“UNNCESSARY” managers should be axed before public services are cut, council whistle-blowers have claimed.

Glasgow City Council is facing tough decisions over its upcoming budget later this week, with around £68million in savings needed.

The Glasgow Times previously revealed reduced bin collection services, closing the popular Tollcross Children’s Farm and removing funding from the beloved Winterfest event are being considered to reduce outgoings.

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However, fed-up local authority staff have said a plethora of managerial positions should be first to go.

Sources, who have asked to remain anonymous due to their employment within the council, claim there are “overpaid” workers whose roles could easily be slashed.

One city council worker told the Glasgow Times: “It’s like jobs for the boys.

“A lot of these managerial positions aren’t needed; we have way more managers in John Street than we need.

“The ratio of staff to managers is way out of whack.”

Freedom of information (FOI) data has revealed there is an average of one manager to around six employees throughout the council headquarters.

However, this isn’t a cut-and-dry view of the council’s managerial system.

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The figures pertain to thousands of staff based in the council’s John Street base and other corporate workers scattered across the city.

But there is still a large chunk of employees, such as around 6,000 teachers, who aren’t included in the numbers because they are based outside of council headquarters.

With thousands of staff working outside of the main corporate office bases still reporting to senior managers within the George Square facilities, it’s difficult to confirm the exact ratio of employees to bosses.

Another worker added: “A lot of us know we have too many bosses and a manager who deals with one thing, while another manager deals with another – it could easily be combined to one person.

“I live in the city and to see the amount of cuts on the table, it feels like a bit of an insult when I know these people are floating around not doing very much.”

The local authority insists it has reduced the number of senior roles, with the majority of employees carrying out frontline work and managers taking charge of large teams.

It’s removed around 50 higher-up positions in recent years and leaked documents already revealed job losses, specifically managerial positions, were being considered as the city approaches one of its toughest financial years in decades.

A spokesperson said: “The council has, for some years, been reducing – not increasing – the number of people in senior roles. Currently, around 250 people out of more than 13,000 non-teaching staff are at grades nine to fifteen.

“There are, of course, people with management responsibilities outwith the formal leadership grades – but it would be a mistake to say they are not involved in frontline work.”