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RBS Investment Bank Christmas Party
Sunny_Saver
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I've just got an email from a friend who's been temping at the investment banking division of RBS/ABN for about four years. NEVER ever has she been invited to the staff Christmas party because she's a temp.
This year for the first time, she received an email telling her to save the date for the Christmas party on 27 November.
1. Do you think RBS investment bankers deserve a Christmas party at taxpayers' expense?
2. Isn't it a coincidence that the moment our [ie taxpayers' money] is being spent people who aren't normally invited are invited!
SS
I've just got an email from a friend who's been temping at the investment banking division of RBS/ABN for about four years. NEVER ever has she been invited to the staff Christmas party because she's a temp.
This year for the first time, she received an email telling her to save the date for the Christmas party on 27 November.
1. Do you think RBS investment bankers deserve a Christmas party at taxpayers' expense?
2. Isn't it a coincidence that the moment our [ie taxpayers' money] is being spent people who aren't normally invited are invited!
SS
“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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1. What have your friend and her colleagues personally done to deserve losing one of their perks?
2. Probably. Perhaps it was an oversight in previous years."The trouble with quotations on the Internet is that you never know whether they are genuine" - Charles Dickens0 -
1. Their downfall has been caused by exceptional market conditions and poor boardroom decisions. Why should the overwhelming majority of hard working staff lose out for this?
2. No. It's probably a different person in HR who has made a different decision to previous years.
Most bank staff receive fairly poor salaries topped up by half decent perks and share schemes. Many have lost several thousand pounds in share options that they can ill afford - not as a consequence of their own actions.
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opinions4u wrote: »
Most bank staff receive fairly poor salaries topped up by half decent perks and share schemes.
That's sweet: someone who recognises that not all investment bankers earn lots of money...“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.”
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Hungerdunger wrote: »1. What have your friend and her colleagues personally done to deserve losing one of their perks?
It was never a 'perk'... because some years the investment banking division never had a party, ie during the bad times. It was only in the last two/three years they had one and temps were never invited.“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.”
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Sunny_Saver wrote: ».. I've just got an email from a friend who's been temping at the investment banking division of RBS/ABN for about four years. NEVER ever has she been invited to the staff Christmas party because she's a temp.
This year for the first time, she received an email telling her to save the date for the Christmas party on 27 November. ...
Your friend should thank the EU. Temporary and part time staff now have the same rights as full time staff - discrimination like not inviting to official functions, not paying sick leave or holidays is no longer allowed."How could I have been so mistaken as to trust the experts" - John F Kennedy 19620 -
I don't think she has sick leave or holidays!! I'll check!Your friend should thank the EU. Temporary and part time staff now have the same rights as full time staff - discrimination like not inviting to official functions, not paying sick leave or holidays is no longer allowed.
I thought temps got paid more because they don't have perks such as these?!“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.”
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1. I echo others comments, it's only fair that the 'common' staff should have a party, it will certainly help their morals and thus their attitude towards the work and CS.Sunny_Saver wrote: »Hi
I've just got an email from a friend who's been temping at the investment banking division of RBS/ABN for about four years. NEVER ever has she been invited to the staff Christmas party because she's a temp.
This year for the first time, she received an email telling her to save the date for the Christmas party on 27 November.
1. Do you think RBS investment bankers deserve a party?
2. Isn't it a coincidence that the moment our [ie taxpayers' money] is being spent people who aren't normally invited are invited!
SS
2. Probably an oversight or as per other members suggestion, implementation of the new EU law.0 -
Wouldn't it be relevant to tell us who actually pays for this Christmas party that intrigues you so much?If you want to test the depth of the water .........don't use both feet !0
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Wouldn't it be relevant to tell us who actually pays for this Christmas party that intrigues you so much?
It's an open question... it's not intriguing. There was outrage when directors went on a jolly a few days after the bailout so I just wondered what people thought of taxpayers paying for a Christmas party for people who work in RBS's investment banking in general.“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.”
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It was never a 'perk'... because some years the investment banking division never had a party, ie during the bad times. It was only in the last two/three years they had one and temps were never invited.
How temporary is this Temp ??
Sounds like she's been there longer than most of the Board !!!
P.S. The Investment Banks I worked in, always had Xmas Party's irrespective of "bad" or good times, and the Temps who worked there for months always came !!!'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'0
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