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Originally Posted by Rob C
And yet the government hires ever more civil servants (Gordon Brown did say they were going to cut back, but I don't think that's really happenned). On the other hand the answer to everything these days seems to be to throw more monitoring targets and the like at a problem. Does it solve a problem no. Do these "consultants" actually come up with anything new or novel I very much doubt it.
On the other hand, by emplying consultants it makes the government look good as they are giving work to private firms, and keeping their own employee numbers down.
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Many years back I worked for a firm which was perpetually going through a tough time. Every three months they would make people redundant, then within a week a fair few would be re-hired as "consultants" on a higher rate!
The logic was that the company, being a U.S. company, had it's performance measured on a "per capita" basis. Consultants weren't included in headcount. So, whilst they cost money, the turnover/profit
per employee worked out higher. So basically it was a way of twisting and manipulating figures.
In the Government's case, I wonder what exactly these consultants do... apart from put in some hefty bills. 1p in the pound off income tax... what a lovely thought... doesn't need a consultant to tell you that.