2w ago

Cabinet Ministers defend hiking board fees for Crown bodies

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Tbh, the pay rise is reasonable. But the rhetoric from government is never the same. It's just what they want it to be.
There's no money for public services. Except this one time. And this other time. Oh and for our mates
- From 90,000 to 162,000 is most certainly not reasonable. That's an 80% raise. Who else gets a 80% raise?
  
  OK sure it's a big raise. But from what I gather they are doing (could be completely misunderstanding the job or the article hasn't clearly defined well enough for me) but I'd think that was inline with other sectors with that kind of responsibility. Maybe I'm completely deluded 🤷
One thing about the claim that its needed to attract talent is that from what I can see as an outsider looking in, getting onto boards is all about networking and who you know. The "skills" you bring are usually post-factum justifications for their appointment. And alot of the time boil down to, well this person's been on a lot of boards before, so they must be good.
Also notice, people tend to fail upwards into board positions? They're former (often failed) CEOs etc.
- exactly. It's all reacharounds and corruption.

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