Overpaid, underworked bosses are a necessity....
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boohoo said:How?The woman has a very sucessful company.
But had a breakdown .Not very successful in my eyes. Sorry to be harsh but there you are.
Pingu said:
Kitten catchers
I have a cute little VW Beetle. Some people I know have those big SUV things... but what about it?
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boohoo
No.
frank the man said:
Why? Turnover of over a million and for that particular industry is very good. Business still going strong. The fact that the company didn't go tits up when she had her breakdown, shows her good business sense to have hired a strong team that could cope if the boss was there or not.
life effects people in all sorts of way - having a breakdown can happen to anyone....
Your opinions seems rather naive.boohoo said:Why? Turnover of over a million and for that particular industry is very good. Business still going strong. The fact that the company didn't go tits up when she had her breakdown, shows her good business sense to have hired a strong team that could cope if the boss was there or not.
life effects people in all sorts of way - having a breakdown can happen to anyone....
I never come across that in my circle. May be they hide it well but i doubt it.
spanglechick
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if you can use public transport for your commute, it's clearly much better for the environment.bethanybabe said:Kitten catchers
the kitten catcher thing is a jibe that anyone who uses more fuel than they need to, is a bit of a git, and might enjoy harming kittens too.
spanglechick
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i saidEastEnder said:
me said:
if you are rewarded by a better quality of life / more happiness, then it's worth it.
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snadge
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frank the man said:
agreed but what is succesfull?
I am trained in an occupation that could in reality pay me 140k per year, I decided to use my skills as a coded welder, doing contract work that gives me 5 mnths off a year, reason being I couldn't be bothered having to deal with the people within my scope, career, career was all they seemed to be concerned about.
I am the most succesfull person I know, yet I took a pay cut to do that.
snadge said:
Well we have very different views of success then. To me the monetary rewards is the success. I mean the job satisfies but so is the lure of that fat wad.
snadge
metal alchemist
frank the man said:
I still get a fat wad mate, just don't have to pretend to be something I never wanted to be.
I also have 4/5 months off a year to do exactly what I want.
I also never have to spend time with people that delight in oneupmanship and backstabbing.
I also don't have to spend time with people that are absolutely useless at their job, only being there because they decided to spend their lives excelling in the previous statement that I mentioned.
FridgeMagnet
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I banned them both by the way, so you won't be getting much of a response....
I can see where he is coming from but i think he has made a complete balls up in assuming that this has come about by design & doesn't simply exist as a result of basic human greed
IMO fat cat salaries are not 'designed' to exist to encourage workers - they simply exist because the people at the top are fairly greedy, have an enormous sense of self importance & are in a position to give themselves huge slalarys.
however I do agree that the existance of fat cat salaries does encourage people to scramble over each other trying to work thier way to the top...
i.e. you get a workforce that is happy to work overtime for no extra pay because they have 'prospects' & want to impress the bosses above them so they can move upwards - unfortunately most of them never will.
I only ever intend to work within small companies/organisations & I don't like to sacrifice too much of my free time for work - I don't understand all these people joining the rat race & trying to be the next overpaid fat cat/top civil servant/whatever - the vast majority of them won't make it & the ones who do probably won't be breaking much of a sweat on the way up anyway.
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