Staff at Plymouth tax offices set to go on strike on June 25

“well said jt, bias is a very selfish word. Like you,I have worked in both sectors. Many comments on this subject are one-sided. Everyone needs to take this into consideration, before spouting off on one.”

“Who cares?”

“I fully support this strike. Make the bankers pay for their crisis and stop privatisation of public services.”

“Well said jt. It annoys me that everytime a story comes up like this and it turns into people moaning about public sector workers, mainly based on misconceptions... Meanwhile the government shaft people, the top elite get richer and no one moans as they are too busy *****ing at each other.

Such a great tactic by the government paid media.”

“I've worked in both private sector and then public. At first, the contrast was huge; public sector was without all the performance targets and others pressures of working in a highly competitive industry. As time goes on, it's harder to compare...the private sector job I left behind may well have changed in all kinds of ways and I might have grown accustomed to a less pressured environment and can no longer realise how easier things are. However, I think it's more likely that working practices in private and public sector have converged and staff generally have to work much harder and 'smarter' wherever they are without extra financial reward.

All this information technology...we can provide goods and services to far more people, far more quickly, far more cheaply and without always a proportionate reduction in unit costs to the consumer. Sure, we're all better off than 20 years ago but not in proportion to how much more productive a working person can be thanks to modern technology. A small number of people (chief executives, senior civil servants, managing directors, vice chancellors) are becoming very, very wealthy off the backs of ordinary working people. So it shouldn't be public versus private sector, more worker versus greedy parasite at the top.”

“would we really miss any of them?”

“Here we go again public versus private sector whinging. This is jobs being threatened and they are taking action end of. All of you who think you could manage without public sector workers are living in cloud cuckoo land. As an ex public worker I can assure you that they are not very well paid and as a consequence they do not get these gold plated pensions the media are so keen to harp on about.If you think anybody who faces redundancy or , if still in a job working longer contributing more and getting less, has no right to complain then you like thousands of others have been successfully brainwashed by the media.”

“Mr amazing, have worked in public sector and private sector, its public sector all day long, make the most of it and stop whinging.”

“You should know how the Tories think , They invented the poll tax and that cost more to chase up those who didnt or had not paide . Appaerntly i receive mail from the Your government webb site. they inform you of what the government is doing and what changes are being proposed. This is only the second of cuts to the public sector. they intend to cut on staff for Benefits and also the services for the public. Trouble is that putting other people who might have some knowledge of there jobs, do not know how it does work on a day to day basis. EXPERIANCE is the key word . The Tories are the same as ever they think that by saving money they actualy dont .They would spend a Million to save a thousand. result they spend more money and a total breakdown of the system they replace.”

“Kevin.....lots of people talk about it. If the civil service appeals so much why not go ahead and put your application in? Is it because you've heard much of the government workforce is being reduced and staff who do retain their posts face continued wage freeze, longer hours and cuts in pensions? If none of that bothers you then head down to the job centre and take your pick from all the vacancies on offer.”