Pat McFadden vows to make the state "more like a start up" as he deploys reform teams across country

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Joker@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pat-mcfadden-vows-to-make-the-state-more-like-a-start-up-as-he-deploys-reform-teams-across-country

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@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
What’s the five-year failure rate for start-ups, again?

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- Rogue@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  It’s fine, they weren’t going to be in charge then anyway
  
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blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨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.

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ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
This sounds a bit too much like Trumps decision to run America like a business to me.

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- OrlandoDoom@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I can’t believe Americans would go for that after hearing how trump ran his businesses.
  
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  - ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    The question at this point is how many times can they be duped?
    
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  - zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Or go for it again after seeing how he ran a country.
    
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- kralk@lemm.ee ⁨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.
  
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cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
So… run at a massive deficit in the hopes that we’ll get acquired by a bigger country?

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- Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  They’ll float UK Plc on the stock market then dump their shares.
  
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bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
How can we trust people that say dumb shit like that?

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