Dear, dear, dear.

11 jobs from the work force of the largest employer in the county. That will make a dent. And a full 2 months to talk about whether it will actually happen anyway before any action is taken.

And of course, during a recession, when we badly need economic regeneration, Powys decides that that it is the department concentrating on just that from where the loss will come from, no doubt believing that a cut there will negatively affect the little hope of economic generation that already exists, and thus lead the way to a cry to government to bail them out.

Get a grip, Powys. 11 jobs will not be enough. And to take them from a department tasked with regenerating the economy – total madness.

Here’s another idea of some suitable targets for you, instead>

The scores of Diversity Officers, Play Rangers, Community Integration Officers, Street-light turner-offers, Icelandic Bank Investment Officers, Reward Advisers (annual salary of £30,000 to £33,000), Recruitment Managers (£36,000 to £39,000), Principal HR Advisers (£36,000 to £39,000), a ‘Learning Pathways Manager’ (£47,000 to £50,000), an ICT adviser (£22,845) and six Senior Social Workers (£26,067 to £33,291), Digital History Project Leaders, Executive Directors (£120,000+) PLUS their pensions, PLUS their relocation packages, PLUS their generous redundancy terms.

Let us also note that in Powys, a rural area of Great Britain with below average salaries and wages, more than 1300 staff are paid more than £30 grand pa, with top salaries exceeding £100K – that is a considerable income in Powys.

Now Powys CC … tell me that you cannot save more with less effect on the future outlook for the local economy.

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Well if Powys county council took an axe to its workforce numbers and it only chipped 11 off they must go on a axe wielding course.
Those that decided to build obstuctions in Watergate street in Llanfair Caereinion so you now have to drive on the right hand side of the road approaching a right hand blind bend and then installed four “speed humps”, upside down potholes I call them, are certainly surplus to requirements.
I volunteer as unpaid axe wielder for the council to achieve better results.

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Like weeing in the sea to warm it up!

Revolution anyone?

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