"Ten years without working and €51,000 a year," alleges forum user

A forum post: ten years collecting €51,000 without setting foot in the job

A forum participant claims that several civil servants were receiving salaries without attending their posts. According to his account, one case involved accumulating ten years of absence while earning a salary of €51,000 per year; another case involved 26 years in the same situation without ceasing to receive pay. The same forum user maintains that the complaint originated from colleagues at the library where the first individual was assigned, who relayed it to a Valencian journalist.

What cases are reported in the forum

The thread anonymously reviews several profiles. The longest case involves an employee who, according to one message, allegedly showed up in una manola only to go back to sleep. Added to this is another worker who reportedly clocked in for twenty colleagues at once. The forum user maintains that the file regarding the ten-year case ended in dismissal, while the others remained on payroll. None of this has official confirmation.

Public absenteeism and taxpayer money

The thread reignites an old discussion: how much absenteeism in public administrations costs and who pays the bill. Some argue that accountability should include the return of received salary and incivil charges; others counter with the argument that an objective-based control system already punishes poor performance. Another current view goes further, openly calling for an economic crisis that forces cuts in public staffing, while some defend eliminating all public sector presence. The case details, including the breakdown of years, salary, and assignment location, are in the forum thread.

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With what has been published, it is impossible to know how many such cases exist across the administrations. The forum presents a handful of cases. The global figure, which would allow measuring the extent of the problem, remains unknown.