“Pen pushers”, as in the IT, Finance, HR staff that keep the army running, lost their annual pay rise 3 years ago, so save money for the front line.
They now get no pay rise. They only get an annual performance bonus (of about £500) which is based on their ability to hit performance targets.
Of course, in Mail world, this is fat cat, champagne swigging pen pushers, taking away money for hitting “PC and race relations quotas ” (well that probably applies to HR staff) and taking away money from “our boys” helicopter fund
PS. Bravo Olivia from bristol. You are taking the Mails message board in the right spirit.
“The Mail: Damn, the Sun have trumped us on politicking war.
Liam Fox: Do civil servants in the war effort count as “our boys”.
The Mail: Well, technically they are part of the war movement, backing up the army, but if we call them “pen pushers” nobody will notice.
Liam Fox: Civil Servants now get their annual pay rises as bonuses. Performance related pay.
The Mail: Perfect! How about a headline of “evil pen pushers, taking away helicopters from our boys, with their lazy, champagne, bonus ridden lifestyle”
Liam Fox: A bit strong old chap, but work on it. “
The Guardian – “Families of war dead criticise bonuses totalling £47m”
The Times – “Families of servicemen condemn £47m bonuses for MoD staff”
The Telegraph – ” Civil servants deserve £47m in bonuses because they face the same risks as frontline troops in Afghanistan, the Home Secretary said”
BBC News – “Bonuses worth over £47m paid this year to Ministry of Defence civil servants have been criticised”
Daily Mail – “Penpushers at the MoD pocket £300million in bonuses”
A nice derogatory term there “penpushers” to set the tone of the front page opinion.
Can I explain.
“Pen pushers”, as in the IT, Finance, HR staff that keep the army running, lost their annual pay rise 3 years ago, so save money for the front line.
They now get no pay rise. They only get an annual performance bonus (of about £500) which is based on their ability to hit performance targets.
Of course, in Mail world, this is fat cat, champagne swigging pen pushers, taking away money for hitting “PC and race relations quotas ” (well that probably applies to HR staff) and taking away money from “our boys” helicopter fund
PS. Bravo Olivia from bristol. You are taking the Mails message board in the right spirit.
“The Mail: Damn, the Sun have trumped us on politicking war.
Liam Fox: Do civil servants in the war effort count as “our boys”.
The Mail: Well, technically they are part of the war movement, backing up the army, but if we call them “pen pushers” nobody will notice.
Liam Fox: Civil Servants now get their annual pay rises as bonuses. Performance related pay.
The Mail: Perfect! How about a headline of “evil pen pushers, taking away helicopters from our boys, with their lazy, champagne, bonus ridden lifestyle”
Liam Fox: A bit strong old chap, but work on it. “
The BBC was talking about these bonuses for the most part being less than £1000. Can’t buy many helicopters for that…
The mail is trying to equate them to bank bosses and it really doesn’t work.
Spot the difference:
The Guardian – “Families of war dead criticise bonuses totalling £47m”
The Times – “Families of servicemen condemn £47m bonuses for MoD staff”
The Telegraph – ” Civil servants deserve £47m in bonuses because they face the same risks as frontline troops in Afghanistan, the Home Secretary said”
BBC News – “Bonuses worth over £47m paid this year to Ministry of Defence civil servants have been criticised”
Daily Mail – “Penpushers at the MoD pocket £300million in bonuses”
How dare is the army ran properly………………..I DEMAND SHODDY RUNNING THUS I CAN MOAN MORE