Reply to: What were you doing when Thatcher was at the peak of her power?

[shaunbhoy]

Anyway gotta go, even I have to do some work sometime.

Yes, your wife's "smalls" won't wash themselves...........

[DodgyAgent]

I don't think he has a strong suit. Except maybe being an expert in hair gel.


Anyway gotta go, even I have to do some work sometime.

My suit may not be strong but it shines

[MyUserName]

No because I might expose how crap they are.

Oh lord, that has been exposed already!!!! If there is one thing that public sector workers are known for it is exposing themselves ... oh hang on ...

[sasguru]

Math not your strong suit eh?

I don't think he has a strong suit. Except maybe being an expert in hair gel.


Anyway gotta go, even I have to do some work sometime.

[DodgyAgent]

So 2 million bonus equates to around 100k a year? Math not your strong suit eh?

Ah so there is an amount is there that defines greed? so tell us all what that figure is. How much should these bankers be paid?

[sasguru]

FTFY

Being a thicko, your posts have already shown you don't understand what contractors do.
So we can safely discount your opinion

[proggy]

FTFY

So 2 million bonus equates to around 100k a year? Math not your strong suit eh?

[DodgyAgent]

The point you are missing is that now we know the emperor has no clothes.
IT Contractors for years claimed that they were doing something special that needed rare skills which need to be remunerated specially.Now we know that was a pile of crap.
If the tax-payer owned banks suddenly stopped using contractors do you think they'll suddenly go bust? (They're already performing badly in spite of huge tax free pay.) I reckon nothing at all would happen that cheap bobs cannot do for a loaf of bread.
True it may hard to hold onto experienced contractors, but surely they're the ones you want to get rid off to get a new mentality in.

FTFY

[sasguru]

Because of the damage you would cause?

No because I might expose how crap they are.

[MyUserName]

I've never worked for the public sector in my life. They couldn't afford me, most probably.

Because of the damage you would cause?

[sasguru]

Why do you think SASguru can only get contracts in the public sector?.

I've never worked for the public sector in my life. They couldn't afford me, most probably.

[sasguru]

Why should RBS shackle itself by paying lower than the market rates for its people just because it is owned by the taxpayer?
Or do you think that because they are a public company they should pay less because it is "unfair to lesser low earning plebs like you?

I am not much of an economics bod but surely an investment bank needs to pay about the same as other investment banks or they will just end up with the people no other banks want?

The point you are missing is that now we know the emperor has no clothes.
Bankers for years claimed that they were doing something special that needed rare skills which need to be remunerated specially.Now we know that was a pile of crap.
If the tax-payer owned banks suddenly stopped bonuses do you think they'll suddenly go bust? (They're already performing badly in spite of the bonuses.) I reckon nothing at all would happen in the immediate term.
True it may hard to hold onto experienced staff, but surely they're the ones you want to get rid off to get a new mentality in.

[DodgyAgent]

I am not much of an economics bod but surely an investment bank needs to pay about the same as other investment banks or they will just end up with the people no other banks want?

Why do you think SASguru can only get contracts in the public sector?. Even the welfare industries like to produce stats on how much SASguru and his cronies are costing the taxpayer

[MyUserName]

I am not much of an economics bod but surely an investment bank needs to pay about the same as other investment banks or they will just end up with the people no other banks want?

[shaunbhoy]

Or do you think

Answer that conundrum and you will quickly discover why sg's posts are so frequently littered with illogical outbursts.

HTH