"Public sector - so no"

[OhpoorMe]

Anyone else get quite frustrated seeing this on threads about Christmas parties/ bonuses / staff perks etc

The public sector isn't one homogenous organisation. I've only ever worked in PS organisations and have always had a paid for staff party, sometimes bonuses, sometimes perks etc.

It's not a given that public sector = badly treated!

with social workers earning maybe £27k which is £4-6k less than NHS social workers as a starting salary with little progression possible.

Thats very low for a social worker, the lowest salary for a qualified social worker where I am is £36k within a local authority.

To indicate just how poor many public body salaries are, a typical local government administrator earns maybe £2k above minimum wage, a line manager (depending on grade) maybe £24-26k, with social workers earning maybe £27k which is £4-6k less than NHS social workers as a starting salary with little progression possible.

Where are you pulling these figures from? They don't reflect the local government pay spines for any of the areas I've experienced.

Minimum wage works out at a bit over £20k a year. Administrators in my local; council (both county and district) are earning around £21.5-22.5k, lowest level management starts on around £23.5k. Starting salary for a new social worker is as I stated above, though of course that does rise.