Curiously apt...

[caddyman]

A workmate of mine just emailed me this piece of doggerel.

How true it is...

Ten Civil Servants standing in a line
One of them was downsized
then there were nine.

Nine Civil Servants who must negotiate,
One joined the union,
then there were eight:

Eight Civil Servants thought they were in heaven,
'til one of them was redeployed
then there were seven.

Seven Civil Servants, their jobs as safe as bricks
But one was reclassified
then there were six,

Six Civil Servants trying to survive,
One of them was privatised,
then there were five.

Five Civil Servants ready to give more,
But one Golden Handshake
reduced them to four.

Four Civil Servants full of loyalty,
Their jobs were all advertised
then there were three.

Three Civil Servants under review,
One left on secondment
then there were two

Two Civil Servants coping on the run,
One went on stress leave
then there was one,

The last Civil Servant agreed to relocate,
Replaced by 10 consultants at twice the hourly rate!!

Particularly since most cuts in the civil service are accompanied by increases in Non-Departmental Public Bodies, or NDPBs (we don't use the term, Quango any more - that's for Channel 4 news only, and has been for at least 15 years).

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[smittumi.livejournal.com]

*yoink*
Nice one, cheers. Will go up in the office somewere secret I think.

[kneeshooter]

Apparently NDPBs are in the firing line too this time - but the poem is correct - sack the Civil Servants, replace them with more expensive constultants.