tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post1710335865199920045..comments2023-11-02T15:48:50.381+00:00Comments on UK Bubble UK Economy: Work for freeAlice Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05753570123987780947noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-85496298590699185482009-06-18T22:36:25.023+01:002009-06-18T22:36:25.023+01:00Willie needs to make a call to the head of Japan&#...Willie needs to make a call to the head of Japan's ANA airlines pronto. He needs to grovel and beg his forgiveness and generosity. And then he needs to do what the ANA boss did: live on a pound salary for a year until the financial problems are sorted. And the lowest paid in BA should not have any pay cuts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-24385012772917902042009-06-18T06:29:26.528+01:002009-06-18T06:29:26.528+01:00It just seems like catastrophic mismanagement to d...It just seems like catastrophic mismanagement to do this. I could be missing something, but it's like saying, "I hope you've got something saved up for a rainy day, staff, because your company hadn't". I think that a salary cut spread over one year would be better- but it should be disproportionately led from the boardroom. 90% cuts for them, maybe 9% for the workers.ed thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-16206719981461613932009-06-17T12:07:55.932+01:002009-06-17T12:07:55.932+01:00Personally I'd leave and go back to contractin...Personally I'd leave and go back to contracting.<br /><br />But then not everybody has that option, I appreciate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-10509462775572473502009-06-17T07:24:19.629+01:002009-06-17T07:24:19.629+01:00Alice predictably fails to realise a a salary cut ...Alice predictably fails to realise a a salary cut will affect your ongoing income in perpetuity, while an unpaid week/month will affect your income in the current year only.<br /><br />Given the choice between a salary cut lasting one year or one lasting forever, guess which most people would choose? Not the one Alice recommends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-67350453084462217622009-06-16T16:37:02.291+01:002009-06-16T16:37:02.291+01:00What a sodding cheek. WW can afford to skip a mon...What a sodding cheek. WW can afford to skip a month of his £700K a year salary. What about someone on a less than stellar 25K? i bet the bank wont let them take a month off their mortgage? or the council forgo tax that month.roymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11040387761432476794noreply@blogger.com