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MikeyB · 06-03-2008, 21:42

Hi Simon,

I work in the ICT department of a local council who went through the same thing 2 years ago.

They rushed it and didn't do the job evaluations correctly at all, it was all done secretly on a scoring system, no one was asked/consulted as to what their job involved, which
is apparently what is supposed to happen.

It was very bad for me, my salary went down by about £3000, and they only protected (froze) our salary for 1 year, so not only did we not get a pay rise the 1st year after the evaluation, but it then went down.

It was very bad for moral in the whole council, I doubt it will ever be the same again there, we have lost a lot of staff over this.

I was a member of UNISON, and to be honest they started out handling it very bad, taking things slowly, and not really knowing what they were talking about (they admitted this)
But with the help of the regional UNISON they managed to get their act together and finally get things moving.

But they took the council to court for compensation over the way the whole job evaluation and grading was handled.
After much wrangling they won, and those who were members of UNISON have recently been handed out some compensation.

06-03-2008, 21:42	#16
MikeyB cf.geek Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Swindon Age: 36 Services: Virgin Media 2 for £20 (2Mbit & Phone), Sky+ Posts: 625	Re: Council Worker - Job Evaluation Hi Simon, I work in the ICT department of a local council who went through the same thing 2 years ago. They rushed it and didn't do the job evaluations correctly at all, it was all done secretly on a scoring system, no one was asked/consulted as to what their job involved, which is apparently what is supposed to happen. It was very bad for me, my salary went down by about £3000, and they only protected (froze) our salary for 1 year, so not only did we not get a pay rise the 1st year after the evaluation, but it then went down. It was very bad for moral in the whole council, I doubt it will ever be the same again there, we have lost a lot of staff over this. I was a member of UNISON, and to be honest they started out handling it very bad, taking things slowly, and not really knowing what they were talking about (they admitted this) But with the help of the regional UNISON they managed to get their act together and finally get things moving. But they took the council to court for compensation over the way the whole job evaluation and grading was handled. After much wrangling they won, and those who were members of UNISON have recently been handed out some compensation. __________________ When there's always biscuits in the tin, where's the fun in biscuits? http://www.totalhumour.com - Jokes and funny stuff! http://www.playretro.co.uk - Old computer games and stuff!