“Charles Stanley CEO banks 7% pay rise ahead of restructure”

Jun 13, 2019 | In the news

Here’s a prime example of the sort of stuff which annoys many (particularly me) and leads to ‘fat cat’ accusations. Profits at ‘wealth manager’ Charles Stanley have been falling. They’ve reacted, predictably, by cutting middle management and back office jobs; then, surprise surprise, the bosses get a whacking pay rise! You may remember that their ‘chief global strategist’ is Brexiteer John Redwood, who, after the referendum, advised their clients to pull money out of the UK. Trouble is, we all get tarred by their dirty brushes. I despair.

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“The working-from-home illusion fades”

“The working-from-home illusion fades”

Are workers working from home more or less productive than those catching the 7.02am to London Bridge every day? ‘Probably sitting at home in their bleedin’ jim-jams’, said someone recently of a less-than-helpful call centre employee, the assumption being that, were they surrounded by colleagues and with a manager cracking the whip, he or she would have sorted his energy bill more efficiently.