tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post2169400981678928129..comments2023-10-12T00:07:25.722+13:00Comments on roarprawn: OUTRAGEOUS GOVERNMENT WASTEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-42467615705523100232008-10-24T10:05:00.000+13:002008-10-24T10:05:00.000+13:00Pique OilMy understanding is:There are some who de...Pique Oil<BR/><BR/>My understanding is:<BR/>There are some who decide what reports should be written (Senior Policy Analysts), <BR/>Some who decide what font should be used (Senior policy advisors)<BR/>Some who decide how many pages the report should contain (Policy advisors)<BR/>Some who collect facts and figures from NZ Statistics (Policy analysts)<BR/>Some who write reports, (Junion Policy Analysts) <BR/>some who ensure the report is readable (Policy Editors)<BR/>some who read the reports that were written and edited (Policy investigators), and<BR/>some who file the reports (policy team administrators.<BR/>Then there are the others (POlicy Directors, Policy Managers, Policy Team Leaders) who make sure that the others know what they are doing.<BR/><BR/>As I understand it, the damand for these people is so high (an average day shows 100 vacancies on the Gov'ts job site with the word POLICY in them) that the basic qualification is a temerature of 37.7 and a regular expansion and compression of the chest.<BR/><BR/>Of course, this is just what I understand. The truth may be something to be concerned about!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-12209085109288550192008-10-23T15:19:00.000+13:002008-10-23T15:19:00.000+13:00Excuse a poor ignorant old fella from the province...<I>Excuse a poor ignorant old fella from the provinces, but what exactly does a "Policy Analyst" do?<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Produce reports that are not read - that's in addition to the usual burocrat habits of scratching bits of anatomy, taking coffee breaks, having meetings, arriving late and leaving early, surfing the net, doing one's personal emails, and so on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-40896015133821045752008-10-23T13:32:00.000+13:002008-10-23T13:32:00.000+13:00Excuse a poor ignorant old fella from the province...Excuse a poor ignorant old fella from the provinces, but what exactly does a "Policy Analyst" do?<BR/>Is this another term for "Shiny Arse"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-57201733989509086442008-10-23T11:28:00.000+13:002008-10-23T11:28:00.000+13:00Just the tip of the iceberg!in 2002 the New Zealan...Just the tip of the iceberg!<BR/><BR/>in 2002 the New Zealand Food Safety Authority needed just five "policy analysts". Rumour is that they now have over 200!<BR/><BR/>That's GROWTH!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-91421174379015153282008-10-23T10:55:00.000+13:002008-10-23T10:55:00.000+13:00Don't forget courts and justice merged during this...Don't forget courts and justice merged during this period which accounts, in part for the big increase there.<BR/>still the other increases are astonishing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com