• Night Monkey
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    -18 months ago

    Their profit was only 4.3m? That’s really not that much though

    • @[email protected]
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      58 months ago

      Ugh it says 150 bus engineers… That’s 28,666 pounds each if they were to split the profit and they’re asking to make up the 3,000 a year pay increase to match inflation.

      • Night Monkey
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        18 months ago

        Drivers, admin staff etc…there’s more to it than just drivers

        • @[email protected]
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          18 months ago

          I rather fucking doubt much of the admin staff didn’t give themselves pay raises. But there’s a pretty big chunk of profit for people to have wages increased.

          • Night Monkey
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            -28 months ago

            How much profit should a private business be allowed to earn then? If you ran this business what would be acceptable to you?

            • @[email protected]
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              18 months ago

              If I ran this business I wouldn’t accept pay higher than the lowest paid and all profit is theft from the working class. Only if the laborers desire for there to be profits should there be profits.

              • Night Monkey
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                18 months ago

                That’s mighty admirable of you.

                Did this article state what they were going to do with their profits? Were they going to line the pockets of the higher ups? Or maybe save it for a rainy day?

                • @[email protected]
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                  18 months ago

                  That’s not how profits work, the salary of employees (even executives) are taken before.

                  It’s also not admirable to want people to simply be paid what they were being paid and not getting pay cuts. If an employer doesn’t adjust your wage/salary for inflation you are being paid less.

                  Also, companies don’t save profits for a “rainy day” they use it to purchase other companies and expand wealth for investors.

      • Night Monkey
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        -28 months ago

        I know. 4.3m isn’t much these days. They gotta make some profit don’t they?

          • Night Monkey
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            -78 months ago

            How else are they supposed to have money to improve the system and do repairs? 4.3m is chump change these days.

              • Night Monkey
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                -18 months ago

                Isn’t this a private company providing a public service? How are they supposed to run a business without making any money? Again, 4.3m is nothing these days.