CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 11, 14 January 1944, Page 4

CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS

PUBLIC SERVICE (To the Editor) As .a temporary clerk in the Public Service I cannot allow Mr. p. Millar's statement to pass unchal' lenged. He states that the P U b][ c Service is reasonably satisfied. As secretary to the P.S.A. he should be aware that there is great dissatisfaction amongst the temporary staff which is in a majority over the p er ! manents. There are many instances where men are working side by side as clerical workers, receiving as much as £40 per annum more than the other, and in some cases these men have superseded men with much longer service. It is apparent the higher paid man has the most congenial work to perform,- while the lower paid has the most uninteresting duties to perform, but equally important. And so long as the present system of awarding marks which have a bearing on salary increase continues, so long will there be jealousy and discontent among the staff. In most cases the head knows nothing of the quantity or quality of work being done, and in some cases there is a feeling of bias created, when these marks are awarded, especially if he previously had some disagreement. We are waiting for the promised tribunal which the Government has decided to set up to deal with all anomalies. f CIVIL SERVICE.