You guys got paid £820 for TOIL? You have got to taking the p*$$. No wonder this company is "struggling financially". This explains why our previous pay rises have been rather small. Lets face it, in a "proper" privatised company you would be lucky to still have a job if you didn't put in the extra hours. We already get paid a decent salary, get loads of time off and get to have fun at work. No other job is like ours. Count yourselves lucky that we're on such a cushy number.
As for house prices being high in Southampton, you obviously haven't been to the capital of Scotland where prices are the highest outside of London.