howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
they are hardly ever out of the news, the latest is about bonuses.
didn't seem that much of an issue, the maximum was £10,000 but charlie was horrified to learn that some were getting performance related bonuses.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
charlie horrified come on howard, please,,,,
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
not so long ago he was campaigning to save their jobs.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
should be looking to those who could afford not to have such big bonus's
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
i don't think this is really about bonuses keith, the top ones were only 10 grand i doubt anyone on the frontline got anything much if at all.
i see this as a chance for some public sector worker bashing purely to deflect attention from more serious matters.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
do share holders get a say.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,247
So what did UKBA staff do to deserve or not do to deserve these bonuses? It is a cost centre, not a profit centre, so there was no excellent sales performance involved. Maybe the bonuses were awarded for cost savings while getting better personal and departmental performance at the same time. I do not know the answer and cannot comment approvingly or disapprovingly of these bonuses. Neither did I hear Charlie's comments so I cannot comment on those. I would presume his comments were based on fact and information, specially as he has rightly been supportive of local UKBA staff in the past.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
I think we can be fairly sure that none of the bonuses were paid to Dover-based staff. Charlie has several local contacts in UKBA and we can therefore also be fairly sure that his comments are based in fact, not rumour.
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