better off in the public sector

[Old Greg]

For the NHS, atleast, it still works like this, except that it is on 'reckonable' pay, rather than final salary, which is unlikely to be much different.

I am almost certain that NHS has always been x/80, not x/60, but if it's /60 I'm quids in from my NHS service.

Civil Service was always x/60 but this was to compensate for lower wages - when I've worked alongside Department of Health people, there wages have always been considerably lower than they would have been in the NHS.

[zara_backdog]

Not sure where you get the 8 weeks paid holiday, 5 if your lucky and then maybe a increase after working there for god knows how many years.

25 weeks where I am, increase to 30 after 2 years - most of them get flexi time still as well, 'tis why Fridays are always empty!

and they still bloody moan- 6pm in office tonight and there was 3 staff left out of a team of about 60and yes you guessed it we are all contractors

[mrdonuts]

25 weeks where I am, increase to 30 after 2 years s

25 weeks its even worse than i suspected

[AtW]

It amuses me to see people seriously think about pensions like this - unless you are about to retire tomorrow rest assured that social security system as it is in the West is a just bigger version of Maddoff's pyramid.

Even if you get to pension age you won't live enough to enjoy it - most likely you'll be out of job for 10-15 years before pension kicks in due to increased threshold and stress of those year will kill you pretty quickly before you get any meaningful payout.

This assumes the pension won't be devalued due to money printing!

[Freamon]

It's true to say that life expectancy in the West has peaked and is now in decline.

[d000hg]

25 weeks where I am, increase to 30 after 2 years - most of them get flexi time still as well, 'tis why Fridays are always empty!

That doesn't sound much different to any private client I worked at.

[The Spartan]

I have to say I'm not too concerned about a pension at this point, I'm thinking I may invest my hard earned cash in another property after I've paid my current house off

[BrilloPad]

It's true to say that life expectancy in the West has peaked and is now in decline.

eh? I thought it was still going up? Got any justification for that statement - I am very interested.

Though I still think penion age should be set at the average life expectancy age.

[Freamon]

eh? I thought it was still going up? Got any justification for that statement - I am very interested.

Maybe this is what I was remembering:

Life expectancy declining in many parts of US

Although a quick google shows it seems to be declining in plenty of other places too.

Though I still think penion age should be set at the average life expectancy age.

None of the other options make any sense.

[Jeff Maginty]

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