Has anyone had a< or+ to 9% pay rise this year?

[steve_cronin]

Just looking at the RYA annual accounts and it looks as if they have.

Steve Cronin



<hr width=100% size=1>The above is, like any other post here, only a personal opinion

 

[janeK]

I wish - aren't they the lucky ones??????????

<hr width=100% size=1>If work was so good, the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.

 

[Nickel]

Where's their job application page on the website?

<hr width=100% size=1>Nickel

Being paranoid simply means - having all the facts.

 

[mikewilkes]

Yes but the US $ rate is C**P.

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[Jacket]

My rent's gone up by 9% (for the 4th time in 6 years). My pay's not changed though.

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[graham]

We get an increase equal to RPI.

In my opinion this is equal to an annual pay cut.

Any knowledgeable types care to comment??

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[jhr]

Yup. Average earnings increase, broadly, by about 1 - 1.5% per annum above RPI and have done for many years. Most dramatic illustration of this relates to the State Old Age Pension. In the early '80s, the "Rooker-Wise" amendment, named after the 2 MPs that sponsored it, established the principle that the State Pension should increase in line with average earnings. All went swimmingly, until M. Thatcher and her colleagues reversed this principle and linked the Pension to the RPI instead. Pensioners have lost out on billions of pounds in consequence, though they don't realise it. It ain't just Labour that takes yer money by stealth.... Ironically, the Tories are now pledging to restore the link between State Pension and Average earnings.

Comical, non?

<hr width=100% size=1>Je suis Marxiste - tendance Groucho

 

[Gunfleet]

It must be run by the same people who produce the council tax bills

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[AlexL]

I not one to defend the governent usually - but Maggie worked out that compounding the sate pension at 1-1.5% above RPI (sometimes alot more depending on whose 'average' earnings figures you use) would bankrupt the country in pretty short order. Also I haven't read the figures but in the RYA's defence the accounts are likely to show the salary cost to the employer, not the salary received by the staff, so although a 9% increase may seem a bit much - this also includes the hike in employers national insurance, probably includes the fact that most organisations have had to massively increase pension contributions to keep their pension funds afloat and may well also include some enhanced european dictated maternaty and holiday provision.

This is happening across the board. According to my local council, although teachers, police etc. salary rises have been reasonably modest the 'cost' to the employer has risen dramatically due to the reasons outlined above. (Hence the large rises in council tax)

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[brianhumber]

Such rises are usually linked to exceptional job performance. RYA must be staffed by superachievers

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[BobE]

I have just refused to pay the increased sub this year ... let 'em stew for a bit..
Used to renew each year at the shows but find that if you renew you just pay and no freebie( not that it's worth much) So maybe I'll rejoin at London Show..

Personal pension from one ex employer automatically increases by 5% pa so no moans there yet..Others are fixed and my OAP changes according to bloody Brown and Bliar...

I cancelled my subs ( Direct debit) to YM and PBO and took out a new pair of subs at the show (DD again) thus received 2 bottles of adequate wine from YM and 1 x 70 cl of very acceptable Bombay 40% gin from PBO..
so they really should have some system of rewarding loyalty... Could have changed to Sailing Today but preferred Gin to a Grab bag!!

Cheers Bob E...

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