hill83
Well-Known Member
Pathetic
Fine I’ll shut up and not bother
So it is down to the government to provide more relief for those made to shut through no fault of their own
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Im sorry but that shows your total lack of understanding how the global world works
It’s very naive and I’m not even being funny but it’s a public sector view of a private sector demand led issue
I agree it’s just me me me and impossible to discuss
I could say the same for your view of my work.
I don't have the answer or claim to. But I do know shutting down everything would be a disaster. Let's close Openreach down and see how long the infrastructure lasts for people to WFH.
Openreach who are being torn a new one already! Missus works closely with them, not a happy time.
Yes and it's a shit situation. I'd prefer schools to be closed and some free time off to look after my son.
I've had an absolute shit year of it work wise. I've had 1 day off since 14th December. A £5k paycut, and I still have to go into an office.
Do I moan, well yes I am right now. Have you stopped moaning for the last 9 months? Have you bollocks.
Starting to piss me off.
Said this when some of the public sector were moaning about a pay freeze. It's like it's a different world for some people. They will moan to their union, have a little strike and get some money.
I refuse to go to work and I'm at the job centre. I'm not getting a pay rise every year but it pays my bills.
Like you, I'd love to be able to sit in with my daughter and "stay safe" but I really don't have a choice but to work. The same as you and your son's mum.
Not necessarily. There are many jobs that could be done from home that aren't. You're seriously telling me a *digital marketing company* needs to insist all its staff go into the office? Now tbf that company, only one person of the staff hasn't had Covid - best hope for their sake immunity is a thing with the others.Exactly the private sectors are very different to public ones.
None of us have a choice but to go in if we're told to.Said this when some of the public sector were moaning about a pay freeze. It's like it's a different world for some people. They will moan to their union, have a little strike and get some money.
I refuse to go to work and I'm at the job centre. I'm not getting a pay rise every year but it pays my bills.
Like you, I'd love to be able to sit in with my daughter and "stay safe" but I really don't have a choice but to work. The same as you and your son's mum.
Guess we can be thankful we still have jobs when we moan as small businesses are being killed off left, right and centre.
Not necessarily. There are many jobs that could be done from home that aren't. You're seriously telling me a *digital marketing company* needs to insist all its staff go into the office? Now tbf that company, only one person of the staff hasn't had Covid - best hope for their sake immunity is a thing with the others.
As for bankrupting companies, better for a short term subsidy to get to a stage of increased consumer confidence to actually buy things, then slowly drag out a business's death by expecting it to function as normal.
Nobody, but nobody, is saying all jobs should go to WFH, but you can make more of an effort to make more of them WFH.
Personally I think now is the time to be radical - increase salaries for those who have to go in, decrease those who don't. Try to address some imbalance.But everyone has issues you are not unique and in some respects are far more privileged than others but there is never any recognition of that
I hesitate to get into that because I could quite easily* get a new job and try to get into the public sector, but I don't disagree with what you are saying.
*probably not easy
Not necessarily. There are many jobs that could be done from home that aren't. You're seriously telling me a *digital marketing company* needs to insist all its staff go into the office? Now tbf that company, only one person of the staff hasn't had Covid - best hope for their sake immunity is a thing with the others.
As for bankrupting companies, better for a short term subsidy to get to a stage of increased consumer confidence to actually buy things, then slowly drag out a business's death by expecting it to function as normal.
Nobody, but nobody, is saying all jobs should go to WFH, but you can make more of an effort to make more of them WFH.
But that's it. I'm not saying it can. It's without doubt that there's a fair number of businesses where it's a cultural desire to get people in to work rather than a need. And government needs to lead on shifting that. Doing that doesn't stop there being recognition that *everything* can't stop.Head Office wise we are I'd guess 99% WFH. Warehouse and pharmacy wise can't be done.
Who pays the increase in my salary?Personally I think now is the time to be radical - increase salaries for those who have to go in, decrease those who don't. Try to address some imbalance.
Personally I think now is the time to be radical - increase salaries for those who have to go in, decrease those who don't. Try to address some imbalance.
When you go to work, do you have to supervise 30+ people in a space that is poorly ventilated, where social distancing is impossible and where you have to place yourself at constant risk of contracting a virus? Do you have to repeat this cycle 5/6 times a day with 30+ new people every time?Said this when some of the public sector were moaning about a pay freeze. It's like it's a different world for some people. They will moan to their union, have a little strike and get some money.
I refuse to go to work and I'm at the job centre. I'm not getting a pay rise every year but it pays my bills.
Like you, I'd love to be able to sit in with my daughter and "stay safe" but I really don't have a choice but to work. The same as you and your son's mum.
Guess we can be thankful we still have jobs when we moan as small businesses are being killed off left, right and centre.
The people who get the decrease.Who pays the increase in my salary?
The people who get the decrease.
Should have salaires redrawn anyway. Certain professions deserve far more than they get and others... less.nw is Norman Tebitt
But everyone has issues you are not unique and in some respects are far more privileged than others but there is never any recognition of that
This private/public sector debate doesn't do anyone any good and it just divides the workforce. You don't know any of my background other than where I went to school but are pretty quick to judge. Then again you have been flaunting your salary around here for years and on occasion mocked other people's income.
If I say I think there should be a short term nationwide lockdown it doesn't mean I think every business can close its doors or that I'm fine with people losing their jobs. The whole point of my job is to put others before myself which is what I've done the best I can. It doesn't mean I think everyone else is dossing it up. You can see the case numbers and the evidence which shows that in the UK there is a new more infectious strain that has mostly replaced the one in other countries.
All I've proposed is a month of closing what ever can be closed while the vaccine is rolled out and case numbers drop. The state does have the means to provide relief and security in the short term. What would you say to those working in hospitals who have been managing high case loads for months? Working from home makes my job harder but I'm offering to do it.
Stupid commie ideaIt should be nationalised again imo. That's a whole other thread though.
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