I'll take the three weeks but as mentioned above the 'come to jeezuz' moment is the pay review.
As a reminder - here is breakdown (raise bonus) since May 2008:
May 2008
12% 14 weeks
May 2009
0% 0 (actually a decrease of between 15-17% due threshold > 78-92)
May 2010
6% 3 weeks
May 2011 (Edu support went 32>40/54>60 & housing went up, can't remember when)
8% 12 weeks
May 2012
3%
May 2013 (Edu support 40>42/60>63)
3.5%
May 2014
??? 3 weeks
If we factor the threshold pay collapse, it essentially wiped out everything from May 2009 to May 2012 (6+8+3=17)
So really since May of 2008 we have had a 6.5% pay raise. Our spending power has decreased - significantly. That is not fudging the numbers - it's fact.
They need to step up now and judging by rumblings from HR on roadshow turn-out they surely must know this.
f.