Originally Posted by am i bothered
Well lets see change for the benefit of all parties is one thing, change for fat cats to lick the cream at the expense of everyone else is quite another.
Which fat cats would be licking the cream here? WW and KW have already said they won't be taking a bonus this year, and with WW being on a 12 month contract there's no guarantee of him licking any cream next year at all. Why don't we be honest about it and admit that what you are trying to do is pull at the heartstrings of Joe Public in order to avoid making ay changes to your working conditions?
The longer this goes on the more farcical it becomes and the harder it is for the incompetent few to assert any authority. In fact they have become a laughing stock. ie working for free.
Farcical for who? The people who matter know that Walsh is talking any action out of the critical business period. The delay in reaching agreement is only adding to your savings target. It's not costing him anything to drag things out and choose the time he wants for action.
We are not out of the woods yet, however the recession appears to be drawing to a close, the enconomy is moving again and house prices are on the up. Albeit this could be temporary but all in all positive news.
Very temporary, and built entirely on a government stimulus programs. Once the stimulus stops the 'recovery' may too. I'm sure you read the papers, so you've probably read about W-shaped recessions.