Because maybe Scotland actually does care?
Who knows, nobody can predict the future. Perhaps the required money will be saved through the single force as intended and they won't need to? Scottish forces don't get the same amount of funding for Policing as E&W do anyway, per head of population, so perhaps in real terms there isnt as much to save? There's only 17000 ish of us anyway.
I've refrained from making too many posts about Winsor and my opinions on it because it won't affect me. By the time it'll come into force, I'll be long gone. And that was a decision made before Winsors reports. After making that decision, my new employers have announced that they're changing the payscales of my new job, and that those will apply to me. Potential loss of earnings to me over my 40+ year new career (yes 40+ years) - a cool £300k. Oh, and that's with redunancy for losing my medical (a lot more likely than losing a Police medical), and a non final salary pension. Am I annoyed? Yes. Can I do anything about it in real terms? No.That's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes, just gotta deal with it.
What I will say, is that for the skill and education levels required, the Police is still a good job, with lots of earning potential, over a comparibly short career to a final salary pension. If you don't like the changes, feel free to find an alternative. Something tells that most people won't, and in a few years when times are better, the job will be all rosy again.
If, despite objections, they do come - see what they're like before you throw the toys out of the pram. That's all I'm saying.
Because maybe Scotland actually does care?
Who knows, nobody can predict the future. Perhaps the required money will be saved through the single force as intended and they won't need to? Scottish forces don't get the same amount of funding for Policing as E&W do anyway, per head of population, so perhaps in real terms there isnt as much to save? There's only 17000 ish of us anyway.
I've refrained from making too many posts about Winsor and my opinions on it because it won't affect me. By the time it'll come into force, I'll be long gone. And that was a decision made before Winsors reports. After making that decision, my new employers have announced that they're changing the payscales of my new job, and that those will apply to me. Potential loss of earnings to me over my 40+ year new career (yes 40+ years) - a cool £300k. Oh, and that's with redunancy for losing my medical (a lot more likely than losing a Police medical), and a non final salary pension. Am I annoyed? Yes. Can I do anything about it in real terms? No.That's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes, just gotta deal with it.
What I will say, is that for the skill and education levels required, the Police is still a good job, with lots of earning potential, over a comparibly short career to a final salary pension. If you don't like the changes, feel free to find an alternative. Something tells that most people won't, and in a few years when times are better, the job will be all rosy again.
If, despite objections, they do come - see what they're like before you throw the toys out of the pram. That's all I'm saying.
I think there is truth in what you say there broadly speaking. The next few years are looking very unpredictable and it's not like the police hasn't been in this position before, what with Sheehy and all, as well as some stuff in Winsor being pretty uncontentious. Suppose all you can do is wait and see.
