Comments on: BPSU: Concerns With Elements of SAGE Report https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/ Bermuda's #1 source for 24/7 breaking news, photos & videos Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:51:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.5 By: Ringmaster https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1358614 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:50:34 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1358614 Put a stop to rehiring people who have retired and collecting a pension, only to be paid as a consultant or employee.

]]> By: Ringmaster https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1358607 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:48:06 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1358607 Well said. Go the main PO and if you are lucky there are 2 people on the counter, and likely only one during lunch time. Hello, when would most people use the PO but in the lunch time?
So what are the other 100 doing?

]]> By: Walter Burgess https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1358400 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:42:21 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1358400 The first objective that needs to be addressed ASAP is to remove those on the Govt side that negotiate with the various unions and replace them with a team similar business skills of those on the SAGE commission.

The second objective is to determine if you can readdress these outrages pensions being collected by senior civil servants $2K + a month is crazy and when you look at the state of the civil service to boot what value did most of these senior civil servants bring and leave to their positions.

Just my view.

-FWB….

]]> By: concerned ambassador https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1358326 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:18:23 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1358326 I agree! 60 + sick days per year. Unheard of in the private sector! They should be cringing

]]> By: Take it Easy! https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1358174 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 20:33:17 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1358174 Saving money would lead to economic suicide!? WOW just WOW! BTW “economic suicide” was they way the PLP was running the country!

]]> By: swing voter https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1357980 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 19:31:11 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1357980 yup after being forced by law to contribute to the gov’ment fund for throughout my career, with 15 years to go before retirement, I’ve already been told by a pension administrator that there will be no money left in the public pension plan when I retire so don’t bother. The current CS, Police, etc, along with the Gov’t have sucked it dry. Thank god that I chose the private sector, my private pension plan is protected

]]> By: Worker https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1357925 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 19:19:32 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1357925 The unions should have been concerned when the PLP ran Bermuda into the ground. As a result their membership will have to take pay cuts,or job losses.The unions should also reduce their membership dues accordingly!

]]> By: Bermuda boy https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1357898 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 19:12:46 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1357898 Bermuda pays out to much money anyway. How much do we pay former premiers, army officers, police officers on top of their pensions. Just asking

]]> By: Voter https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1357704 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 18:19:18 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1357704 Yet yesterday there was only one person in parcel post, saying it was understaffed.

]]> By: LOL(original tm and all that) https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1357579 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:42:56 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1357579 So basically whether we lay off mass numbers of civil servants, or continue funding the service at current staffing levels which we can no longer afford, we’re screwed. Rock, meet hard place.

]]> By: swing voter https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1357526 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:26:50 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1357526 so gov’ment is bloated like a puffer fish, we all know that. SAGE has documented and reported what a lot of us already knew. They even offered several solutions to cure our disease called ‘over-spending’. Even Cayman is using SAGE report as an example of where they don’t want to go as a country.

WTF is the problem with cutting the fat? with 40 pennies of every tax dollar being used on salaries to keep people employed because they can’t make it in the private sector is a piss poor way to move forward.

For the country to survive on a whole, a few must be sacrificed….lets do what we must to save Bermuda.

]]> By: jt https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1357505 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:22:49 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1357505 Start with reducing paid holidays and sick time. Shift pensions to defined contribution plans.

]]> By: Truth is killin' me... https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1357336 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:37:57 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1357336 “THIS TOO SHALL PASS!”

]]> By: Justin https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1357326 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:35:49 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1357326 LOL! I love it. For those who can’t figure out what you are saying – Why does Bermuda need more than one union?

]]> By: O'Brien https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1357318 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:31:34 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1357318 This is like asking the turkeys what they think about Christmas.

Our civil service is many times overstaffed – and yet remains chronically dysfunctional and inefficient. The Post Office is one of many glaring examples (100 too many staff and it still won’t deliver mail if you don’t include the post code??). Worse still, it widely considered as a ‘job for life’ — offering job security undreamt of in the private sector.

The SAGE Commission has laid bare what we have all known for some time and has suggested means for Government to get things under control. The BPSU say they have ‘concerns’ – but they would say that, wouldn’t they?

]]> By: inna https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1357161 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:34:08 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1357161 SAGE report?

]]> By: Hmmm https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1357110 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:18:00 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1357110 “areas of duplication, waste, and inefficiency within Government”

What immediately springs to mind?

]]> By: inna https://bernews.com/2013/12/bpsu-concerns-with-elements-of-sage-report/#comment-1357053 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:00:36 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=244691#comment-1357053 so Mr Ball, where are your solutions?

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