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Thrugelmir wrote: »Teachers like staff in the NHS. Move up grading scale points over time. So are able to earn reasonable salaries even without high inflationary increases. Far better than those in the private sector.
18 months ago one Company I was connected to. Reduced its staff pay by 10% across the board in order to survive.
Difficult times require difficult decisions.
Everybody I know in the NHS/Teaching is at the top of their pay point. In cases they are arbitrarily taking their jobs down a grade too whilst demanding the same level of "work".
The public sector isn't immune to what is going on in the wider work arena. This was going on under the previous administration too so not a Conlib idea in the NHS it was called agenda for change - catchy eh?"If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
ChiefGrasscutter wrote: »Part of the international aid budget comes back to the UK as work for the UK
So in practice rather than being truly 'aid' it is actually legalised government bribery.......the "we will give you some aid if you will give us an order for some high tech air traffic control equipment" sort of thing.
How bigger part heard them say yesterday it was to relieve disease, child poverty etc. Trying to make us look like a big world player when we no longer are. Fur coat no knickers...."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »Yep Rolls Royce would go to the highest bidder.
I hate to be the one to break it to you but it did already:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/107239.stm0 -
as I recall, the British car industry was for many many years supported by the state.
sadly they produced rubbish cars before the support and still produced rubbish afterwards
the state rarely picks winners0 -
I hate to be the one to break it to you but it did already:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/107239.stm
:doh:I thought kabayiri meant this one courtesy of Wiki
Rolls-Royce is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. As of August 2010, it was the 32nd largest company on the FTSE, with a market capitalisation of £10.24 billion.[8]
I live not far from one of the plants that went to Bentley, interesting visiting it in the days just before the BMW switch. Judging by the number of late badged VW/Audis flying about they are keeping up the car maker tradition of inflating their new car figures."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
as I recall, the British car industry was for many many years supported by the state.
sadly they produced rubbish cars before the support and still produced rubbish afterwards
the state rarely picks winners
Certainly don't want them interfering in anything to do with reality."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0
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