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[Upside Down]

Not been in England for 10 years.

£6 an hour was dog shit money back then.

[windymiller7]

10 hours ago, Upside Down said:

Not been in England for 10 years.

£6 an hour was dog shit money back then.

It's basically just the minimum wage:

23+ £10.42

21-22 £10.18

18-20 £7.49

16-17 £5.28

I agree though, not exactly much of an incentive to give up your Saturday afternoons.

One thing that did stand out for me though was, that it look like things are going to improve 🤣 :

Edited October 27, 2023 by windymiller7

[DeeCee]

I've employed lots of 18-20 year olds in the past 20+ years, a great deal of them aren't worth that.  Can't put their phones down and graft, the cream usually rises to the top.

 

[chaddyrovers]

6 hours ago, windymiller7 said:

It's basically just the minimum wage:

23+ £10.42

21-22 £10.18

18-20 £7.49

16-17 £5.28

I agree though, not exactly much of an incentive to give up your Saturday afternoons.

whilst its within the laws surely Rovers and Sodexo should pay them all the same wage and if they did this then they would attract better staff within the younger age group. 

 

[Upside Down]

5 hours ago, DeeCee said:

I've employed lots of 18-20 year olds in the past 20+ years, a great deal of them aren't worth that.  Can't put their phones down and graft, the cream usually rises to the top.

 

I suppose you get what you pay for.

£6 an hour is pathetic and certainly not enough to warrant giving a fuck about the job you're doing.

For that much you're lucky anyone turned up.

[Hasta]

When they pay you for an hours work practically what they charge you for a pint, something is wrong.

[tomphil]

A job is a job and when you are being paid to work you do the best you can when you are young.

Some of the comments fuckin ell have you never grafted ?

Lets give kids 15 quid an hour to hand over pies and coffee and try and be polite about it, because those receiving it won't be happy at the double prices to pay your wages.

Edited October 27, 2023 by tomphil

[Upside Down]

1 hour ago, tomphil said:

A job is a job and when you are being paid to work you do the best you can when you are young.

Some of the comments fuckin ell have you never grafted ?

Lets give kids 15 quid an hour to hand over pies and coffee and try and be polite about it, because those receiving it won't be happy at the double prices to pay your wages.

Sorry, I just think that paying people less than what is required to sustain yourself is wrong.

To put it into football terms, don't expect Premier League talent for League Two wages.

[rigger]

7 hours ago, Upside Down said:

Sorry, I just think that paying people less than what is required to sustain yourself is wrong.

To put it into football terms, don't expect Premier League talent for League Two wages.

Or, don't expect league two wages, if you are not even a sunday league level player.

[arbitro]

Sodexho made €699m profit in 2022.

https://www.facilitatemagazine.com/content/news/2022/10/26/sodexo-records-rise-profits-and-revenues-2022

[tomphil]

9 hours ago, Upside Down said:

Sorry, I just think that paying people less than what is required to sustain yourself is wrong.

To put it into football terms, don't expect Premier League talent for League Two wages.

If it's 6 quid an hour they are actually paying more than min wage for 16/17 year olds.

It's handing food over a counter and taking payment for a few hours they aren't doing 12 hour shifts over vats of boiling oil.

Some grip and perspective needed it's just pocket money to most of them.

[Upside Down]

So you guys would be happy being paid £6 an hour. Cool.

[Mattyblue]

At 16 when living at home like most of these lads and lasses will be? Of course. Like tomphil says just a Saturday job for a bit of pocket money that I bet we all did back in the day.

The £10 adult rate is the far bigger issue. 
 

Edited October 28, 2023 by Mattyblue

[rigger]

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

Sodexho made €699m profit in 2022.

https://www.facilitatemagazine.com/content/news/2022/10/26/sodexo-records-rise-profits-and-revenues-2022

Your point being ?

[rigger]

17 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

So you guys would be happy being paid £6 an hour. Cool.

As an engineer with 40 years of experience, no. As someone with nothing else, yes.

[arbitro]

19 minutes ago, rigger said:

Your point being ?

Work it out for yourself.

[rigger]

21 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Work it out for yourself.

That you think Sodexhu are a really good company, and we are lucky to have them ?

Edited October 28, 2023 by rigger

[Upside Down]

Embarrassing rigger.

[arbitro]

7 minutes ago, rigger said:

That you think Sodexhu are a really good company, and we are lucky to have them ?

As Upside Down said embarrassing.

 

[rigger]

2 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

Embarrassing rigger.

I am just trying to understand Arbitros earlier comment. If you know what he meant, please explain it for me. 

PS. I never get embarrassed by what I post. 

[arbitro]

Just now, rigger said:

I am just trying to understand Arbitros earlier comment. If you know what he meant, please explain it for me. 

PS. I never get embarrassed by what I post. 

You fully understood and were trying to be a smart arse.

[Wheelton Blue]

My daughter went down to a recruitment event a few months ago at Ewood.

Thanks but no thanks, was her view. She got double the money Soxexho offer by waitressing locally.

[rigger]

1 minute ago, arbitro said:

As Upside Down said embarrassing.

 

You asked me to work out your thoughts. That I have done. 

[arbitro]

Just now, rigger said:

You asked me to work out your thoughts. That I have done. 

Whatever. 

[tomphil]

It's the concept that is all wrong not the wages, these lot are paying the same as Mcdonalds pro rata i'd assume. 

The whole franchising things out taking the easy option for a fixed fee and letting them do what they want is where it falls down. Sadly these companies are specialist catering companies fashioned for football stadia etc and it's the modern way.

They have a profit margin and set wages across the board and nothing will alter that it's the usual one size fits all approach.

Edited October 28, 2023 by tomphil