Reply to: Wage inflation ...

[BlasterBates]

The thing that surprised me was the average salary of a senior manager
55K



What do they mean by a senior manager ?

[OwlHoot]

My father-in-law tells me a true story of when he was in the army. They were told to dig some big holes in a field. Next day they were told to move these holes to another corner of the field.

And in principle the only way to "move" a hole is to dig away on one side and refill it on the other side. So they'd have had to dig a trench right across the field

[milanbenes]

i gather from the responses that this is another successful everybody agrees with Milan thread.

nice one

Milan.

[Captain Dispensable]

I think both are ok for once. Phew, no detention for me tonite.

[ChimpMaster]

So that's where the phrase "Any hole's a goal" came from. You learn something every day, even when not expecting too.

"to" not "too"

[Captain Dispensable]

My father-in-law tells me a true story of when he was in the army. They were told to dig some big holes in a field. Next day they were told to move these holes to another corner of the field. The following day they were told to move them back. It was purely to keep everyone busy.

So that's where the phrase "Any hole's a goal" came from. You learn something every day, even when not expecting too.

[Old Greg]

I meant he was giving in the way that Labour are pouring billions into useless IT systems. Nice one, it will ensure there's years of patching and re-engineering to stop them rolling over on a daily basis, all of which filters down to us short term contractors ready and willing to bale them out, for the right price

Keeps me in business.

[wendigo100]

I meant he was giving in the way that Labour are pouring billions into useless IT systems.

My father-in-law tells me a true story of when he was in the army. They were told to dig some big holes in a field. Next day they were told to move these holes to another corner of the field. The following day they were told to move them back. It was purely to keep everyone busy.

I'm always reminded of this story whenever I think of Labour's "initiatives", and the value the taxpayer gets from them.

[Captain Dispensable]

I meant he was giving in the way that Labour are pouring billions into useless IT systems. Nice one, it will ensure there's years of patching and re-engineering to stop them rolling over on a daily basis, all of which filters down to us short term contractors ready and willing to bale them out, for the right price

[wendigo100]

It was "neutral" for those who earn more than £18k...

Oh.

I thought the poor were worse off, because they lost the lower tax band. In which case the budget would be a bit on the "take" side, wouldn't it?

[milanbenes]

understood,

however, poor Gordo has to do his best to please everyone, and if he simply let us make hay without appearing to be persecuting us it wouldn't look fair in the eyes of the masses

therefore we have to play the game, take our fruit in one hand and accept the 'punishments' for the unfairness of our game with the other hand

it's all a game, we have to take a step back and see how good we have things and accept that in the eyes of fairness the _party_ have to chase us a bit

what's the minimum wage, what's the average wage, how much do we make, and how long have we had a sustained environment in which to milk the situation ? it's not so bad is it ?


Milan.

[wendigo100]

But brownstuff's mantra is "give with one hand and take away with the other".

At the moment he's giving ...

Eh? How? Where?

I seem to recall that his last budget was neutral at best.

[Captain Dispensable]

But brownstuff's mantra is "give with one hand and take away with the other".

At the moment he's giving but I'm wary of what else he may come up with to try to do the taking, seeing as IR35, IR36, and all the other measures haven't taken everything just yet.

Your right though, certainly make hay but don't squander it thinking it will always be this easy or lucrative, or indeed that all that hay is really yours, you might just be storing it for the tax man.

[milanbenes]

Captain,

aside of everything you mention, the product of what you mention is that big business is doing well and therefore spending on IT which keeps parasites like you me in work - which in my book is not a bad thing.

Long may the economic miracle continue.

Remember, in life there will always be winners and losers, for once, our lot are on the winning side, enjoy it while it lasts, because in the next economic cycle we may be on the losing side.

Milan.

[Captain Dispensable]

Just like all those who reconsolidate their debts over 25 years have reduced their debt.

Or how people are better off because their house has risen in value so they remortgage to release equity.

Or how 0% credit is free money.

And how all this debt is propping up the economy.

All smoke and mirrors.