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Originally posted by d000hg View PostBut if everyone takes a 30% pay cut and works 30% less hours, you still need to DO the other 30% of the work, which means paying other people.
Of course that would lead to hiring more people (at lower pay) which would get some good Brownie points.
Greenie points?
Bluey points?
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostOriginally posted by snaw View PostThey don't necessarily have to leave. Some of the people we're talking about work absolutely insane hours, with the expectation they'll be rewarded with a decent (Dunno if anyone is expecting big this year - was out with a couple of guys I know in IB last night, and they reckon 60% of what they got last year would be better good).[/b]
The obvious consequences I see from working normal hours are that they'll be able to lead a more balanced life, have less broken homes, incur less in divorce costs etc, I would have thought that the last person you want in charge of squillions is someone who's permanently suffering from nervous exhaustion and maybe resorting to a cocktail of drugs and booze to cope.
Of course that would lead to hiring more people (at lower pay) which would get some good Brownie points.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostThe argument some people are giving is that if they don’t pay bonusses then the most talented people will leave. Which begs the question; where will they go? If nobody’s hiring, there’s no need to fear people leaving.
So no. No bonuses until the taxpayer has been repaid. At that stage, those who have contributed most can be rewarded handsomely, especially software testers.
I don't doubt many here would rather spend a few months benched than take even a 20% rate cut, if they have good warchests - same principle.
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Originally posted by ratewhore View PostThis is the MPC you're talking about, right?
He would be all relaxed and smiling and would then tell the One eyed scottish idiot to stick his fiscal stimulus up his dour dithering derriere
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostIt’s one thing to blame Clinton, but George W Shrub spent 8 years not doing anything about it and running up huge government deficits at the same time. Mind you, I’d be surprised if Bush could even read ‘Credit Derivative’ without the aid of a remedial literacy teacher.
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Originally posted by Solidec View PostConsidering this is the first time in over a decade, probably longer that any major financial institute has made a net loss, the directorship are just not mentally equipped to deal with such a position. They never gave an ounce of thought to how staff remuneration would work if the company reported a loss, because in their mines it was a one way bet.
Idiots, the lot of them
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Originally posted by Sysman View Post...I would have thought that the last person you want in charge of squillions is someone who's permanently suffering from nervous exhaustion and maybe resorting to a cocktail of drugs and booze to cope.
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