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Originally Posted by Cherie

I have worked in the public sector for many years, I also worked in the private sector, if you don't do your job properly in a private company it won't take long until you no longer have a job as it is all about profit, in the public sector can take years for anyone to get around to being reprimanded, its public money no one is bothered, trust me, and incidentally the public sector were no better under a labour government either!

That's not true, I work with a tonne of incompetent people who have been in their job for over a decade. Cashiers, middle management, senior management... PLENTY of useless arseholes keep their jobs forever. That seems fairly common across most private companies tbh.