On Monday, February 22, 2016 at 1:49:12 PM UTC-5, wrote:
"Stephen Davenport" wrote in message
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On Monday, February 22, 2016 at 12:15:59 PM UTC-5, Norman Lynagh wrote:

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I wonder how the union has worked out that Met Office pay is 20-30% below
that
in the private sector? Is that basic salary scales or total salary and
benefits?
It makes a difference. I doubt if private sector organisations would be
willing
to disclose that sort of information anyway. No-one has asked me what I
earn and
if they did they would be told it was none of their business.

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That interests me, too. Is the union comparing with what they might deem
"equivalent" positions in private sector science or strictly with private
sector meteorology? If the latter then I would be very surprised indeed at
that 20-30%. And as you say it would make quite a difference if that were
basic pay or with benefits.
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Most people in the MetO are not forecasters. Many are in IT, research
(climate etc) or human resources/marketing/business etc. So the comparison
is not with meteorology sector only.

Will
--
" Some sects believe that the world was created 5000 years ago. Another sect
believes that it was created in 1910 "
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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Right. Thanks.

However, that is also true of the private sector. I wasn't assuming only forecasters. Private sector meteorological service companies also have IT, research, HR, marketing and sales departments.

Stephen.