Sammy h wrote:It depends how you look at it, the front line staff who work in the branches, do they deserve a bonus? They aren't the ones doing wrong, they are doing their job.
It's the fat cats in the capital who call the shots, they're the ones that get the big bonuses too.
No, they don't! In any other industry, they'd be out of a job altogether. A run on the banks (if the government hadn't bailed some out) would have taken the whole lot of them out. Instead, other people carry the can and lose their jobs at worst or end up being worse off in real terms (taxes up, pay freezes, inflation at 4%+, fuel at historic highs). The only reason why we aren't ALL hurting is because of interest rates being relatively low. When they increase lots of 'working class' folk will really struggle. Having worked as a nurse for 25 years
(including as a student), I've never been given a bonus. For three years,
(including this coming April) I've not been given a pay rise. Anyone who works for a bank should be thankful they've got a job at all and be keeping their head down!