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Pat McFadden vows to make the state "more like a start up" as he deploys reform teams across country (www.gov.uk)

submitted 1 week ago by Joker@sh.itjust.works to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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Tech firm workers encouraged to join government for six to twelve month “Tours of Duty” to work on national missions.

Frontline public service workers including prison governors and social work heads to take up secondments in central government to deliver the Plan for Change.

Pat McFadden instructs departments to simplify “mind bogglingly bureaucratic and off-putting” application processes for civil service jobs.

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[–] frankPodmore 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What's the five-year failure rate for start-ups, again?

[–] Rogue@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's fine, Labour weren't going to be in charge in 5 years anyway

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 11 points 1 week ago

Tech firm workers encouraged to join government for six to twelve month “Tours of Duty” to work on national missions.

Why would anyone do this? You'd need to sacrifice your salary and your position at your current job for a temporary 6 to 12 month secondment.

[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This sounds a bit too much like Trumps decision to run America like a business to me.

[–] OrlandoDoom@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I can't believe Americans would go for that after hearing how trump ran his businesses.

[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 4 points 1 week ago

The question at this point is how many times can they be duped?

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

Or go for it again after seeing how he ran a country.

[–] kralk@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

It's just warmed up Cummings-ism. Load of shite from someone who should have a better understanding of how the civil service works.

[–] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So... run at a massive deficit in the hopes that we'll get acquired by a bigger country?

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

They'll float UK Plc on the stock market then dump their shares.

[–] bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

How can we trust people that say dumb shit like that?