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574 public service employees declared surplus in last four months, already equal to 2011 total

‘We expect this trend to continue in the next year,’ says Public Service Commission president Anne-Marie Robinson.

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times
The Hunger Games: Public Service Commission president Anne-Marie Robinson says the number of surplus workers in the bureaucracy will continue to increase.

Public service employees are moving out of their cubicles and on to job wait-lists as the results of office job competitions—known among workers as the Hunger Games of the public service—are beginning to be revealed.

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574 public service employees declared surplus in last four months, already equal to 2011 total

‘We expect this trend to continue in the next year,’ says Public Service Commission president Anne-Marie Robinson.

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times
The Hunger Games: Public Service Commission president Anne-Marie Robinson says the number of surplus workers in the bureaucracy will continue to increase.

Public service employees are moving out of their cubicles and on to job wait-lists as the results of office job competitions—known among workers as the Hunger Games of the public service—are beginning to be revealed.

  

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