Is this fair? : Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:08 am  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17411117 Without turning this into a public sector vs private sector slanging match thread, is this fair? Why should someone up north get paid less than someone down south for doing exactly the same job, ie teachers, nurses etc. just because of their location, isn't that discrimination? Divide and Conquer at its best Gideon. Its seems all animals are equal, only some are more equal than others.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17411117 Without turning this into a public sector vs private sector slanging match thread, is this fair? Why should someone up north get paid less than someone down south for doing exactly the same job, ie teachers, nurses etc. just because of their location, isn't that discrimination? Divide and Conquer at its best Gideon. Its seems all animals are equal, only some are more equal than others.

Re: Is this fair? : Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:17 am  

Hull White Star wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17411117

Without turning this into a public sector vs private sector slanging match thread, is this fair? Why should someone up north get paid less than someone down south for doing exactly the same job, ie teachers, nurses etc. just because of their location, isn't that discrimination?

Divide and Conquer at its best Gideon.

Its seems all animals are equal, only some are more equal than others.

The cost of living is higher in the south.

Re: Is this fair? : Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:21 am  

Rock God X wrote:

The cost of living is higher in the south.

Which if you live in London you get an allowance for.

Re: Is this fair? : Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:25 am  

Hull White Star wrote:

Rock God X wrote:

The cost of living is higher in the south.

Which if you live in London you get an allowance for.

And if you don't?

Re: Is this fair? : Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:30 am  

Hull White Star wrote:

Which if you live in London you get an allowance for.

Really? What about if you live in Kent?

Re: Is this fair? : Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:31 am  

Rock God X wrote:

And if you don't?

Move up north.

Re: Is this fair? : Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:34 am  

guess who wrote:

Move up north.

And constantly whinge about how you ill treated you apparently are? No thanks.

Re: Is this fair? : Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:35 am  

Dave Lister wrote:

Really? What about if you live in Kent?

Why should a nurse who lives in Kent get paid more than a nurse who say lives in Leeds? Thats like saying if you stack shelves at Tescos in Kent you get £7 and hour but if you stack shelves at Tescos in Leeds you will get the minimum wage. Just because its more expensive to live down south doesn't mean you should pay someone for doing the same job more (within the same organisation). Essential workers get an allowance for living in London and quite rightly so, but where do you draw the "divide"?

Re: Is this fair? : Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:36 am  

Hull White Star wrote:

Why should a nurse who lives in Kent get paid more than a nurse who say lives in Leeds? Thats like saying if you stack shelves at Tescos in Kent you get £7 and hour but if you stack shelves at Tescos in Leeds you will get the minimum wage. Just because its more expensive to live down south doesn't mean you should pay someone for doing the same job more (within the same organisation). Essential workers get an allowance for living in London and quite rightly so, but where do you draw the "divide"?

See Rock God X's second post in the thread.

Re: Is this fair? : Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:41 am  

Dave Lister wrote:

And constantly whinge about how you ill treated you apparently are? No thanks.

No whinging from me. I worked in London for 10 years.

Its a crap place.