What is a good salary?

[SkyBlueFlux]

The same could be said for many industries.

My dementia riddled nan died in one in North Manchester and three of the girls who’d cared for her attended the funeral. They couldn’t have been nicer.

I had an emergency ileostomy last year and received some special treatment from nurses. A couple of students used me as their case study and sat with me for ages.

I don’t know why some people are so determined to ascribe poor behaviour or lack of work ethic to certain age groups. Your post reinforces my belief that age has absolutely nothing to do with it.

I’ve had more than my fair share of hospital stays. I’ve had older nurses who were absolutely fucking awful verging on neglectful, I’ve had younger nurses who were brilliant and vice versa.

My employer is obviously not representative of the whole country as it’s only small, but if I had to put a bet on who would pull their finger out to get something urgent done during antisocial hours, my bets would be very evenly spread between the old and young. If anything, new graduates in my experience are more flexibile to demand than other employees because they usually have no wife or kids to worry about.

Wild idea, but if people who have worked somewhere for years are great, and the young people are shit… maybe your recruitment process has become complete bobbins. Nobody ever looks internally for blame though - easier to blame an entire generation of kids.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

It needs to start with the taxing of capital gains at the same rates as income tax. There is a tax free capital gains allowance at the moment of over £12k per annum. It was put there to stop minor gains having to be declared and a tax return completed. Once that annual allowance has been passed by the gain, the gain should be taxed in full. It’s unfair that unearned income is taxed more favourably than earned income.

Where have you been?
The CGT allowance is now only £6K per annum and from April 2024 it will be £3K per annum.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

Wild idea, but if people who have worked somewhere for years are great, and the young people are shit… maybe your recruitment process has become complete bobbins. Nobody ever looks internally for blame though - easier to blame an entire generation of kids.

All of my perspective is based on nothing but my own experience of being an employee and a consumer.

The internet has allowed an entire generation to create a super inflated version of themselves in cyber world and it doesn’t translate to real life.

So few lack interpersonal skills because it doesn’t involve an emoji.

 

[halfmist]

Where have you been?
The CGT allowance is now only £6K per annum and from April 2024 it will be £3K per annum.

Correct. I was working on historical figures, pre current year.
Now I am in retirement and haven’t traded in 2023/24 my guard had dropped.
Well spotted.

 

[BrianW]

I'll tell you how I would cut the welfare bill.

1. Make employers pay a living wage instead of their being subsidised by Universal Credit.

2. Phase out Housing Benefit, which is essentially a subsidy for greedy landlords, enabling them to charge rents above the level that the market could stand if there was no HB.

3. Build shit loads of social housing (prefabs if necessary) to improve the supply of housing and thus decrease both house prices and rents.

Housing Benefit is not really a benefit for tenants, but for landlords, many of whom are the sort of people who moan about others living off the state.

 

[halfmist]

Great idea. Perhaps you could persuade Labour to put your ideas in their Manifesto . When small businesses need to implement your new rules perhaps you need a point 4 which would deal with the rise in unemployment as they cannot afford to employ staff anymore.
As regards housing, rents have gone through the roof because those smaller landlords who saw having a house to rent out as better than having a pension, have decided to sell up as it’s not worth all the hassle anymore, leaving a shortage of houses available for rent.
Perhaps your point 5 can tell how to deal with that.

 

[Scottyboi]

I'll tell you how I would cut the welfare bill.

1. Make employers pay a living wage instead of their being subsidised by Universal Credit.

2. Phase out Housing Benefit, which is essentially a subsidy for greedy landlords, enabling them to charge rents above the level that the market could stand if there was no HB.

3. Build shit loads of social housing (prefabs if necessary) to improve the supply of housing and thus decrease both house prices and rents.

Housing Benefit is not really a benefit for tenants, but for landlords, many of whom are the sort of people who moan about others living off the state.

Should be a shit ton of bungalows built for social housing and then setup a scheme for people who still live in 3 plus houses to downsize now their kids have left home.

 

[halfmist]

Should be a shit ton of bungalows built for social housing and then setup a scheme for people who still live in 3 plus houses to downsize now their kids have left home.

It’s very rare for bungalows to be built nowadays because they are not the best use of land shortages

 

[oldius]

Great idea. Perhaps you could persuade Labour to put your ideas in their Manifesto . When small businesses need to implement your new rules perhaps you need a point 4 which would deal with the rise in unemployment as they cannot afford to employ staff anymore.
As regards housing, rents have gone through the roof because those smaller landlords who saw having a house to rent out as better than having a pension, have decided to sell up as it’s not worth all the hassle anymore, leaving a shortage of houses available for rent.
Perhaps your point 5 can tell how to deal with that.

A small business is not sustainable if it cannot independently pay its staff. I find it bizarre that politicians who espouse a belief in market forces are often the ones who talk about mass unemployment and bankruptcy if people are properly paid. You cannot believe in market forces for only part of running a business.

Those same politicians have consistently reneged on promises to build affordable housing, and/or social housing, and the lack of a proper housebuilding programme that provides affordable housing for the average buyer, as has been discussed multiple times in this thread, is a large reason for the soaring rents we see.

 

[Kompany Car]

The same could be said for many industries.

My dementia riddled nan died in one in North Manchester and three of the girls who’d cared for her attended the funeral. They couldn’t have been nicer.

I had an emergency ileostomy last year and received some special treatment from nurses. A couple of students used me as their case study and sat with me for ages.

Special treatment from student nurses you say ...