tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post6022499711699039878..comments2023-10-30T09:11:12.922-07:00Comments on Clouded Outlook: Work for freeAlice Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05753570123987780947noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-14180674116696298512009-06-16T08:37:02.291-07:002009-06-16T08:37:02.291-07:00What 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.roymhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040387761432476794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-26270694770605691702009-06-16T09:44:51.591-07:002009-06-16T09:44:51.591-07:00This isn't new or a publicity stut. Californi...This isn't new or a publicity stut. California is <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/us/15furlough.html" rel="nofollow">doing the same thing</a> just now. One American blogger <a href="http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/comments/california_moves_to_become_an_innovative_libertarian_paradise/" rel="nofollow">thinks</a> it is a con to scare workers into working for free.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984816975862460493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-5201880650535609032009-06-16T23:24:19.629-07:002009-06-16T23:24:19.629-07:00Alice 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-2249851329008146395.post-15364963101800862732009-06-17T04:07:55.932-07:002009-06-17T04:07:55.932-07:00Personally 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-2249851329008146395.post-1664783431413206442009-06-17T22:29:26.528-07:002009-06-17T22:29:26.528-07:00It 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-2249851329008146395.post-55046706893595260132009-06-18T14:36:25.023-07:002009-06-18T14:36:25.023-07:00Willie 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.com