Airhart, nope, I wrote that before I had seen the latest financial report. I also made that comment, if I recall correctly, in response to another comment along the lines of "you knew what the deal was so tough, you shouldn't expect anything else". I knew what the deal was when I joined, so did everybody else but do you think that we should never get a pay rise or improvement in lifestyle?
I don't. I expect an improvement in lifestyle the longer I work. I do not expect to be earning the same, relatively, in 30 years time as I do know. If you're happy with that, fine.
RPI rises should be the absolute minimum, every year. They should not be the final result after 18 months of negotiation. Especially following a record profit in a recession.
That profit was possibly partly because you and I did not have a pay rise for a number of years. The management benefited from it, the company benefited from it so why shouldn't we?
Come on, get a grip.