"(We would bin the current ridiculous practice of backdating peoples pay if they have failed elsewhere - that is rewarding failure . The fact they still have a job should be reward enough and is very relevant now, when we see people being given P45's when they have failed on the hardest sectors in the room, without being given the option of training elsewhere)."
Anotherthing - the last crop of trainees on the payscale that gave backdated pay joined the company in mid-2004 - so I doubt if there are many left that are not valid or chopped by now. So it's not really current.