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KiwiNikki | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 “Seymour wants 15,000 public servants gone 'as fast as possible'”

Because just like everywhere else there’s money to be made by sacking public servants and buying in consultants and contractors at exorbitant rates. Look overseas to the places that have done this. What a mess! 
#NZPol
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IceNine | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @788da99f

Back in '08 when the Key Government came in (and Nicola Willis has described along the lines as exciting), I was front-line.

So we lost something like 10% of staff.  All frontline, and was done in a brutal way in which the manager got rid of people only from the teams he didn't like.  It was awesome.