'Austerity' at the BBC

[Osem]

Almost 200 senior BBC managers have received payoffs of more than £100,000 each in the past three years,...

....A total of 14 executives have been given payoffs of more than £300,000 each, worth a total of £6m, while 194 executives have been given £100,000 each.

The biggest payoff was awarded to Mark Byford, the former director of journalism, who was given £949,000.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...-pay-offs.html

Well it's nice to see that licence payers' cash is being well spent and the hard times are being equally shared...

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Osem

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...-pay-offs.html

Well it's nice to see that the hard times are being equally shared...

The BBC, they should never be trusted with the tax they get from us. They only waste it on themselves. Having seen the inside of mediacity in Manchester i can assure you they have nothing but the BEST, i wish my office was as plush

[colin25]

Originally Posted by Osem

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...-pay-offs.html

Well it's nice to see that licence payers' cash is being well spent and the hard times are being equally shared...

That is the BBC, not same in a lot of public service areas.

Not really surprised.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Sirius

The BBC, they should never be trusted with the tax they get from us. They only waste it on themselves. Having seen the inside of mediacity in Manchester i can assure you they have nothing but the BEST, i wish my office was as plush

Well I guess they've realised that us licence paying plebs wouldn't sleep well unless we were secure in the knowledge that BBC bigwigs were living the high life at our expense.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Osem

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...-pay-offs.html

Well it's nice to see that licence payers' cash is being well spent and the hard times are being equally shared...

One word and that is Pathetic.

[carlwaring]

No. What is pathetic is threads like this with absolutely no context in it all all and bascially boils-down to "that's a large number".

The most directly comparable is that other publically-owned broadcaster, Channel 4.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010.../channel-4-pay

Channel 4 paid a total of £3.851m in salaries, bonuses and benefits to 14 executive and non-executive board members last year, a rise of nearly 13% compared with 2008's £3.418m.

Yes, okay. That was in 2010; the same year in which their own "DG" received a pay-off of nearly £1.5m.

And, whilst not a "public sector", when Rebekah Brooks resigned from her "DG" post, she received around £7m.

Try looking at other "public sector" pay. The leader of Brighton & Hove Council gets £150k per year; and I'm sure there are others.

Although, of course, the BBC isn't really a "public sector" company at all as they have to live, work and survive in a commercial world. However, it has been proved, time and again, that they do almost always pay less than their commercial rivals.

Originally Posted by colin25

That is the BBC, not same in a lot of public service areas.

Exactly.

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Originally Posted by Sirius

The BBC, they should never be trusted with the tax they get from us. They only waste it on themselves. Having seen the inside of mediacity in Manchester i can assure you they have nothing but the BEST, i wish my office was as plush

1. The move to Manchester (and elsewhere out of London) was forced on them by the then Labour Govt.
2. The BBC neither built nor own Media City so what it looks like is nothing to do with them.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by denphone

One word and that is Pathetic.

I can think of quite a few other words which sum it up and most aren't printable here... grrr!

Originally Posted by carlwaring

No. What is pathetic is threads like this with absolutely no context in it all all and bascially boils-down to "that's a large number".
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It is a large number ,i consider £58million in 1 year a very large number by any standard .
Take Mark Byford for example ,paid £949,000 for voluntary redundancy and a uncapped 2/3 rds final salary pension despite being responsible for various rounds of cuts .

nice if you can get it

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by carlwaring

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1. The move to Manchester (and elsewhere out of London) was forced on them by the then Labour Govt.
2. The BBC neither built nor own Media City so what it looks like is nothing to do with them.

However i have been IN the BBC part of the site on many occasions, those BBC buildings where the multi storey car park is and i can assure you they have the BEST of anything they want.

Carl what they PUT in there buildings as everything to do with them or do peel holdings say what computers and coffee machines they use, what mood rooms they have, what rest areas they have with snooze chairs and other delights.

Question for you CARL have you been in the BBC buildings at Media City ?????

Well looking at last nights offerings I can't see that they are spending as much as I would expect.Yes there was Dr Who but what happened after that?

Downton Abbey on ITV..I can't stand the show and and it was their only top show.Channel 4?Channel 5 had 3 hours of Eddy Stobbart.

Seems that they could cut the pay packets a little if they haven't enough cash left to give some really good entertainment on the one night in the year when they could count on a large audience.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by martyh

It is a large number ,i consider £58million in 1 year a very large number by any standard .
Take Mark Byford for example ,paid £949,000 for voluntary redundancy and a uncapped 2/3 rds final salary pension despite being responsible for various rounds of cuts .

nice if you can get it

Yes and IIRC the generous pensions being provided are final salary based so Entwhistle's pension for life will be based on the inflated salary he 'earned' for the few weeks he wasn't doing the job!

[colin25]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

Well looking at last nights offerings I can't see that they are spending as much as I would expect.Yes there was Dr Who but what happened after that?

Downton Abbey on ITV..I can't stand the show and and it was their only top show.Channel 4?Channel 5 had 3 hours of Eddy Stobbart.

Seems that they could cut the pay packets a little if they haven't enough cash left to give some really good entertainment on the one night in the year when they could count on a large audience.

Yes, totally sgree. I was disappointed with selection last night.

Originally Posted by Sirius

However i have been IN the BBC part of the site on many occasions, those BBC buildings where the multi storey car park is and i can assure you they have the BEST of anything they want.

Carl what they PUT in there buildings as everything to do with them or do peel holdings say what computers and coffee machines they use, what mood rooms they have, what rest areas they have with snooze chairs and other delights.

Question for you CARL have you been in the BBC buildings at Media City ?????

Basically Peel Holdings sell an empty shell which the beeb have to pay external contractors to fit out ,who in turn see the "tax money" available and treble their normal costs ,the same as any other commercial lease so either way you look at it ,it was a Billion £ + move

[denphone]

Originally Posted by colin25

Yes, totally sgree. I was disappointed with selection last night.

We basically watched what we have recorded in the last few weeks as that way you miss out on the rubbish being served up

Originally Posted by Sirius

Question for you CARL have you been in the BBC buildings at Media City ?????

I have - and to be honest I didn't think they were so different to any other modern work space I've been in, especially not different to any comparable creative workspace.