2006-09-06 22:59:20 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Economics
would you bother doing your job so well if you knew your boss would keep paying you as it wasn't his money and if you knew your performace would be very hard to monitor as being effective or not?
Tiny cog in a big machine that doesn't care...
I say we should fire 90% of them just to see if they do actually do anything, I think its an experiment worth taking...
2006-09-07 03:16:17 · answer #1 · answered by xanderstephenson 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps you ought break your question down to be more specific as I noticed you have put your question under economics.
So on that on that premise you would have to say that civil servants do their jobs properly as the economy of the UK on a whole is good. However, were you to ask a question about the civil servants responsible for the running of the NHS I would have to answer buy saying they had not done their job properly.
On the whole I think that Civil Service has improved greatly to what it used to be like, but there is still an awful lot of dead wood that needs clearing out.
2006-09-06 23:09:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Theoretically (since we're in the economics section), there is less of an incentive for the service offered by civil service institutions to be of as a high caliber as that offered by for-profit entities in the private sphere. However, this is at the institutional level, and only works as far as the statement "for-profit entities are punished for poor service by a drop in profits; civil service entities have no such feedback mechanism" is true.
Note that the above statement does not necessarily hold; for instance, civil service institutions often have strong feedback mechanisms (even through these are not communicated monetarily), while private entities may offer poor service without a decrease in revenue sufficient to change behavior (such as in a quasi-monopolistic environment).
Finally, note that the above has nothing to do with the individual. The only incentive for an individual to do his or her job well is the potential for advancement or, conversely, loss of employment. And note that there is vast incompetence in the private sphere - consider the compensation of CEOs who negotiate sweetheart contracts, scarcely do any work, and leave after only 6 months.
A very non-economic answer your question is: probably just as much as private sector employees.
2006-09-07 05:52:38 · answer #3 · answered by Veritatum17 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have the same problem in every country.
One problem has to be with being a "civil" servant. They don't feel as a private worker. They feel as members of a power, some believe they have no responsibilities. Those are for the chiefs, the Government.
They are protected, they are part of a terrible cult, bureaucracy.
2006-09-07 00:57:18 · answer #4 · answered by alcáçovas 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not really, Civil servants are given certain grades and payroll according to their years in the job. So they work hard or not they will still get pay increase and promotion annually. That is why they don't not serious about their jobs.
2006-09-06 23:08:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm actually a part time civil servant - (i know - don't judge me!) and to be honest, my job isn't exactly important but i suppose it is necessary. i work in a tax office (u guys r gonna love me now - haha) and if it wasnt for people who do my job, people wouldn't get the tax credits they claim. There are many jobs though that come under the "civil servant" title. This is just a part time job for me though while i'm at uni and i'm gonna escape it the first chance i get!!
2016-03-27 01:16:08 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are trained (and rewarded) through a conformist system, and will blindly follow the same old ways even if failure is always the outcome. They will quickly accuse but never apologise. Anyone from outside will notice the systems shortcomings almost immediately (as do a few on the inside, who though, for safety's sake, have to keep a low profile).
2006-09-06 23:17:10 · answer #7 · answered by Silkie1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're having a laugh aren't you?? I was getting on really well with this girl during a date recently...until she told me she was a civil servant. I couldn't accept that and just walked out then and there without saying anything else to her. Ordinarily, I'm a very kind and polite person.
2006-09-06 23:03:02 · answer #8 · answered by A True Gentleman 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No better and no worse than anyone else.
Now Civil Service senior managers and planners - they are a whole different ball game - and a bunch of self-serving gits.
2006-09-06 23:07:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like other people some do and some don't.
Perhaps they lack positive motivation
A study should be done to find out what would make them "tick" faster
2006-09-07 00:37:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋