#ecq — Public Fediverse posts on home.social

I love working on Election Day. I like working in the polling stations. I like helping people to vote. I think it is a great way to spend the day.

So in QLD it has been the local and state elections and they are run by the #ECQ. It may all be chaotic but having a computer to mark people off provides a speedy process.

The #ECQ run it. They register our details in their system and they pay us. All good.

I’m moving to WA and the #AEC runs the elections.

Why I don’t want to work for the #aec

1. They use books not computers. Makes the days longer and harder.
2. They use a private firm to take your details and pay you. So basically you are a subcontractor. I’m forced to give my private details to a private company.

Maybe someone out there can tell me that this isn’t so but i’ve checked multiple times and i’m pretty sure it is.

The federal government is a big out sourcing firm who doesn’t run anything particularly well. It didn’t used to be this bad. I worked for #DFAT when I graduated. Over time they have become a big tax wasting mess. Where giving our taxes to mates to do the job we should be paying bureaucrats to do. You may think the usual trope of bureaucrats waste money but it takes a private company to change millions into billions with the extra bonus of bad unaccountable service. #qantas

#elections #fedgov #auspol