Government: Number of civil servants falls 0.4% in March
In the first quarter of the year, 608,746 people worked as civil servants, representing a 0.4% drop against the same period last year.
The number of civil servants in Portugal fell 0.4% to 608,746 over the first quarter of 2012, according to figures released by the public administration employment directorate (DGAEP) on Wednesday.
Central administration workers, who make up 75% of all public servants, decreased by 0.6% to 454,606 workers. The autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores also saw the number of civil servants drop. Meanwhile, local administration bucked the main trend and registered an employee increase of 0.1%.
On the labour market, jobs in public administration are held by 11.1% of the working-age population representing 12.9% of the workforce.
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mattus
That’s too many civil servants for the size of the country, this is one of the reasons why Portugal is bankrupt.
PG
not just too many civil servants , but a total lack of efficiency and accountability. I have never seen such an inefficient country and bound up in paperwork , especially considering the use of computing.
The other bad practice is that of openeing hours , sorry to say this ramins a style of the 1960′s .
Civil service management has to be made accountable , not just to the politicians but to the citizens.
Portuguese government and civil service has forgotten that they are there to run the country for the CITIZENS to the best of their ability.
Mattus
I agree, although civil service and ineptitude often go hand in hand, in Portugal it is taken to an extreme level.