lol i like them both maybe thats why im nocashBut that's different, I like cars.
blimey charlie! whats wrong with a bottle of white cider and a packet of lambert and butler.... it was simple in my day, no self strangultion or anything
ticket prices are set by supply and demand attendances at most clubs is at 90% of stadium capacity. some dj is playing the echo arena and tickets £75 its sold out. the big night clubs in ibeza £50+ and they turn people away. how much does it cost to see a popular band? im not saying its right but its not just footballers who earn big £
edit i am saying it right that the players get the money
Ah, but another perspective is that RBS was a failing bank that had to be bailed out by the public purse, along with a few other banks. The people that bailed them out are in an amazing amount of debt, yet the people who ran the failing banks are in line for £50 billion of bonuses. I think that is what sticks in everyones throat.
I honestly could not accept bonuses if I was in their position, I would be too ashamed to. Not only because the company that I was running had performed so poorly, but because the rest of the community I live in were doing so badly because of a recession caused by the banking practices (which were bonus led). I just couldn't live with myself, but then I have a conscience and don't live with the mindset of a banker.
Do you really think that the billions of pounds of bad debt that were sold were because the banks wanted to see their customers have a better lifestyle? Or because shifting more debt earned bigger bonuses for the banks and the people running them? Who foots the bill when the bubble bursts and the customes cannot afford to repay? The bankers? I don't think so.
The bonus culture encourages people to cut corners and turn a blind eye to risks etc so that they can meet targets and reap the rewards.
An example. You have a van that can safely carry 1 ton. I pay you £10,000 to deliver 1.5 tons to London. Probably, being a responsible person, you would make 2 runs and keep within the speed limits.
I now offer you £1000 to take 1.5 ton to London. If you deliver it within 4 hours I will give you another £9,000. It is impossible to do 2 trips within that timescale and even one trip at the legal speed limit would probably arrive late. Would you still do 2 trips and stick to the speed limits?
If the millions of pounds weren't given to the high flyers as bonuses, we may actualy get reduced charges and a bit more interest for the money we give them to look after.
If we stop the bonuses they may very well flee our market, and then we would have some job vacancies for medium experienced people who may actually do a decent job.
A lot of the speculation of money is based on bonuses, so it actually payes a speculator to take even bigger risks with our money to inflate his/her bonus.
I am all in favour of a decent wage for a decent days work. What I am against is the ever growing culture that you get your wage for the job and you get ever increasing bonuses if you do your job correctly. In effect, they are getting paid twice. I come from an era where you get paid if you do a decent job and you don't have a job if you don't do a decent job. Don't forget that the "basic wage" for these bankers is an astronomical amount anyway.
I don't think anyone deserves to earn the equivalent of a big lottery win every year, and that goes for bankers, footballers etc etc. Especially when people like nurses etc are struggling to make a living.
oh and as of monday i'm a student nurse so bring on all the pay rises you want lol
They are going to be so upset when you turn up with oil stained hands.
Good luck mate. Are you going to continue with pub work part time or would that kill you?
lol aye... it's when i confuse my tools up and try to use a torque wrench to take someone's temperature i have to worry! lol