Posts by the welsh witch

Union gears up for BT strike action this month

4.3% As IF

The BT Spokesman reported that the 4.3% on offer was fair in the current climate, what he doesn't mention is

the 15-20% gender pay gap which some of this is supposed to correct,

the 40-50% of lower level managers who will get no increase at all,

the fiddling of the bonus scheme which adjusts AFTER year end,

the amount of work going offshore,

the amount that will be siphoned off to (fat cat) senior managers in very decent increases.

And no, I no longer work for BT but still have a lot of friends and colleagues who I would support up to the hilt!!!!

a few things to think about

1. Equal Pay - The equal pay act was passed 38 years ago, well before most people now working started their careers. It is DIABOLICAL that women therefore, are still earning much less then men especially in a former national company like BT.

2. Managers being paid less then their direct reports. In a company like BT, there are several layers of management, and it's the managers on the bottom rungs of the ladder who are getting shafted. In BT, the vast majority of the lower levels of manager have been promoted from the staff,especially in non-IT, i.e. CUSTOMER FACING ROLES and then stuck on the same salary for 4-5 years. In the meantime, their staff has over taken them in terms of salary.

3. In the IT professional roles, there are few non-CONNECT represented grades, so no (2) is less of a problem but no (1) is more pronounced, and they too have been stuck getting either no increases or less then inflation for more then this century.

Also comparisions with the US have no business here.