A fellow blogger Chrissy has expressed it far better than I could:

For those of you reading this who imagine “Civil Servants” to be members of the bowler hat brigade in the corridors of power let me take this opportunity to advise that civil servants fulfil a number of every day roles within your community most of whom you wouldn’t realise until they are gone!….. Civil servants are sitting beside their military colleagues, running citizens advice bureau’s, teaching children, taking away bed pans, cleaning corridors, the Police, the Firemen, Prison Officers, advising the unemployed, the list goes on! I find myself wondering who is going to advise us!

These people are carrying out work for a reasonable wage and have worked under fixed terms and conditions throughout their career, bearing in mind negotiations for a number of years have resulted in a reduction in potential wage increases simply because it was felt that civil servants have such good terms that this should be reflected in the wage expected!…. Now it seems that our employers have no honour and think that they can play with our lives as they see fit!….

Head over to Chrissy’s blog to read the full article and view the illustrative artwork that accompanies the post.