2026-05-07 23:39 UTC
@JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social
I get what they meant - the job is to implement the policies of the government of the day, regardless of if those policies are awful. But the fact that they basically said flat out “you have too much integrity to work here” is kind of stunning.
I wonder if it was the same round of recruitment you looked at - I’m trying to think back and I’m guessing it was probably in the latter half of 99 (i have a great memory for events/words but not for when in time they happened)
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@JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social 2026-05-08 06:23
@Lemlems@mastodon.social It would have been exactly that time - I graduated in 2000. I was probably slightly more centrist in my thinking back then, but still to the Left of Blair’s Labour. But well done on having the tenacity to apply and get that far! Absolutely no shame in being rejected on the grounds of having too much integrity. But when you look at how much poorly thought out and executed policy we’ve had to live through - maybe the civil service needed more people like you.