Tesco Discussion Chat & Grabbits 11+ Xmas/New Year Edition

debsjc

Decay wrote: »

Some of the things people mention are the prices on the SEL at my store so don't really seem a bargain to me, anyone else think the same ?

Demister pads 25p
Andrex ( small handy rolls) 50p

Off for a quick look around before I go out on the works p*ss up

I thought the Andrex on the go was 25p a roll?

sandersjake16

Happy Chappy's glitch and B*tch bar

Owner: Happy Chappy
Manager: sandersjake16
Deputy: locarr
Accountant/secretary: Niikilala
Stock control: frequent
Bouncer: DSG
Busty barmaid: Miss Laid
Bartender1: lookingforabargain
Bartender2: kandfsmum
Bartender3:Looby123
Cocktail maker: 3Dogs
Washer: Purditta
Food/chocolate: Sunflower
Pole Dancer:Blondy nurse
Singer: Fudge cake
Creche manager:
+ Regulars:
1: gemini
2:dance crazy legs
3(intelligent quizzer in corner):Old Bear
4:Supersavvy
5: Dans_girl (drunken dancer)

Decay_2

shedboy94 wrote: »

I work in the civil service and will have paid into my pension for at least 43 years by the time I retire.....out of interest how much do you think my pension will be?

On Sky news a few months back, it said for someone in the private sector to get the same pension as the average paid teacher they would have to pay £500,000 into a pension fund.

Edit: Just found it in the Telegraph also

mymerrywidow

i am not hanging around and listening to people fighting over a teachers/pay/job/pension. will come back when harmony is restored.

Dopey_Sleepy_Grumpy

Morning/afternoon all, finally surfaced from my drunken slumber. Hope you all have a great day with your Christmas prep. celebrations. OH went to tesco very late last night and said that lots of things were due to expire today, looks like a good day for whoopsies. Gotta get on with some housework so will pop back on later, what time does the bar open lol

sandersjake16

Decay wrote: »

On Sky news a few months back, it said for someone in the private sector to get the same pension as the average paid teacher they would have to pay £500,000 into a pension fund.

Edit: Just found it in the Telegraph also

Without meaning to take sides, right wing news papers are hardly the best for comparing public sectors. Also from workin in a place that offers a surprisingly good private pernsion, it is up to your employers and the way they invest, there are different types of private pernsion schemes, some which the CEOs choose to fade out so they can personally take more money in their pockets. If anyone is to blame it is bankers and CEOs etc.

To add: I work in what people would call the lower end of a private sectorl just above minimum wage, and in my area (fair enough I'd need to do OT alot and pay more contributions...just like public sectors are asked) we can earn pensions similar to teachers etc, and they do alot of work outside school etc.

I should really shut up now, just proving a point. I'm in private sector and support public pensins of your average worker, but like the private sector i don't support those of the big bodies

locarr

If you want to argue about public sector pensions please take it over to DT.

Else someone is in danger of being nominated the glitch and B*tch pub bore!!:cool:

caz2703

sandersjake16 wrote: »

Without meaning to take sides, right wing news papers are hardly the best for comparing public sectors. Also from workin in a place that offers a surprisingly good private pernsion, it is up to your employers and the way they invest, there are different types of private pernsion schemes, some which the CEOs choose to fade out so they can personally take more money in their pockets. If anyone is to blame it is bankers and CEOs etc.

I'm not picking sides, just remembering back to one of my old jobs.

I used to work for a pensions company and one of the jobs my colleagues did was to go out to big companies, do presentations on various options for pensions schemes then set them up and administer them.

I recall one colleague saying about a presentation he'd gone out on with one of the directors. He said how the company they were talking to were asking how little they could get away with paying as employer contributions. The director said that they should do the best the could for their employees to keep them happy and that around 6% was a good figure. My colleague nearly choked - the company we worked for only paid 3%!

Long gone are the days of final salary, it's all the cheapest options now for the employer. I used to know all the lingo but thankfully I'm out of that sector.

shedboy94

midwinter wrote: »

probably more than my private fund.

I see soooooo many people who have retired between the ages of 40 and 50, worked for the government in one way or another, and find instead of retiring at 60, I now have to work to 66, to partly fund the pensions of those, (who have been allowed to retire a good 20 years before me), who have been given golden goodbyes/enhanced pension deals to take early retirement.

I personally have yet to meet anyone who has retired at 50, let alone 40. As it stands now, I will have to work till I'm 68 before I retire, although this will probably rise by the time I get there, so 66 sounds a good deal. You say you fund pensions.......do you know this for a fact..?? I have no idea where my tax goes......it could be going to fund wars, the NHS, overly generous state benefits, new roads.......anything.........Public sector workers get a pension because they pay into them themselves, potentially fund the rest through their own Tax, and also enjoy lesser pay than the private sector, no pay rises, no bonuses or perks that other private sector workers can get. If people think public sector pensions are so generous then why don't they get a job in the public sector........just like people that think teachers holidays are generous....why didn't they become a teacher?

Rant over!!!!

French_Knickers

midwinter wrote: »

I quite agree.

They also don't work Bank holidays, or 12 hour days.

And don't get me started on public pensions! lol

Can we keep this kind of pretentious stuff off this thread please. Everyone has a view, we all do different jobs and some don't work at all, some are rich, some are poor but we are all EQUAL on this thread.

Lets keep it that way.