i kne albert davy
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Personally I served a 4 year apprenticeship in heavy engineering, when it cost to much over here work simply moved abroad. Six months in South Africa reassembling the factory out there gave 2 of us enough to begin again over here which involved awful lot of working away from home missing a lot of time with kids but was financially rewarding, nobody gave you anything it was earned. Sold up 20 years ago as British engineering was basically knackered. Now work in energy sector. Every job has a worth and I'm all in favour of wealth from profits being shared with those who create it but the public sector has to be supported by the private sector any thing that made a profit was flogged off as I recall.That's not what I'm saying. There's a "going rate" for all jobs. Some are too low, some about right, some extortionate(see Premier league wage bills lol ). Supply and demand is also a massive factor. I worked in a safety critical industry. It required 3+ years training and had a failure rate of around 80% during the training process. Add to that it was a 24/7 job and that meant we were able to command a pretty good salary together with good leave, sick pay, pension etc. Who paid for all of that-the travelling public via the airline's ticket prices. None of this stopped us getting fairly consistent pay rises, sometimes without much negotiation and sometimes with an elongated negotiation process. What the whole process did though, was to keep management on their toes and stick to the agreements(in the main) that had been agreed. It would seem that LNER management have some rogue individuals that, for whatever reason are chancing their arm. Does £70k a year seem alot for what they do?- no not really, does £30k seem a lot for a teacher?-no way. Some would think what we got paid was too much. It's all subjective and very much based on one's own experiences in life.