Morrisons to be first UK supermarket to pay minimum £10 an hour
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I hope those of us who made an effort to get good qualifications also get good pay rises, the way it is going people with degrees might as well not have bothered
except when i went to University it was one in eight who went not one in two , and there is no reason for people with degrees in mickey mouse subjects to think they have a right to pay rises -how about plumbers, electricians and people with real skills ?
Ever since the minimum wage became the going rate, this country has been a low wage, low skilled service economy. If staff were paid properly then customers would just complain about higher prices or suppliers would be squeezed.
Well done Morrisons and Usdaw.
It’s the board realising the staff are company assets. Better to boost the morale and retain its staff who have worked hard this year.
What is particularly pleasing is the fact those at the bottom will see the benefit.
What is particularly pleasing is the fact those at the bottom will see the benefit.
Good move for Morrison's staff: Tesco's, Sainsbury's , Aldi, Lidl, etc... to follow?
A redistribution of the profits made during lockdown perhaps?
A redistribution of the profits made during lockdown perhaps?
Well deserved , having worked nights at Morrisons I know how hard the job can be , you are just a number , and only as good as your last night's work , I wouldn't go back for £20ph
Great news for staff working there. However, many of them have been replaced by self-serve tills in all supermarkets and we've seen a huge decline in till operators over the years in favour of this - less jobs.
The cost savings of self-serve to supermarkets is huge, but irrespective of this, I applaud Morrison's! :)
The cost savings of self-serve to supermarkets is huge, but irrespective of this, I applaud Morrison's! :)
Just wait for the Amazon go style stores to start hitting the UK, the layoffs will then be huge
It could be worse. It could turn into Aldi and only have two members of staff with massive queues.
I try to never use the self serve, have to help show management that people matter
Alss it appears that use of self service also correlates with age, far more older people are willing to have to queue and by default encourage staff retention.
The young need to wake up that self serve tills and shops like amazon lead to quicker service but less jobs
Alss it appears that use of self service also correlates with age, far more older people are willing to have to queue and by default encourage staff retention.
The young need to wake up that self serve tills and shops like amazon lead to quicker service but less jobs
I don't agree Glynnar, supermarkets must be losing £millions through 'leakage' of people cheating the self service till by swapping labels and accidentally not scanning items. Problems in the bagging area do not suit many people and would prefer a cheerful checkout operator any day!
We can thank Mr Blair for that one, instead of trying to get everyone to go to University we should have been focusing on apprenticeships where people can get paid whilst learing skills and gaining experiance rather than as you say getting a degree in a mikey mouse subject with no work experiance and a mountain of debt to go with it
This is very welcome. However, if we assume ALL 96000 employees work 37 hours per week and earn £9.20 per hour, this will cost Morrisons 0.8x37x52x96000 pounds per year (£148 million). The actual cost is likely to be far less. There is nothing to stop the large swathes of the economy controlled by minimum wage paying behemoths (all the supermarkets, Amazon etc) doing exactly the same, or better.
Great news for staff working there. However, many of them have been replaced by self-serve tills in all supermarkets and we've seen a huge decline in till operators over the years in favour of this - less jobs.
The cost savings of self-serve to supermarkets is huge, but irrespective of this, I applaud Morrison's! :)
The cost savings of self-serve to supermarkets is huge, but irrespective of this, I applaud Morrison's! :)
Since the dawn of the industrial era on-going automation has destroyed jobs. The workers can only fight for a better deal here and now.
Nothing beats positive outlook does it?
You're right, I can see it happening as soon as the pandemic is over. Instant drone deliveries too!
Amazon will never open stores on high street as there business model will see the running of them in rents and other things as something they don't believe in paying.
We could just have a Brexit for it like we did the couple thousand lazy fishermen
No doubt the people welcoming this will be the same ones who complain that the cost of their weekly shop has gone up.
Good move by Morrisons. Fantastic PR for very little cost. Essentially they are just transferring part of the annual bonus which they would usually pay anyway into the hourly rate. Small beer for the company but the headlines look great. Puts a lot of pressure on their competitors to do the same or similar but the difference is it will cost the competition a lot more. Shrewd move.
I'm in favour, they do a hard job and deserve it.
But its not very little cost, its many millions of £ a year. Personally though, I'm happy to pay a little more for my groceries so staff get more to take home.
But its not very little cost, its many millions of £ a year. Personally though, I'm happy to pay a little more for my groceries so staff get more to take home.
Bonuses aren't always paid depending on annual store profits. At least a pay rise is secure income.
Sainsburys no longer pay an annual bonus to their colleague, they stopped in 2018 i believe. They did however reward us in the early part of 2020 with a pay rise of an extra 10p an hour, our previous pay rise had been in 2018.
Tesco pay a bonus, and depending how well they do on the big 6 could be up to 5% of gross wage...last year it was 2% but the years before were around 3 to 3.5 %. Never life changing, but a bonus nevertheless.
Not quite the full story. The annual bonus was dependent on certain criteria that stores had to achieve so was variable. Paying it at 50 p per hour is the equivalent of every store achieving maximum bonus so is guaranteed. For this year alone because of Covid annual bonus was doubled from 3% to 6% and paid every 3 months on actual earnings. The more you work, the more bonus you get
It might be headline grabbing but what we are not told in this news is how much the bonus they were getting which is now guaranteed in the £10.This should have been stated as then everyone can see what the true increase is.
They will up the wages then cut the staff discount to cover it, the large retailers are not about looking after the staff it is all about maximum profit. Time for a new business model where profit is not the motivating end game.
Let's hope it's funded from reduced dividends
It wont be, otherwise shareholders will go elsewhere with their funding. It will be funded from efficiencies elsewhere, which means more automation, less staff on store and less management. Thats surely obvious?
We can thank Mr Blair for that one, instead of trying to get everyone to go to University we should have been focusing on apprenticeships where people can get paid whilst learing skills and gaining experiance rather than as you say getting a degree in a mikey mouse subject with no work experiance and a mountain of debt to go with it
There is nothing bad about increasing the educational capital of a country through expanding universities. In addition, we should be expanding all vocational training, including apprenticeships, and the country should pay for it, not the individual.
Bliar was clever. By getting 50% of school leavers to go to university he immediately cut the number of unemployed and best of all got them to pay for it. Made Bliar to look good whilst conning the nation.
Do the workers have paid breaks? And a 20% discount on own brand goods, and 10% on everything else? No, thought not. Your caring sharing Supermarket do,
Tesco has 15% off groceries for 4 days after payday.
Morrisons are t'be congratulated & I'm sure staff will appreciate it, but it's little more than cosmetic. Truth is, BOTH Lab & Con Gvmts have encouraged low skills, low wages, ZHC, etc, while hard working tax payers continually subsidise employers profit margins. This is NOT Capitalism & along with everything else, it's nailing the economy to the floor & significant number of folks who work in it.
There is no god given right to earn a certain amount. Min wage should be scrapped and set a level playing field so we can compete. If people want more money, either worker longer/harder or get skills that enable them to get a better job. Simple.
We can thank Mr Blair for that one, instead of trying to get everyone to go to University we should have been focusing on apprenticeships where people can get paid whilst learing skills and gaining experiance rather than as you say getting a degree in a mikey mouse subject with no work experiance and a mountain of debt to go with it
When is the London weighting allowance going to be spread across country ? People are being paid more to stay in the capital , isnt this discrimination against rest of country ? Only positive effect it has on rest of country is that London attracts more immigrants because of extra pay. not fair for employers up North.
Allowed to stay open and bumper profits, there's a lot of business that are barely afloat who can't afford this and are unlikely to survive the rest of lockdown.
With respect, I fail to see anywhere within 'Brass Eye' comment that there's 'denigration' of poorly paid workers. Albeit the commentator offered a brief synopsis, but it's an uncomfortable truth & on quite a significant scale.
When is the London weighting allowance going to be spread across country ? People are being paid more to stay in the capital , isnt this discrimination against rest of country ? Only positive effect it has on rest of country is that London attracts more immigrants because of extra pay. not fair for employers up North.
When is the London weighting allowance going to be spread across country ? People are being paid more to stay in the capital , isnt this discrimination against rest of country ? Only positive effect it has on rest of country is that London attracts more immigrants because of extra pay. not fair for employers up North.
First to ban non mask wearing customers, now this. And if I'm not mistaken, British too.
Not just British, but YORKSHIRE.
Interesting.
We stopped going to Morrison's in the first lockdown as we had a range of problems with staff getting too close, queues forcing you to stand too close and self serve checkouts not being cleaned.
They seem to have got their act together. Good for them. Perhaps it is time for a return...
We stopped going to Morrison's in the first lockdown as we had a range of problems with staff getting too close, queues forcing you to stand too close and self serve checkouts not being cleaned.
They seem to have got their act together. Good for them. Perhaps it is time for a return...
So are Tesco and Sainsbury's hahaha. Surprisingly smaller market share = smaller overheads.
I like everything I hear about the Morrisons model but I wish they would introduce Scan As You Shop as it's the only thing that puts me off going there.
.....waits for Union official to say it isn't enough ...
Great news from Morrisons. I hope though that everyone is aware that this cost will be passed onto the consumer in the coming months.
Exactly and/or they will need to become more efficient to keep overall costs under control in a competitive market as shareholders/investors need to be satisfied profits are adequate. This means probably more automation & less staff in stores, hence wages higher for those who remain, but less staff/more redundancies. Careful what you wish for.
im on £8.72 as a cleaner. the next increase will be april 2021 wait for it £8.91 its a joke i feel. how insulting to thousands of lower paid staff. i can only get part time work . its very hard. but well done to this chain its good to know some employers value their staff. best of luck to you all.
No disrespect but wages are based on supply & demand & how easy it is to get someone to do a job. That's why brain surgeons and business leaders get more than pot washers. Cleaning is not a 'skilled' job hence they will always be low paid. Its the way of the world i'm afraid.
I don't think this is a good deal. Most of these staff still need handout from government to keep them float. A wage working for a profit making organisation should be that the don't need to rely on charities or top up from hmrc to survive. I would suggest at least £12/hr is needed to stay a float.
Need to take account of individual corcumstances.
for a 19 year old living at home and paying only £50 for keep, Bringing home £300 a week leaves more disposable income than someone with two kids and a mortgage earning two to three time that.
Push too hard and self checkouts will mean less jobs for all.
for a 19 year old living at home and paying only £50 for keep, Bringing home £300 a week leaves more disposable income than someone with two kids and a mortgage earning two to three time that.
Push too hard and self checkouts will mean less jobs for all.
Is this an example of all the billions of pounds in money printing since 2008 finally turning into wage inflation ?
Or maybe, at last retail workers are getting recognised for having to put up with rude, sociopathic and non-mask wearing shoppers as well as doing their jobs with no / little security like the alleged Waitrose incident reported on LBC radio yesterday.
Or maybe, at last retail workers are getting recognised for having to put up with rude, sociopathic and non-mask wearing shoppers as well as doing their jobs with no / little security like the alleged Waitrose incident reported on LBC radio yesterday.
Great news for staff working there. However, many of them have been replaced by self-serve tills in all supermarkets and we've seen a huge decline in till operators over the years in favour of this - less jobs.
The cost savings of self-serve to supermarkets is huge, but irrespective of this, I applaud Morrison's! :)
The cost savings of self-serve to supermarkets is huge, but irrespective of this, I applaud Morrison's! :)
I agree. I no longer go to Aldi as the parking spaces are too tight, you need £1 for the trolley (who carries cash these days?) and only one checkout at a time is every open. Of course, no social distancing in the queues either. We need the likes of Morrisons to send them back to Germany!
im on £8.72 as a cleaner. the next increase will be april 2021 wait for it £8.91 its a joke i feel. how insulting to thousands of lower paid staff. i can only get part time work . its very hard. but well done to this chain its good to know some employers value their staff. best of luck to you all.
Seems unnecessary considering the massive over supply of labour in the market currently. All this will do is either reduce profit for shareholders (not good for share price/investment) or make product dearer than it needs to be. Bizarre move.
Your response is the unacceptable face of capitalism - and I hold thousands of shares in both Morrisons & Tesco
suppose you would be happy to work for £10 an hour?, most supermarket workers seem to be part time and I suspect struggle to make a decent living, and just look what they have done for us during this chaos.
hopefully you are not in a position to make decisions which actually effect the lives of real people.
hopefully you are not in a position to make decisions which actually effect the lives of real people.
Obviously not a very wise one. People working need to be valued and respected by their employer. This assists in motivating people and hopefully getting a better return from them. Having been in retail management at all levels including training, this is a move in the right direction.
No real wisdom from John
Everyday you come on here and do nothing but bellyache about everything. Calling yourself the wise one, when wisdom in you is sadly lacking, please go find a new hobby other than pushing your constant misery onto the rest of the UK!
I don't think this is a good deal. Most of these staff still need handout from government to keep them float. A wage working for a profit making organisation should be that the don't need to rely on charities or top up from hmrc to survive. I would suggest at least £12/hr is needed to stay a float.
Need to take account of individual corcumstances.
for a 19 year old living at home and paying only £50 for keep, Bringing home £300 a week leaves more disposable income than someone with two kids and a mortgage earning two to three time that.
Push too hard and self checkouts will mean less jobs for all.
for a 19 year old living at home and paying only £50 for keep, Bringing home £300 a week leaves more disposable income than someone with two kids and a mortgage earning two to three time that.
Push too hard and self checkouts will mean less jobs for all.
It’s ok paying 10 pounds an hour but where are the full time jobs in supermarkets you can’t get a mortgage on 11 hours a week.
Full time jobs are being fazed out.
For many years now the word career has cased to exist....
For many years now the word career has cased to exist....
You can't get a mortgage on 11 hours per week in the vast majority of jobs?
I do agree that a full time supermarket employee should be able to enter the housing market and home themselves renting or buying. If shareholders make a little less that's part of levelling up.
I do agree that a full time supermarket employee should be able to enter the housing market and home themselves renting or buying. If shareholders make a little less that's part of levelling up.
Nothing to stop them developing themselves and getting a better paid job
Re mortgage repayments its all over inflated and about to go belly up. And Morrisons have a generous staff discount so probably a good survival job if you need food on your plate if you ask me.
Oh they do exist. My brother does a 35hr week for Waitrose. He earns almost the same as me a month in a skilled office job
The reason that retail has so many part time jobs is simple. If somebody goes off sick or on holiday, it is far easier to cover an 11 hour week from a bank of part time employees, than than to try and cover a full time employee when all your other employees are full time. Outside of retail when somebody goes off sick or on holiday their work just goes on hold, you can't do that in retail.
im on £8.72 as a cleaner. the next increase will be april 2021 wait for it £8.91 its a joke i feel. how insulting to thousands of lower paid staff. i can only get part time work . its very hard. but well done to this chain its good to know some employers value their staff. best of luck to you all.
Aye! I'm glad the doctor who took my mum off an ambulance because she only had food poisoning was so skilled! Shame her entire bowel spontaneously turned gangrenous and had to be removed 24hrs later. The only reason those at the top end are paid what they are is they were born with a brain big enough to convince many they deserve more than others
When there are people who earn half a £million a year but a large portion of society earns only £10 an hour means the poor will mostly likely be always poor is not something we can preach that we have an equal society and a fair system. No more university fees for students from deprived families and no tax for new graduates and youngsters who earn less than £21000 a year.
Seems unnecessary considering the massive over supply of labour in the market currently. All this will do is either reduce profit for shareholders (not good for share price/investment) or make product dearer than it needs to be. Bizarre move.
Exactly and/or they will need to become more efficient to keep overall costs under control in a competitive market as shareholders/investors need to be satisfied profits are adequate. This means probably more automation & less staff in stores, hence wages higher for those who remain, but less staff/more redundancies. Careful what you wish for.
John seems to want the poor and unfortunate to remain where they are...Keeping wages low and hours long... And definitely make sure whatever the wages are they won't cover a nice holiday. Just as long as milk and cheese is cheap
Tesco will not match this. Tesco is one of the companies that did not pay min wage
Tesco does pay above minimum wage - you're telling fibs - you are referring a few individual cases that were due to admin errors that were quickly fixed - don't spread fake news
Unless you're a clown working for your local clowncil in which case it is a job for life no matter how bad you are at your job.
Morrisons are t'be congratulated & I'm sure staff will appreciate it, but it's little more than cosmetic. Truth is, BOTH Lab & Con Gvmts have encouraged low skills, low wages, ZHC, etc, while hard working tax payers continually subsidise employers profit margins. This is NOT Capitalism & along with everything else, it's nailing the economy to the floor & significant number of folks who work in it.
You offer good advice up to a point, but the UK Capitalist 'model' which has been systematically bastardised has all but removed aspiration from low wage demographics. I clock your comments & know that you've wide parameters of thought, so you'll know that your 'fix' is not possible until there is change to the 'model' & as we're painfully aware, none of the UK Political Parties don't give a fig.
Sorry, but I think you are missing the point (again). Other tax payers subsidise the low paid in this country, and many others, through 'in work' benefits. This means companies continue to keep wages low and then trouser the extra profits. Somebody has to do the lower skilled jobs but we should pay people a wage they can live on without needing benefit support.
Redistribute excessive executive pay to the shop floor would have no impact on profit.
Since 80% service economy they haven't got to compete with anybody but between themselves usually for biggest bonuses and dividends.
British Business doesn't do training much cheaper to import.
In work benefits massively beats OOW.
£1,000,000,000,000+ in QE TFS + Debt
£30,000,000,000 pa to private landlords for HB
£30,000,000,000 + HTB
Benefits are a drop in the ocean compared to subsidies
British Business doesn't do training much cheaper to import.
In work benefits massively beats OOW.
£1,000,000,000,000+ in QE TFS + Debt
£30,000,000,000 pa to private landlords for HB
£30,000,000,000 + HTB
Benefits are a drop in the ocean compared to subsidies
That's right pal, get the taxpayer to subsidise low pay via tax credits etc.
Re 'God given right', there is no God given right to anything in particular. Where is the 'God given right' to run a business for profit?
Re 'God given right', there is no God given right to anything in particular. Where is the 'God given right' to run a business for profit?
Amazed at the number of down votes on this. It's the most pragmatic and meritocratic (and therefore fairer) comment on here, IMHO. Ever thankful that we can all openly disagree.
Work longer, harder or get better skilled....so someone who provides an essential service shouldn't have a life, merely an existence to serve? I guess you've been furloughed for last 9 months with your job being so important and all that!
Let's hope it's funded from reduced dividends
Not just mortgage payments houses prices in general need to fall 20-30,%
And those buying anything sbiv a second home should hmfsce heavy taxes especially big landlord with 20-30 houses perhaps 10 tax on a third home and an additional 4-5% on every one above that
And those buying anything sbiv a second home should hmfsce heavy taxes especially big landlord with 20-30 houses perhaps 10 tax on a third home and an additional 4-5% on every one above that
Seems unnecessary considering the massive over supply of labour in the market currently. All this will do is either reduce profit for shareholders (not good for share price/investment) or make product dearer than it needs to be. Bizarre move.
suppose you would be happy to work for £10 an hour?, most supermarket workers seem to be part time and I suspect struggle to make a decent living, and just look what they have done for us during this chaos.
hopefully you are not in a position to make decisions which actually effect the lives of real people.
hopefully you are not in a position to make decisions which actually effect the lives of real people.
Yep they didnt need to up the wage plenty of desperate people out there at the moment, well done Morrisons.
Desperation should never be reason not to pay normal wages....
Companies have more reason to be as only profit!! They are part of society !!!
Companies have more reason to be as only profit!! They are part of society !!!
I worked for 2 years in retail, coming from an other industry, OMG. Never again.
The management who works there - there is a reason their work there lol
Poor, workers....
The management who works there - there is a reason their work there lol
Poor, workers....
Well done Morrison’s, I would choose to shop with you rather than my other options, Asda or Tesco.
That’s not just for their fairer wages , the meat is better quality and the bakery’s bead is better too.
That’s not just for their fairer wages , the meat is better quality and the bakery’s bead is better too.
Seems unnecessary considering the massive over supply of labour in the market currently. All this will do is either reduce profit for shareholders (not good for share price/investment) or make product dearer than it needs to be. Bizarre move.
£10/hr great but if you can only afford to pay that by having less than half your checkouts open and the fridges peeing water all over the filthy floor (Gainsborough) it's just not going to help your custom much.
Good news for the staff at Morrison's, but nothing in life is ever simple. If every employer follows suit inflation will take hold so nobody we be any better off in real terms.
Maybe those on very comfortable incomes could make a contribution to society and accept 0% increase so allowing some modest improvement for those struggling to make ends meet. I am a pensioner and I would take a standstill this year. There are 100,000s out there that could do the same! But most will not even consider it.
Seems unnecessary considering the massive over supply of labour in the market currently. All this will do is either reduce profit for shareholders (not good for share price/investment) or make product dearer than it needs to be. Bizarre move.
There is no god given right to earn a certain amount. Min wage should be scrapped and set a level playing field so we can compete. If people want more money, either worker longer/harder or get skills that enable them to get a better job. Simple.
You offer good advice up to a point, but the UK Capitalist 'model' which has been systematically bastardised has all but removed aspiration from low wage demographics. I clock your comments & know that you've wide parameters of thought, so you'll know that your 'fix' is not possible until there is change to the 'model' & as we're painfully aware, none of the UK Political Parties don't give a fig.
Exactly and/or they will need to become more efficient to keep overall costs under control in a competitive market as shareholders/investors need to be satisfied profits are adequate. This means probably more automation & less staff in stores, hence wages higher for those who remain, but less staff/more redundancies. Careful what you wish for.
Good news for the staff at Morrison's, but nothing in life is ever simple. If every employer follows suit inflation will take hold so nobody we be any better off in real terms.
Maybe those on very comfortable incomes could make a contribution to society and accept 0% increase so allowing some modest improvement for those struggling to make ends meet. I am a pensioner and I would take a standstill this year. There are 100,000s out there that could do the same! But most will not even consider it.
Living on just the state pension or one of the fat cats with a work related defined benefit gold plated type? £10 ph is crazy higher than pensions. People getting it will have to learn to live on a fraction of that.
Yes please, tax the well off and re-distrubute to the less well off!
"It will boost the weekly pay of someone working 36.75 hours a week from £330.10 to £367.50."
Or £325 per week after tax and NI.
Weekly costs...
Average rent = £150
Average energy bill = £55
Average council tax = 35
Total = £235.
So £90 per week for food, clothes, transport, insurance, etc.
Its a poverty wage.
Or £325 per week after tax and NI.
Weekly costs...
Average rent = £150
Average energy bill = £55
Average council tax = 35
Total = £235.
So £90 per week for food, clothes, transport, insurance, etc.
Its a poverty wage.
Huge wealth actually to have so much. Crazy.
The tax and NI is part of the problem.
Thresholds should be much higher.
Our tax system needs to be more progressive. The current system unfairly penalise's those on lower wages.
Thresholds should be much higher.
Our tax system needs to be more progressive. The current system unfairly penalise's those on lower wages.
where you getting your figures from?
Average rent in Stoke £100
Average Energy if careful can be as little as £10
Council tax £27
total £135
leaving £232.50
Average rent in Stoke £100
Average Energy if careful can be as little as £10
Council tax £27
total £135
leaving £232.50
Your data assumes a single person household - get together with a friend - each pays half the fixed costs, releasing £117-50 per week
average energy is £25, and council tax would be about £8 per week.
You offer good advice up to a point, but the UK Capitalist 'model' which has been systematically bastardised has all but removed aspiration from low wage demographics. I clock your comments & know that you've wide parameters of thought, so you'll know that your 'fix' is not possible until there is change to the 'model' & as we're painfully aware, none of the UK Political Parties don't give a fig.
There is no god given right to earn a certain amount. Min wage should be scrapped and set a level playing field so we can compete. If people want more money, either worker longer/harder or get skills that enable them to get a better job. Simple.
Sorry, but I think you are missing the point (again). Other tax payers subsidise the low paid in this country, and many others, through 'in work' benefits. This means companies continue to keep wages low and then trouser the extra profits. Somebody has to do the lower skilled jobs but we should pay people a wage they can live on without needing benefit support.
when you say trouser the profits, most of that goes back to shareholders (pensioners?) via dividends. the margins in groceries are wafer thin as well.
I agree that we should not be subsidizing low pay/company profits. Maybe what we need to do is scrap in work benefits & the minimum wage & let 'the market' set wages.....
I agree that we should not be subsidizing low pay/company profits. Maybe what we need to do is scrap in work benefits & the minimum wage & let 'the market' set wages.....
Its not a companies fault that the Govt has decided there needs to be a top up to get to a certain level. A companies responsibility is to earn profit for its shareholders, hence paying staff the market rate. If thats min wage so be it. Paying more simply reduces profit which means business can become unsustainable. There is no obligation for business to pay people something they can live on
I stopped visiting my local Morrisons around 3 years ago, as the shelves became emptier and emptier. It now makes Asda look like Fortnum & Masons. I don't know how they keep going.
Crazy excessive pay levels. This constant rising has to stop sometime.
Morrisons should be such a good place to shop but they are always so understaffed, untidy and freezes and fridges broken with wet floors around them.
I applaud this move but please improve your business model or ir will be pointless in the long run.
I applaud this move but please improve your business model or ir will be pointless in the long run.
"It will boost the weekly pay of someone working 36.75 hours a week from £330.10 to £367.50."
Or £325 per week after tax and NI.
Weekly costs...
Average rent = £150
Average energy bill = £55
Average council tax = 35
Total = £235.
So £90 per week for food, clothes, transport, insurance, etc.
Its a poverty wage.
Or £325 per week after tax and NI.
Weekly costs...
Average rent = £150
Average energy bill = £55
Average council tax = 35
Total = £235.
So £90 per week for food, clothes, transport, insurance, etc.
Its a poverty wage.
I've no idea where the writer of this article found the figure of £9.35 for Waitrose. The vast majority of workers are on minimum wage. £8.72. They claim to pay higher, but this is not true. They stopped paid breaks, and reduced everybody's contract by about one and a half hours per week, but raising it the pay to make it look like they were better off. I know its true. My wife works there.
Why should breaks be paid?
Anyone who refused, was allowed to keep paid breaks on their original contracted hours, but their hourly rate was cut to the minimum wage of £8.72. It won't be for much longer. John Lewis and Waitrose are doomed. They will be history within the next two years.
Maybe those on very comfortable incomes could make a contribution to society and accept 0% increase so allowing some modest improvement for those struggling to make ends meet. I am a pensioner and I would take a standstill this year. There are 100,000s out there that could do the same! But most will not even consider it.
Tesco does pay above minimum wage - you're telling fibs - you are referring a few individual cases that were due to admin errors that were quickly fixed - don't spread fake news
"It will boost the weekly pay of someone working 36.75 hours a week from £330.10 to £367.50."
Or £325 per week after tax and NI.
Weekly costs...
Average rent = £150
Average energy bill = £55
Average council tax = 35
Total = £235.
So £90 per week for food, clothes, transport, insurance, etc.
Its a poverty wage.
Or £325 per week after tax and NI.
Weekly costs...
Average rent = £150
Average energy bill = £55
Average council tax = 35
Total = £235.
So £90 per week for food, clothes, transport, insurance, etc.
Its a poverty wage.
I've no idea where the writer of this article found the figure of £9.35 for Waitrose. The vast majority of workers are on minimum wage. £8.72. They claim to pay higher, but this is not true. They stopped paid breaks, and reduced everybody's contract by about one and a half hours per week, but raising it the pay to make it look like they were better off. I know its true. My wife works there.
I agree, but my point was, it makes it look like a payrise, going from £8.72 per hour to £9.35 per hour, but nobody was better off because everybody's contracted hours were reduced to pay for it.
It's a good move from Morrisons ,but "the staff" are not "company assets" or "human resources" - they are actual people with real lives, obligations, hopes, and relationships - and deserve to always be treated as such.
Morrisons taking the lead in the UK on a few things,
Employing security guards at the doors plus odd ones walking through challanging none mask wearers
Now £10.00 per hour, just where the Minimum wage should be set, Far too many low paid workers still, But the problem will be once we all reach £10.00, the Unions for NHS staff, fire brigade, police and many other hard core unions will want a cut
Employing security guards at the doors plus odd ones walking through challanging none mask wearers
Now £10.00 per hour, just where the Minimum wage should be set, Far too many low paid workers still, But the problem will be once we all reach £10.00, the Unions for NHS staff, fire brigade, police and many other hard core unions will want a cut
All these people seeking more money is okay until those that earn more for more responsibility then need a rise to keep the differential and prices have to rise to cover costs resulting in the lowest paid still complaining that they cannot makes ends meet.
For many, this increase may reduce their entitlement to Universal Credit.....
For many, this increase may reduce their entitlement to Universal Credit.....
Yep. Less than £20k pa. £6k less than the national average
£20k pa is only a good thing if there are other things attached like a company discount, full 40 hours, career path, training, etc
£20k pa is only a good thing if there are other things attached like a company discount, full 40 hours, career path, training, etc
I've no idea where the writer of this article found the figure of £9.35 for Waitrose. The vast majority of workers are on minimum wage. £8.72. They claim to pay higher, but this is not true. They stopped paid breaks, and reduced everybody's contract by about one and a half hours per week, but raising it the pay to make it look like they were better off. I know its true. My wife works there.
Automation made ever more economic, expect huge job losses eventually. Discounts for self service checking out etc. More automated warehouses doing the proper online food systems.
"It will boost the weekly pay of someone working 36.75 hours a week from £330.10 to £367.50."
Or £325 per week after tax and NI.
Weekly costs...
Average rent = £150
Average energy bill = £55
Average council tax = 35
Total = £235.
So £90 per week for food, clothes, transport, insurance, etc.
Its a poverty wage.
Or £325 per week after tax and NI.
Weekly costs...
Average rent = £150
Average energy bill = £55
Average council tax = 35
Total = £235.
So £90 per week for food, clothes, transport, insurance, etc.
Its a poverty wage.
So the whole of the UK lives in Stoke?
Who knew!!
Who knew!!
Why should breaks be paid?
Crazy excessive pay levels. This constant rising has to stop sometime.
I hate to sound negative, but now many job losses from automation and how many employees will work full time?
Well done Morrison's . If you look after staff and treat them properly it comes back to you in droves with hard work and loyalty. £10 an hour is a huge step in the right direction for people to earn a basic living and survive without benefits.
I hate to sound negative, but now many job losses from automation and how many employees will work full time?