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The ONS, like Eurostat is a genuinely useful organization full of people who care about the accuracy of numbers. When the original data was released, they were
by doingtheiroming 3y ago
The ONS, like Eurostat is a genuinely useful organization full of people who care about the accuracy of numbers. When the original data was released, they were clear that there were likely to be revisions. As it turns out the revisions are bigger than expected but the justification that during the Corona crisis, businesses didn't prioritize the form filling required by the ONS, is reasonable. There is also a change in methodology for many of the global stats agency in how GDP is calculated. The ONS is actually ahead of the game in getting that implemented. It's also had a positive effect, one that is likely to be replicated in other countries as they adopt the changes.
- brnt 3y agoAnyone from Eurostat present here? I tried tot look for jobs a few times, but many (all?) their positions require you to be 'delegated' from somewhere else. What's up with that and how does it work?
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- addcommitpush 3y agoIt means you're a civil servant in your own country (eg in the national statistical office) and you're sent to work at Eurostat for a period of time.
- brnt 3y agoDoes that mean most Eurostat staff isn't permanent?
- julienfr112 3y agoI used to work for the Insee, the French public statistics institute. Eurostat is small, and more about coordination and harmonisation, whereas most of the production of survey and statistics where handled by the statistics offices of each country. And most of Eurostat specialist are delagated from countries' stat offices. So first, get a job there, then move to eurostat.