on the project.

Smaller projects can be pulled if they look like they are failing.

They are also subject to ministerial whims. This means they can be ramped up, changed drastically or cancelled when the minister changes. The middle one is the most annoying.

As already stated one PS project doesn't equal all PS projects.

[SouthernManc78]

Fine. I would have said leaves plenty of good roles for the rest of is but bearing in mind what us going on it won't matter in 8 months or so.

You are aware of that aren't you?

Yes I was aware of the changes thanks, I know my post may be a bit presumptuous about PS roles but I'd spoke with a few other contractors on site who had similar opinions.

This post was meant to blow off some steam and gain the opinions of a wider audience, which from what I can tell are pretty divided.

[saptastic]

PS = Meetings

[Yampy]

I've been on contract to a local council for 1 year now, doing 'projects' that in the real world are considered to be BAU work streams. They have a fairly large permanent IT complement who should be maintaining the environment but they are not. They spend most of their time in meetings, workshops, training or working from home. The council in effect are paying twice over. Even simple upgrades to mainstream systems are done by external companies managed by contractors. It's a pretty toxic environment as the permanent staff constantly block and delay contractors. Getting kinda used to it now but it is an eye opener

[northernladuk]

I've been on contract to a local council for 1 year now, doing 'projects' that in the real world are considered to be BAU work streams.

You not a little worried about IR35?

[WTFH]

If you think it's boring working in the public sector, try working in the oil industry.

[Coalman]

As others have stated, these experiences are not limited to PS. Any large corporate will have similar issues. Working for large energy provider, considering the power stations they manage there are some scary IT issues!

[Yampy]

You not a little worried about IR35?

Hi NLUK, I did get my contract checked and it was out with IR35

[northernladuk]

Hi NLUK, I did get my contract checked and it was out with IR35

Am sure it is. Your working practices appear not to agree from that little snippet.