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Let me me begin to say hello my fellow gent carlwaring
Lets get right to the answers now..... ok buddy

Originally Posted by carlwaring

By what benchmark are you measuring? What is your experience in the sector that makes you qualified to make such a sweeping generalisation?

Well a tax payer in general carl plus a private sector worker for many years who seen all how the public sectors workers get for doing sweet fanny adams nothing but moan when they have work by pulling their finger out to work for there "self called" little amount of money..... like the BBC workers are public servants right ? Yes it's publicly funded for peats sake
So like any other public owned service it should be run on a tight shoe string no more extra expense than need unlike now days.
You have person for H & S person for paper pushing, person for that then this, then that it goes on!!! Typical time wasting exercises to fool unquestioning fellow tax payer/s paying their wages I may add, then they ask for a license fee on top after we paid for them already pure utter down right cheek I never leave nothing anything to chance as you have gathered, you have question everything leave nothing unturned I may add in todays world if you don't you will never know how little we a taxpayers have to rightly pay not be mugged at every corner with tax like untold numbers that do willing & not wake there feeling to the system of big government that make them slaves to the system.

Originally Posted by carlwaring

Okay. Which jobs, specifically, are "not needed" and why?

Good question, fellow kind sir.... well all the red tape jobs first & easy one like as that of a eg; personal manager, all H + S enforcers staff + alike then work your way from the top down, like it should be like. Shear off most top level management, then their paid followers. Then the assistant to all the middle management, then last cap all salaries below the point of inflation/interest rates not above like now!!! Hows for a start my second would be to drive down the cost of production to the minimum unlike now even only pay on percentage then the rest on performance rated pay.

Originally Posted by carlwaring

Really? I assume you really do have no clue as to how these things work?

Most public service work for there own cause, but it should never have been that way, blame the unions for that - they seam to want everything & anything for their members but never think theres a fine line between in the black or in the red mist + your on your own way to losing your job money wise.
As public servants, we paying their wages also to add giving them their job in the first place, respect should from top down to the tax payers... you don't see that when you hear about the chief exc bonuses or there expense claims no you don't just it's all take not in-thinking where there money came from in the primary stages. If these people want respect they have to earn it the hard way not slack away from there neck downwards. I know all about balancing costs as I work in private sector (SME), where cost are tight but there work to be had but overall we have a higher work rate & production than if it was run by public funded body, to compare eg private sector vs council (tax payer funded) doing the same jobs.
Yes you guessed it + most likely seen it too the "council" take longer, cost 3x as much even most times have to be redone from the private sector as errors have been made from day one!
Plus I've seen for myself on many times, public bodies employing "yes" agreeing brain zombies to do middle/higher management dirty work if that doesn't stink from high heaven what doesn't. Who gets the can first? it's the brain zombie not the management as the brainless idiot gets replace with another one or two hence the words "red tape" or " over the top government bureaucracy" come to mind > useless bunch the lot of them.

Originally Posted by carlwaring

Here's one for you then. Most "private radio operations" will pay one person to voice-track (ie basically pre-record) their week'-worth of shows and therefore can pay them less than they would to do all the shows in 'real time'; and that's just the one person who, if they did do their programmes "live" would be the only person in the studio; barring a possible Producer.
Compare and contrast that with BBC Radio 1 where (as far as I know) most shows are broadcast LIVE; certainly the daytime ones. And Radio 4? Well they're mostly talk, so they will have some people in the studio, a producer and at least one or two "technical" folk to control everything rather than being "self-op" like Radio 1 or any commercial station.

Well like all of the BBC's assortment of media outlets, they leach from other sources rather that source it for themselves, it's how BBC been ran since bean counters have taken over, oh way back when. Reading a piece the other day, how the BBC is trying to muscle out all the commercial sources in all type of media these days, take "the voice" on BBC1 theres a good example for you where corp' is heading - wanting to be a commercial but still over funded by tax payers squeezing out the smaller players that produce a higher quality of programming other than what rubbish the BBC produces in todays world. All repeats, poor lack luster type of programming, no new ideas + or themes but the old form of produced rubbish; then they wonder why are they viewing figure are falling big each year... any one guess why?
Btw I no need to watch any of BBC content as it all same I've though the years, even there radio stations > utter dire need of full removal, to free up the air waves for others to broadcast content on a local level.

Originally Posted by carlwaring

Subjective. You might think that. Others might not.

Thats true, each of us have our own views but the BBC corp needs to brought down to it's knees & it to be cut down to it real size - cut 75% of the lot of it, employ the empy space (programming) on a free lance basis like the commercial sector does, easy as that - plus run on shoe string budget no extra expense !! than it needs that way you cut cost & improve quality - a tried + tested formula for years.

So I hope I've answered all your questions, if not don't be afraid to ask carl buddy, enjoy your day whenever your reading this

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Originally Posted by Sirius

Have you ever posted a link from the BBC news site on this forum or do you EVER go to any BBC website ???
BTW here's a hint
YOU DO
And you state in your info you have TV so you are getting the BBC whether you like it or not. Pay your tax like the rest of us

Originally Posted by heero_yuy

If I've posted a link to a BBC website/article then that's usually because it comes up in a internet search and this site likes approved sources. I don't use BBC resources as I do not subscribe to their services. Yes I have TVs but as you're surely aware you may own as many TV sets, VCRs, DVD recorders, computers etc as you like, and they can be capable of receiving live TV, but still not need to pay the BBC tax. The facts

The BBC like the rest of us will have to live within it's means. Any job loss is unfortunate but that's the way it is.

Hia heero & Sirius having a good day?

Sorry I have agree with heero, on this one Sirius it says it all on back of your TV license look for yourself, I have even on the TVL web site ....... you only need a license if only your viewing a live feed broadcast only that not anything else.

Not: owning a number of TV's , DVD players, Moblie phone, computer etc

As long you use you equipment to watch Tv on demand, catch up services like BBC I player (not live) recorded programmed content you within your legal rights. Don't think one minute those TVL persons are for your benefit to visit you, there to collect a illegal tax which they have no power to in the first place, do remember that too.
Say nothing to them, don't answer there questions send them packing full stop.