Quarterly headcount stats: jobs freeze starts to bite
My thanks to Cornwall Council for the latest batch of statistics:
Total headcount March 31 2010: 20,963
Total headcount June 30 2010: 19,970
Headline fall: 993
After a slow start, the freeze on recruitment now seems to be having some impact - with 1,077 fewer employees now than at the end of September 2009. I suspect there may be quite a time lag between staff departures and the collation of the statistics. A literal interpretation of the most recent quarter implies people are now leaving at the rate of 330 per month,or about ten per day. That would be quite a stampede. In any event, getting headcount down to below 20,000 marks a significant milestone.
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Comment number 1.
At 2nd Aug 2010, deadloss wrote:Still overstaffed with non Jobs
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Comment number 2.
At 3rd Aug 2010, backofanenvelope wrote:It would be interesting to know just what posts have not been filled.
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Comment number 3.
At 6th Aug 2010, freethinkerUK wrote:And the cost in unemployment and housing benefit and home repossessions and wrecked lives will be?
In addition I wonder how many (if any) of the council officials who are paid more than the Prime Minister are among those redundant?
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