Ah, The Central Computing and Telecommunications Agency.
I had an interview with them, for a sandwich placement. They were already paying the shittiest wages of the employers we dealt with. When I was offered the role, they dropped the salary by £500, because I was 20, not
21, and "that's how the civil service works". They actually called my up when I declined the offer, to ask why, as I was the 5th person to turn them down. I explained that if they paid people by how old they were, as opposed to how good they were, then they wouldn't necessarily attract the calibre of person they needed. It was instructive that the lady I spoke to (and who interviewed me) really didn't see why on earth they should ever want the best person for the job. Didn't people realise they had tradition, and a long history of service ?In the event I got a placement at British Gas, while it was privatised. We had to call house services to move a desk, which took a week.
Tell that to the kids of today ;)