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who do you think employs the most people in this country?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

hi just a quick question who do you think employs the most people in this country?

A -the M.O.D. (army/navy etc)

B -the N.H.S. (including paramedics/ambulance staff)

C -all the other emergency services

combined

D -tesco

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

got to be tesco

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

can i be different and say 'the public sector' haha

cos then im covering councils, health care workers, binmen, NHS and the MOD? lol

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By *eighleedsMan
over a year ago

leeds

NHS

MOD

Tesco

but for a true answer you have to sepearte it out between private and public sector employees

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"can i be different and say 'the public sector' haha

cos then im covering councils, health care workers, binmen, NHS and the MOD? lol "

you rule breaker!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The NHS is the largest employer in Europe isn't it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

you rule breaker!!! "

*rolls fingers together like Smithers from the Simpsons...*

Mwah ha ha haaaaaa - thats my evil laugh by the way lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

the answer is tesco!!!!!

how bad is that!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"

you rule breaker!!!

*rolls fingers together like Smithers from the Simpsons...*

Mwah ha ha haaaaaa - thats my evil laugh by the way lol "

lol x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

meh! funlad123 you ruined your own post by telling us! i was gripped at the edge of my seat waiting in anticipation lol

still think 'the public sector' has it though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"the answer is tesco!!!!!

how bad is that!"

You sure? I think the answer is the NHS.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"meh! funlad123 you ruined your own post by telling us! i was gripped at the edge of my seat waiting in anticipation lol

still think 'the public sector' has it though "

cheeky lol xxxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

the amount of times i get called cheeky in a day is crazy,, should have had my user name as cheekynsassy i think lol

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By *teborahCouple
over a year ago

warrington

The DHSS by a mile. and is growing by all accounts

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

1 Peoples Liberation Army (PLA), China, 2,300,000

2 Wal-Mart Stores, United States, 1,800,000 employees

3 Indian State Railways, India, 1,400,000

4 National Health Service (NHS), UK, 1,300,000

5 Deutsche Post, Germany, 502,545 employees

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_are_the_five_largest_employers_in_the_world#ixzz1Blnmf1Rd

ps, how many did you think worked for Tesco?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"ps, how many did you think work for Tesco?"

From my experiance about 40%

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The DHSS by a mile. and is growing by all accounts"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Asda is owned by Wal Mart

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"1 Peoples Liberation Army (PLA), China, 2,300,000

2 Wal-Mart Stores, United States, 1,800,000 employees

3 Indian State Railways, India, 1,400,000

4 National Health Service (NHS), UK, 1,300,000

5 Deutsche Post, Germany, 502,545 employees

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_are_the_five_largest_employers_in_the_world#ixzz1Blnmf1Rd

ps, how many did you think worked for Tesco?"

the question was about this country and was about front line hands on staff not the useless pen pushers who sit on their arses all day long

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

how do you define front line?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

you rule breaker!!!

*rolls fingers together like Smithers from the Simpsons...*

Mwah ha ha haaaaaa - thats my evil laugh by the way lol "

Thought it was Mr Burns !!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

you rule breaker!!!

*rolls fingers together like Smithers from the Simpsons...*

Mwah ha ha haaaaaa - thats my evil laugh by the way lol

Thought it was Mr Burns !!! "

you are correct.. im not with it today. am such a spaz lol

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

The NHS are by far the largest employer in the county, followed by the MOD, Tesco come third....and quite a long way back.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"how do you define front line?

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front line are the people who are at the sharp end of the stick doing the actual work,the n.h.s. employs and waste so much money on needless pen pushers who wouldnt know an arse from an elbow never mind which side of a plaster you use x

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

The NHS employs over a million more people in the UK than Tesco does.....if you believe there are over a million pen pushers employed by the NHS you are deluded.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The UK Corporation

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"The NHS employs over a million more people in the UK than Tesco does.....if you believe there are over a million pen pushers employed by the NHS you are deluded."

999,999 the other 1 was made redundant

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By *eighleedsMan
over a year ago

leeds


"

the question was about this country and was about front line hands on staff not the useless pen pushers who sit on their arses all day long "

but you defined country, but not job roll in your OP did you?


"

hi just a quick question who do you think employs the most people in this country?

A -the M.O.D. (army/navy etc)

B -the N.H.S. (including paramedics/ambulance staff)

C -all the other emergency services

combined

D -tesco"

so the reponses you have had are valid

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

surely a corp as big as the nhs needs pen pushers

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By *b430Man
over a year ago

Tayside


"surely a corp as big as the nhs needs pen pushers"

Nah people think all the Doctors and Nurses have the time to run it at the same time as treating all the Patients too!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Before I saw it was multiple choice, my first thought was Tesco LOL now I see it in there, I'm sticking with it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I went back and looked at the answers. Just shows you, I automatically assumed since they seem to be taking over the world

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By *andKCouple
over a year ago

Norfolk

Largest employer in the world is Indian Railways followed by Chinese Army followed by (UK) National Health Service

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