Just impoverished kids trying to scrape a living off streets that were already overworked.
And to say we have to increase productivity is outrageous given the fact that, with the loss of many librarians, those who remain are already overworked".
Public servants were already overworked when the massive task of devising an insulation scheme for millions of homes was dumped on them, an inquiry has heard.
But they are already overworked, having played six Europa League games in autumn, and they have the added distraction of trying to defend the FA Cup – their semi-final against Arsenal at Wembley, next Saturday, looms larger than their league games.
Healthcare workers have also already criticised the proposals, fearing that without significant investment they will just put more pressure on staff who are already overworked and seeing dozens of patients every day to plug gaps in service provision.
In any case, the very concept of adoption is not welcomed in some ethnic cultures, meaning that families rule themselves out of adopting and it's no good saying that's the sort of thing social workers need to address when huge cuts are being made to a profession that's already overworked.
He said he thought about five directors might lose their jobs but added: "The problem is they will then cascade work down to people who are already overworked".
As for teachers themselves, we're already overworked and underpaid.
