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You use the word "sacked" but I would guess (and it is a guess) that many of the people working on Olympic services would have known they were on a limited term contract from the moment they applied for the job. To be honest, far from your best work DG, but it prompted a response, so effective nonetheless.
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Earlier in the week, when I heard that the unemployment figures had fallen for London, I thought of the likely queues at the capital's Job Centres on Monday.
Talking to some of the young staff in the sponsors' pavillions in the Olympic Park last week, it seems that most of them were graduates (directly recruited by people on their campuses), with nothing lined up to move on to. But, that will nicely (for a politician trying to mask the true problem of youth unemployment) distort the 'number of 2012 graduates going straight into employment' statistics.
Blue Witch | Homepage | 13.09.12 - 8:18 a.m. | #
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Also ... to Charles Van Commenee who raised the standard of british athletics .. you sacked yourself.
Brian | 13.09.12 - 8:23 a.m. | #
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Well, Boris declares the euphoria of the games has created another generation - so plenty more work for future parents.....
Margaret | 13.09.12 - 8:28 a.m. | #
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Surely some people from LOCOG will be employed in delivering "legacy", no?
Andrew | 13.09.12 - 8:33 a.m. | #
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Drama queen stuff. If you work for a major event with a date in its title, you don't have to be Einstein to work out that your employment's going to end after that date - and maybe even try to fix up something else for yourself afterwards?. What are you suggesting, that we should keep them all on doing nothing or pretending the Olympics are still happening. Ah, but then you did back Ken for Mayor, so perhaps the answer is "yes"....
David | 13.09.12 - 9:26 a.m. | #
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Glad to see your back to your usual cynical self. Those of us who remained cynical during the past couple of months have been feeling a bit beleaguered.
Peter Cameron | Homepage | 13.09.12 - 9:34 a.m. | #
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A bit rubbish really.
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Great post, I love it.
Back to life, back to reality.
Cxxs
Chris | 13.09.12 - 9:58 a.m. | #
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Still it looks good on the CV having said you participated in London 2012. And it would at least provide a talking point should you be lucky enough to get an interview.
KissenMe | 13.09.12 - 10:08 a.m. | #
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I think all the people employed by the Olympics should be kept on, and they can sit at home doing nothing on full pay. That would really solve the country's problems eh DG?
Today's post is not funny, or satirical, or interesting, it's just lazy and not very good.
madge | 13.09.12 - 10:26 a.m. | #
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in 1999 I was unemployed following redundancy and there was a lot of emphasis at the job centre for all out-of-work people in East London to take jobs at the Dome, though obviously these would have been for the year 2000 only. this is a very similar situation. it gives you something to put on your cv and reduces the number signing on, if only temporarily.
amber | 13.09.12 - 11:13 a.m. | #
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Actually it's nothing like DG suggests. Games makers were all retired people or students. Forces all go back to Afghanistan. G4S temporary workers were all students. ODA (actually a very small number of permanent workers) generally move onto Legacy Transformation. Olympic Broadcasting Services go back to Spain. CLM delivery partner workers go onto the next mega construction projects - Thames Tideway Tunnels, High Speed 2, Doha venue construction etc. Then there is a small LOCOG hardcore who follow the Games around from country to country and they'll go off to Brazil or Russia.
xmb53 | 13.09.12 - 12:18 p.m. | #
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I meant DG was using the image of being sacked as a metaphor for the bitter(sweet) feeling of going back to nothing special, to normal life.
But on a more down-to-earth plane, yeah, weren't they in the overwhelming majority unpaid volunteers?
barbara jacob | 13.09.12 - 1:28 p.m. | #
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Sometimes, one does have to wonder if people like David or madge even read the post. Or the blog, for that matter...
swirlythingy | Homepage | 13.09.12 - 2:03 p.m. | #
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Haven't they all just be reassigned to a team in charge of removing the Games-related process-magenta signage r-e-a-l-l-y ----s-l-o-w-l-y?
Just like the Games, fun while it lasted and sorry to see it gone.
Roehamster | Homepage | 13.09.12 - 2:11 p.m. | #
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DG some of your readers just don't get it! It must be a bit frustrating to get such pathetic criticism from ignorant bystanders!
Ian Brooker | 13.09.12 - 2:23 p.m. | #
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Err, if we "don't get it" then maybe it's not been written very well.
madge | 13.09.12 - 2:27 p.m. | #
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Ah, along come the cognoscenti to blast all the philistines who don't fall at DG's feet. Suspect he is rightly as immured to their fawning as to criticism. PS I read the blog daily.
David | 13.09.12 - 4:18 p.m. | #
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Sorry, should read: 'immune to their....'
David | 13.09.12 - 4:20 p.m. | #
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For the sake of a bit of variety, I'm quite happy to read DG's occasional stabs at satire, even though it's clearly not his strongest suit (kind of on the level of '10 O'Clock Live' i.e. decidedly patchy). Still, let's give him some slack for these infrequent lapses, when such a high proportion of his other posts are really worth reading.
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I thought it was funny! Perhaps the detractors could do better?
Bob Lindsay-Smith | 13.09.12 - 6:16 p.m. | #
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To be honest, far from your best work DG, but it prompted a response, so effective nonetheless.
Drama queen stuff.
A bit rubbish really.
Today's post is not funny, or satirical, or interesting, it's just lazy and not very good.
it's not been written very well.
I'm quite happy to read DG's occasional stabs at satire, even though it's clearly not his strongest suit.
Cheers everyone.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 13.09.12 - 6:49 p.m. | #
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Well I liked it!
CornishCockney | 13.09.12 - 8:32 p.m. | #
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These occasional bouts of jousting are very entertaining.
GAA | 13.09.12 - 10:49 p.m. | #
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What a bunch of pompous idiots. I enjoyed it (as usual).
Jim | 14.09.12 - 1:24 a.m. | #
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xmb53 - while OBS are based in Madrid, the bulk of their workforce are locally-hired, many of them students or recent grads. I think a lot of them came from Ravensbourne.
Also, is this a rare use of the London 2012 logo? Usually we get the bid logo.
martin | 14.09.12 - 6:26 a.m. | #
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DG is a quality blogger, and I'm sure he can take the heat when their is criticism of his work. After all, what worth is praise if one can't critique a poor performance?
Jordan D | 14.09.12 - 10:03 a.m. | #
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I found it entertaining.
I just can’t imagine HOW DG manages to go to work every day and then write his blog every night for 10yrs. Well done DG..
Peter | 14.09.12 - 11:34 a.m. | #
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I have just seen a big issue seller waering a volunteer's uniform and with a LOCOG identity badge his line being "Im now reduced to this" So DG may not necessarily be on the wrong track!
Peewit | Homepage | 14.09.12 - 12:54 p.m. | #
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In a way when you consider the gist of what DG was saying, perhaps it's not surprising G4S couldn't recruit all the staff they needed, a short term security guard isn't a particularly attractive offer if you can get more long term work elsewhere. And, unlike the 'customer facing' jobs, unlikely to improve a cv much...
Mikey C | 14.09.12 - 1:50 p.m. | #
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Well, I liked it (in the poignant kind of way I imagine DG intended), and I tweeted a link to it when I'd read it and got some retweets too so evidently I wasn't alone.
I'm not sure why people choosing to read an invaluable free blog from a dedicated, unpaid blogger feel compelled to comment telling him when they haven't enjoyed it. But then I tend to think that if you can't say something nice to someone - and can't see anything particularly good that might come about from saying something constructively critical - don't say anything to them.
Paul | Homepage | 14.09.12 - 1:58 p.m. | #
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Ditto Paul's entry above.
Everyones a critic but it doesn't make them right.
Amused | 14.09.12 - 5:31 p.m. | #
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In fairness to me (!) I also say when I've enjoyed a post.
David | 15.09.12 - 6:38 p.m. | #
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I worked for LOCOG and to be fair we all knew when our end date would be and no one though this would be a job for life!
mgmidget66 | 17.09.12 - 1:43 p.m. | #
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