Good people, frustrated by delays and u-turns prevalent in a political establishment - Social Care Commissioning Torbay Council Employee Review

3.0
5 Feb 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The people are great fun and all share a common goal; you get some discounts from local stores, flexible working is allowed and work-life balance is considered important - possibilities for promotion are there, though current financial climate has affected that. Good pension too...

Cons

expect your political leaders to change direction at the drop of a hat, so if you are involved in developing services or running services you have to be prepared to have all your work undone and have to start again. This is the nature of short term political thinking I'm afraid so you have to roll with it. Also, people can tend to work in silos, particularly as departmental funding is tight, so it can be hard to achieve what you aim for

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