Soldiers sacked days before pension date
 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...sion-date.html
Utterly Utterly Despicable..:mad:

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Sounds just like the sort of thing some jumped up bean counter would do.

I fear there's much more of this sort of thing to come however and not just amongst the armed forces.

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Where is the loyalty? This is just wrong

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Someone has been a right ----

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Welcome to call me Dave's world.

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Then they shouldn't have a problem paying it then should they .This is a truly horrible thing to do .It would be better to sack 1000 and let them keep their pension than sack 500 and take the pension away

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Absolutely despicable.:td::td::mad::mad:

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They are also "considering" changing the number of years that qualify for retirement on pension... adding 5 years. My miltary pension has also been shifted so I have to wait another 3 years to get it.

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I am utterly dumbstruck. How can they do something so completely heartless and sleep at night? Just shocking! :(

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Just imagine what our military on the front line are feeling!

Used and abused, then thrown away.

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Seems weird that you can lose your pension entitlement when your employer decides to let you go anyway. They should receive a pro rate entitlement. It would be different if they decide to leave themselves, but it's a travesty if an employer can sack someone to get out of paying a pension.

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It used to be that if you served 22 years, you retired and immediately received a pension. Any less than 22 years and you had to wait until age 65.

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Yes, and I can see that rule being in existence to prevent people from leaving early, but it's just daft that the rule applies if you're made redundant. It gives the employer an incentive to get rid of people early. That's just wrong.

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Forces have been crapped on by politicians and bean counters for decades and are sadly all to used to it and actually expect it. Only time the politician or the bean counter wants us is when were the only thing that stands between them and harm other then that we can sod off.

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It is time it stopped though..otherwise the people who join the forces won't be the best representatives of their country.:(

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Unless we have a perpetual war Maggy it will never stop because the forces arn't deemed really important in peacetime and usually in the UK they are starved of kit until war breaks out and we fight at a disadvantage till we catch up. Politicians love to use the military when it suits them but then treat them like a toy you put away again and that attitude i think is too deeply ingrained in the political class.

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Well if the US can take care of their veterans then surely we can.:erm:

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They implemented a large scale redundancy programme without quantifying its costs?

Yes Rob, I believe you Rob, it sounds so plausible. :rolleyes:

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I wish this country did take better care of it's veterans Maggy i really do as right now the care given is shocking. It took nearly two years for me to get an appointment with a shrink to help me deal with some things and from what i hear now things are not much better. Our politicians whole attitude to the forces needs to be revamped and updated and better care of them both in service and out of service needs to happen but with this government being obsessed with cost cutting no matter the damage i cannot see it happening anytime soon.

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In a very comfy bed, in an expensive house, far, far away from any war zone or area where the grunts are putting their lives on the line. :mad:

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Used to be? That's what it says in the article:

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Which I cannot dispute. However my Father was ex-Army and wanted me to have a University education. I was in the Cadet Corps at school but my Father was adamant that I would not go into the Forces. I don't see why I cannot be angry at the treatment meted out to our troops currently or why you seem to be mad at me for feeling thus.

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I have read Derek's comment and I don't think he is angry at you,merely annoyed at those who have instigated these cutbacks and those who are overseeing them.He was just answering your rhetorical question.:erm:

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My apologies to Derek if that is the case. I assure you that I am genuinely incensed by the decisions made by faceless bean counters who don't give a flying fig for our Armed Forces.

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This is a disgrace. These soldiers are dying one after the other for their country to be treated like this .