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  1. vegster

    And yet ANOTHER strike ....

    I was made redundant and took a 25% pay cut in order to do the same job for another company.....since that time the average for the industry has stagnated and fallen in many cases.... I did nearly land a job for £19k a year 2 years back, however it was only a one year contract and at my age I...
  2. vegster

    And yet ANOTHER strike ....

    My company is exploring the option of introducing Apprentices in store, not because they end up with a trade qualification like a bricklayer or plumber but merely because you can pay them less than the minimum wage.
  3. vegster

    And yet ANOTHER strike ....

    Oh I see, 1.5% over 2 years seems a tad excessive to you does it ? So when my wage was reduced about 8 years ago by 25% ( which has never recovered ) was I keeping pace with the cost of living then ? did everything else go down 25% ? I have 8 years of my working life when I went backwards...
  4. vegster

    And yet ANOTHER strike ....

    Due to the funding gap, at least one school in Brighton may have to go over to a 4 day week as a temporary measure, West Sussex are thinking of doing the same.
  5. vegster

    And yet ANOTHER strike ....

    So it seems we are pretty much in the same boat ? I have been made redundant twice and told that my services as a self employed locum were not going to be needed due to a change in company policy, I have worked pretty much all my life apart from a couple of weeks in 1978. Currently I am earning...
  6. vegster

    And yet ANOTHER strike ....

    Yes, " Lucky to have a Job " marvellous Old Chestnut and just in time for Christmas !..........I'm optimistic about getting a pay rise possibly next week, it will be my first rise since Jan 2015, maybe I should not accept the 1-1.5 % I might get after all, I'm lucky to have a job, any job and...
  7. vegster

    And yet ANOTHER strike ....

    Presumably if some money had been forthcoming in the previous 2 years this would not have happened ?
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