calscot 0 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 If you're criticising Ashley for his legal use of zero hour contracts then surely he must warrant praise for the fact that the average full time employee has received £90k in bonuses over the last two years? I can't see how that should warrant any praise... quite the opposite. Reward the upper management with riches while shafting the people on the floor - sounds bad to me. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,061 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I can't see how that should warrant any praise... quite the opposite. Reward the upper management with riches while shafting the people on the floor - sounds bad to me. It's the people on the shop floor who have got the £90k. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 It's the people on the shop floor who have got the £90k. You said full time and the earlier argument was that 90% of staff are on 0 hour contracts. I can't see them paying that high a percentage of their staff a £90k bonus. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aweebluesoandso 290 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I live in the North East and have a few friends that are Newcastle supporters, for a reasonable sized one club city they are passionate and a bit parochial. They like to produce their own home town managers, nothing wrong with that but limits the gene pool. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,061 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 You said full time and the earlier argument was that 90% of staff are on 0 hour contracts. I can't see them paying that high a percentage of their staff a £90k bonus. Yes full time employees received the bonus, I'm unaware of anybody being Shanghaied to work for Sports Direct on a zero hour contract. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy steel 0 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 That's slightly misleading - it wasn't the average worker who got those bonuses. Iirc they had to say in situ for a four year period, opt into a share scheme and not relinquish those shares in the meantime. Anyone who has shopped in SD will know that remaining in there for 4 minutes is quite the ordeal; I would imagine the numbers of staff who lucked into this bonus (jammy bassas!) will be small. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 End of the day if he puts up the money it'll happen. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,061 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 That's slightly misleading - it wasn't the average worker who got those bonuses. Iirc they had to say in situ for a four year period, opt into a share scheme and not relinquish those shares in the meantime. Anyone who has shopped in SD will know that remaining in there for 4 minutes is quite the ordeal; I would imagine the numbers of staff who lucked into this bonus (jammy bassas!) will be small. That's the nature of employee share save schemes. Even the NHS use zero hour contracts as do 23% of employers. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,061 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 End of the day if he puts up the money it'll happen. You can probably trace this story back to your chums Green & Co, it's just yet another attempt to maintain the share price. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 You can probably trace this story back to your chums Green & Co, it's just yet another attempt to maintain the share price.So you don't believe it's likely to happen? Neither do I for what it's worth. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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