£11.05 an hour. Such a generous rate for London. Those waitrose cashiers must be well off. Next they offer to use a food bank instead of a payrise.
Or they could just increase their salaries
I did no such thing
Actual Title: Business refuses to pay workers enough to afford food.
This said, so many companies have removed perks of the job such as this, long ago when I worked at a big Tesco they had a Canteen, you could get a meal for around £1.50, 3 courses, not fancy food, but it is was £1.50.
They replaced it with a vending machine with ready meals in it from the shop floor at a 10% discount…i.e. the prices you could buy them at on the shop floor with your staff discount. And fired the person who was making to food.
I mean just pay them more
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Now this is a good move, but at the same time, isn’t this just a internal food bank?
How is this different from a master giving food to their slaves?
Shouldn’t they be paying enough so that the workers could afford buying food themselves?
This is so demeaning.
But not their night shift, or drivers, or anyone who works outside the 2 hours a day most of their canteens are open.
It’s a free lunch at most and only if you work over lunch time at a location with a canteen. The majority of their “partners” will not see a single free meal and will have to pay for shite from a vending machine.
And let’s not forget all the “partners” who have been tupe’d to an agency over the last few years and now work the same job at the same place for worse benefits.
Hope they’ve got an early bird special for all their workers coming out of retirement.
Trainline gave every employee 2 grand to cover their winter fuel costs.
Why don’t they just pay them more ?
I have about half a metric ton of tinned food in my pantry. Been stowing it bit by bit over past 2 years; in which time I’ve been the butt of much chiding from friends about my squirrelling. Looking forward to them eating their words, along with the mountains of corned beef hash et al. Salt saturation inbound; I’ll be pickled come Spring.
This “charity ” will not erase the fact that companies have not been paying a wage compenserate with the profits created by these workers; not the ceo, not the board, not the shareholders and not the management.
#WorkersCreateProfit
Is this The Onion? What an embarrassment.
Edit. Wouldn’t say no to an interest-free loan, though
Lots of people criticizing this, whilst your average shop will offer you a 2% rise and nothing more. A cash payment and food is more likely to be useful to people facing an immediate problem, wage rises are long term prosperity.
Why not just pay them more so they can afford their own food?
John Lewis should pay their staff enough to buy some fucking food!
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“including temporary staff” 😃
Or, you know, give them a rise
‘Company will do anything, except raise wages’
£11.05 an hour. Such a generous rate for London. Those waitrose cashiers must be well off. Next they offer to use a food bank instead of a payrise.
Or they could just increase their salaries
I did no such thing
Actual Title: Business refuses to pay workers enough to afford food.
This said, so many companies have removed perks of the job such as this, long ago when I worked at a big Tesco they had a Canteen, you could get a meal for around £1.50, 3 courses, not fancy food, but it is was £1.50.
They replaced it with a vending machine with ready meals in it from the shop floor at a 10% discount…i.e. the prices you could buy them at on the shop floor with your staff discount. And fired the person who was making to food.
I mean just pay them more
asda essential range
Now this is a good move, but at the same time, isn’t this just a internal food bank?
How is this different from a master giving food to their slaves?
Shouldn’t they be paying enough so that the workers could afford buying food themselves?
This is so demeaning.
But not their night shift, or drivers, or anyone who works outside the 2 hours a day most of their canteens are open.
It’s a free lunch at most and only if you work over lunch time at a location with a canteen. The majority of their “partners” will not see a single free meal and will have to pay for shite from a vending machine.
And let’s not forget all the “partners” who have been tupe’d to an agency over the last few years and now work the same job at the same place for worse benefits.
Hope they’ve got an early bird special for all their workers coming out of retirement.
Trainline gave every employee 2 grand to cover their winter fuel costs.
Why don’t they just pay them more ?
I have about half a metric ton of tinned food in my pantry. Been stowing it bit by bit over past 2 years; in which time I’ve been the butt of much chiding from friends about my squirrelling. Looking forward to them eating their words, along with the mountains of corned beef hash et al. Salt saturation inbound; I’ll be pickled come Spring.
This “charity ” will not erase the fact that companies have not been paying a wage compenserate with the profits created by these workers; not the ceo, not the board, not the shareholders and not the management.
#WorkersCreateProfit
Is this The Onion? What an embarrassment.
Edit. Wouldn’t say no to an interest-free loan, though
Lots of people criticizing this, whilst your average shop will offer you a 2% rise and nothing more. A cash payment and food is more likely to be useful to people facing an immediate problem, wage rises are long term prosperity.
Why not just pay them more so they can afford their own food?
John Lewis should pay their staff enough to buy some fucking food!
This year’s John Lewis Xmas Ad:
“Food for our staff… Never knowingly starved!”