Comments on: Director of Digital Engagement – Cabinet Office. http://podnosh.com/blog/2009/02/17/director-of-digital-engagement-cabinet-office/ Social media, active citizens, government, neighbourhoods and more. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:26:58 +0000 http://podnosh.com/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Andy Mabbett http://podnosh.com/blog/2009/02/17/director-of-digital-engagement-cabinet-office/comment-page-1/#comment-1088 Andy Mabbett Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:32:02 +0000 http://podnosh.com/blog/2009/02/17/director-of-digital-engagement-cabinet-office/#comment-1088 Heaven forbid that this job might stop Stephen Fry doing the things he already does. Are we all sure that Jo Geary is really off to The Times? Seriously: I haven't seen one woman's name put forward. Heaven forbid that this job might stop Stephen Fry doing the things he already does.

Are we all sure that Jo Geary is really off to The Times?

Seriously: I haven’t seen one woman’s name put forward.

]]> By: Nick Booth http://podnosh.com/blog/2009/02/17/director-of-digital-engagement-cabinet-office/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 Nick Booth Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:47:34 +0000 http://podnosh.com/blog/2009/02/17/director-of-digital-engagement-cabinet-office/#comment-1087 Interesting. One person I reckon would have the brains, tact and gravitas to get peoples attention in the right places would be Stephen Fry. Think on. Interesting. One person I reckon would have the brains, tact and gravitas to get peoples attention in the right places would be Stephen Fry. Think on.

]]> By: Simon Dickson http://podnosh.com/blog/2009/02/17/director-of-digital-engagement-cabinet-office/comment-page-1/#comment-1086 Simon Dickson Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:07:21 +0000 http://podnosh.com/blog/2009/02/17/director-of-digital-engagement-cabinet-office/#comment-1086 On one level, it's a lot of money - the application pack puts the starting salary at £120k. But for the highest fliers, that's probably a pay cut, and maybe too big a cut to stomach. A couple of other names to throw in: maybe DJ Collins, European comms director at Google, a man with good Labour connections. Or Ashley Highfield, ex BBC, although he's just started a new job at Microsoft. But the election date looms large over this. The opinion polls would suggest that you'll start working for one boss, then suddenly have someone else coming along midway through. That's going to put a lot of people off. On one level, it’s a lot of money – the application pack puts the starting salary at £120k. But for the highest fliers, that’s probably a pay cut, and maybe too big a cut to stomach.

A couple of other names to throw in: maybe DJ Collins, European comms director at Google, a man with good Labour connections. Or Ashley Highfield, ex BBC, although he’s just started a new job at Microsoft.

But the election date looms large over this. The opinion polls would suggest that you’ll start working for one boss, then suddenly have someone else coming along midway through. That’s going to put a lot of people off.

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