I never said I don't want to work for someone else. My boss is a fair non greed fuelled chap and and his company is very small and tight nit.
bet365 boss pays herself £265 MILLION
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I never said I don't want to work for someone else. My boss is a fair non greed fuelled chap and and his company is very small and tight nit.
Soldato
It is 100% hers and she can do what she likes. The only thing I would say is does the tax fo to UK or is there an offshore?
She lacks rectitude, clearly, but I cannot say she cannot take it.
She lacks rectitude, clearly, but I cannot say she cannot take it.
Soldato
Unless it's Trump though, right doodah? Then you are allowed to demand whatever you want.
Ah fair enough ok, so an additional bonus on top of the performance bonus. Well yes that would be a nice gesture I'm sure, but if someone is already paying above market rates for the area they're probably not going to be too inclined to just give money away for free.
I think if you want to make cleaners rich or indeed reward employees across the board then giving them stock options is perhaps the way to go about it, those employees who were cleaners back when it was a small company with just 200 staff and are still cleaners when it is a much larger company with 4000 staff might well find their shares are now worth a fair bit... this is how the likes of Microsoft etc.. ended up with millionaire secretaries who could retire early.
Currently if you just dish out 25k as a one off one year to let everyone have a taste you're rewarding the cleaner who only joined 6 months ago at the same rate as the loyal cleaner who has been there since the start... in the case of a cleaner there isn't really a promotion opportunity (unless they gain some skills and switch careers) they tend to just earn a fixed low wage.
Some might say that the very rich have a responsibility to care for the people who got them there, if not for the eventual retribution.
Associate
She created a company & it became immensely successful. I can't see an issue with what she's chosen to pay herself.
Soldato
"The rich" is rather board. There's rich people who inherited everything from daddy or happen to be born into land and there's people who innovate and work hard with no guarantee of anything in return.
Everyone only "owes" what is required of them by society. Is there any implication this lady is not paying her dues?
Man of Honour
Give them all the same % of their salary, works very well for the John Lewis Partnership.
Soldato
Yeah fair enough. Id just like to see more wealth distributed downwards. I didnt know that about Microsoft and always wondered if general employees ever shared in Gates' immense wealth.
Although I believe in capitalism, i do think people who have more money that they can ever spend should find ways of giving it out, and not to charities but to people closer to home.
Not exactly a difficult job, you can't really fail with gambling
But no one really needs that much money. The guys working for peanuts probably do the real hard graft, they should get more of a share.
Unfortunately humans are greed driven and if you can make a successful business preying on a weakness others have then it's fair game in this world; within the boundaries of what is deemed morally acceptable at the time of course. This women shouldn't be denied this amount of money because this society is driven by a money first, consequences later attitude and we reward for this behaviour. I sure some of that money came from people whose lives are ruined by a gambling addiction but that doesn't matter because she "worked hard" to exploit that weakness in them.
Gambling addiction can cause so much misery.
Soldato
She may be rich but my god that face.
So can any type of addiction. Prescription drug addiction can cause so much misery....
Of which is desired, gambling is entirely pointless, but thanks for the whataboutry.
But by that logic it's fine for someone to overpower her and steal her stuff. It's exploiting a weakness just the same
It’s not pointless, for the overwhelming vast majority it is a bit of enjoyment, much like alcohol. For a few it becomes life destroying.
The law and order in this society would protect from such an act so it's not a weakness, no one is going to touch her. She on the other hand is working within the law with the exception of anything being covered up through abuse of power aka separate rules for the rich.But by that logic it's fine for someone to overpower her and steal her stuff. It's exploiting a weakness just the same
So can addiction to paracetamol. Or Minecraft.
Addiction causes misery. Not everyone who gambles is an addict. The vast majority have a flutter as a bit of light entertainment.
Arguably, the gambling industry is one of the most pro-active in tackling the problem. Most websites offer self-exclusion, time-outs, and deposit limits, along with phone numbers to talk to people if you think you have a problem. Every customer gets these prompts, not just ones they suspect have a problem. What do Laithwaites offer? A small "Drink Responsibly" link in the footer of their website. You can order as much booze as you like. They will never suggest you have a drinking problem.