metalblue
Well-Known Member
I understand that for a role that requires a lot of technical training and involves being in control of people’s lives every day, it’s maybe a modest salary.
But it is double the average UK wage.
Not saying they don’t deserve the pay rise but my personal sympathy is probably more with people working their arses off in lower paid jobs.
It then becomes a race to the bottom mate. If we compare everyone’s salary to the averages then they know they just have to keep paying the lowest quartile the square root of fuck all to not pay the nurses, teachers, fire etc etc a decent wage for the work they do.
When I first started working the average salary could afford the mortgage on an average house. Now you’ve got to be in the top 10%. Our welfare bill is through the roof because tax payers subsidise shit wages which gives companies a free hand to pay them buttons. Its not sustainable, pay does need to rise, especially at the lower end.