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Originally Posted by andyl
Yes, LOW PAID. If you think a fiver an hour is generous then you're on another planet. And you'll find that the Government is trying to determine what's just. And looks like they have a fair amount of support. Notice the Tories aren't making too much of a kerfuffle.
Does run mean own? I've been a senior manager in a £60m t/o company, run a PR department in a small business..... Sounds to me that your experience as an 'employer' is no different so stable the high horse. And try and think what it must be like to be on the bottom rung of the pay scale as an employee (with little opportunity) and to not be given BH. Your attitude is out of the Ark. Bring back sweatshops anyone?
And as has been pointed out, we have a reasonably strong economy. This will not exactly do much to promote it. As I said before, it won't bring it to it's knees either.
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Who mentioned generous? The government deem it sufficient, that's what counts.
And yes, "run". I have been a senior manager in the world's 147th largest company (at the time). I have also held senior posts in companies with turnover of more than 1 billion Euros. Prior to that, I was a director/shareholder of several companies, so yes technically I did "own" and "run". (Care for some cream on your humble pie?). In my youth I was on the "bottom rung" of the pay scale, and I worked my butt off to climb the ladder. My attitude is one of "you get what you earn", not one of "let's be nice to everyone". Opportunities should be EARNED.