tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post1983175563869672073..comments2024-01-12T18:59:05.080+00:00Comments on Defence With A "C": Part-TimeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-52638065167714374032015-11-08T18:48:01.485+00:002015-11-08T18:48:01.485+00:00Hi Topman,
Ah right, I'll have a look about. ...Hi Topman,<br /><br />Ah right, I'll have a look about. That seems like a logical move with the job sharing. And if the system provides extra flexibility which keeps experienced people in the services longer then it can't hurt.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18182426936194426623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-60691595393705719622015-11-07T18:57:26.032+00:002015-11-07T18:57:26.032+00:00Hi Chris,
Your idea has got some traction inside N...Hi Chris,<br />Your idea has got some traction inside NEM and has been publically stated. But less with reservists and more at full time who want to go part time, even things like job sharing. So someone who has a change in circumstances, say having children, might like to go back but part time. I'm not sure if reservists are likely to be included, but they could job share with a regular. How far it will go I don't know. A lot the NEM stuff/ideas should be online none of it is secret stuff.Topmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-38833550440696181042015-11-07T16:08:50.961+00:002015-11-07T16:08:50.961+00:00I fear you've smacked the nail on the head bas...I fear you've smacked the nail on the head basically. The reserves shake up is more about saving cash than producing an optimum reserve force, whatever that might look like.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18182426936194426623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-23459628745619565462015-11-05T16:14:45.702+00:002015-11-05T16:14:45.702+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gloomy Northern Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12232768532707968591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-21730400732364308342015-11-05T16:14:12.985+00:002015-11-05T16:14:12.985+00:00Much depends on what Government wants to achieve.....Much depends on what Government wants to achieve...if the aim is to claim a bigger army than we have at the lowest possible cost but with potentially limited effectiveness, the current system works just fine. If the aim is to be able to genuinely increase useful mass quickly the kind of part-time soldiering we are talking about might well be a way forward...a sort of modern version of the half-pay Naval and Army Officers who got drawn in to all kinds of useful activities in the early years of Empire. And there would be (some) cost savings (basing and domestic costs, mostly)...but it would be nothing like as cheap as the TA.<br /><br />Which is probably why it won't happen...<br /><br />GNBGloomy Northern Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12232768532707968591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-79676388669770155832015-11-03T16:01:07.407+00:002015-11-03T16:01:07.407+00:00Hello GNB,
That's the thing, as the minute b...Hello GNB, <br /><br />That's the thing, as the minute being a reservist is not really a viable "part-time job" so to speak. For some that's fine, they're looking for and can only manage a small commitment. But there's probably a reasonably big pool of people who might be tempted if there was more hours to be had on a semi-regular basis. Lot's of stay at home parents now, self-employed people as you say (who have admittedly varying degrees of time flexibility), various students. <br /><br />It's not a one size fits all approach, but it might fit many.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18182426936194426623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-10049905860092463412015-11-03T12:42:09.754+00:002015-11-03T12:42:09.754+00:00...should have thought in these days of "port......should have thought in these days of "portfolio careers" and self-employment that this idea has much merit...I'd also think ten hours a week at the TA Centre was a better way to work your way through college than pulling pints or delivering pizza...<br /><br />GNBGloomy Northern Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12232768532707968591noreply@blogger.com