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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 06/12/2024

I doubled my salary by leaving the Civil Service. I don't claim to have been a lynchpin or a massive talent, but I was one of a number of people who couldn't afford to stay. Technical ability & strategic thinking is undervalued compared to managerial & budgetary skills.

Andrew Sissons@acjsissons.bsky.social

And the pay erosion meant a lot of the best civil servants - particularly after 2016 when relative pay had really fallen and things got a bit chaotic - just decided enough was enough and hopped off to the private sector.

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Tommy Palmer @tommyp.org · 06/12/2024

My 2 years at GDS were some of the best of my career so far. The _only_ reason I left is that I was seeing salary ranges nearly 1/3 higher than what I was on. I might've stayed a lot longer if there was a path to being compensated like the private sector.

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Dale Smith @dalesmithonline.com · 06/12/2024

The whole idea of value for money that's baked into government spending is badly misapplied at every level. It's "the best price for the money you spend" not "what you can get for the lowest price". Left 20 years ago and don't regret it.

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