British Airways asks its staff to work for nothing

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canch said:

nordlead said:
Hey, if enough workers don't take up the offer the alternative is to fire a bunch of them. Also, anyone with any form of decent savings should easily be able to survive without 1 months worth of pay.

Now, it would be an outrage if he asked them to not get paid, but he didn't do it too. However, I think if they really want to get the employees to do it, all the staff that makes 200k/year should take 1 month of no pay.

Who's got saving these days, most people in UK earn less than £16,000 a year, in the UK prices are just to high.  Petrol (Gas as you call it in the states) is over £1 a litre, household bills are up, council tax is way to high, food always on the rise.  The banks/councils/loan people don't want to know if your getting paid or not, all they want is you to paid them.

But I remember years ago BA staff striking over some cost cutting stuff going on at BA.  At that time no-one was being sacked but the unions were up in arm about it and were fighting these measures.  I think BA backed down in the end but not so sure.

End of the day BA flights cost just to much,  I just look.. Manchester to Rome is nearly £300 return and then you gota chance planes, but at ryanair it cost less than £150 return for a direct flight thats were the problem is.

Unpaided leave is one thing, but asking staff to work for nothing is another........

anyone with half a brain should have savings no matter what the income level. Most people live well above their means via credit cards and cheap loans. That is why the econmy went south. In the end it all came down to everyone borrowing more than they can ever pay off (people and companies). I have 0 debt, and only intend to incur debt on my house. If I don't have the money, then I don't buy the item, as not owing your life to another person/company is worth a lot more than the temporary joys of having expensive gadgets, TV, the internet, or video games, or fancy clothes and cars. There has already been studies done that show that you can actually live on minimum wage without incurring debt. The lifestyle absolutely sucks by todays standards, but if that is all you can make, then that is all you can afford.