As a key worker who has not had one day off during this pandemic, can I say that cuts both ways, especially as several of my friends, family and neighbours in the private sector enjoyed a lovely summer being furloughed, 'working from home', 'stood down' and developing the back garden tans in the spa bath.
I appreciate that many of them are now facing an uncertain future when the furlough scheme ends, but forgive me for being a tad pissed off when those of us who worked through the crisis, and continue to do so, are asked to pay for those who didn't and then be told how lucky we are to have a job. Especially after Boris said he's 'proud' at how @£18bn has been wasted on crony contracts for PPE that, in a lot of cases, didn't even get used.
I am private sector, have had no pay rise in three years and still feeling the impact of 2008 crash.
as a key worker (lot of MOD work) who has had to also self isolate and take a ****ing 10% pay cut since April while still working a 50hour week I can’t see how public sector workers should be having a pay rise because they have been hard at it like the rest of us.
People will disagree, but that’s the beauty of this place.

Out.