You're absolutely right about the monopsony power that the government has over healthcare workers. It's like Tesco buying all the milk and screwing farmers over. It's how they got away… (View Post)

Why don't you switch over to the public sector then? You could earn £65,000 to be the head of IT at the Treasury! (View Post)

There is no "should be" in a competitive labour market. It's not values based, and salaries do not reflect productivity but rather the demand and supply for particular roles. This effe… (View Post)

It's not just people on very high incomes; I've noted that the propensity to work full time decreases rapidly from about £50,000 up if they have a partner. Consider salaried GPs. People val… (View Post)

I also thought it was a myth until I cruising 30k into a marathon and suddenly... It was terrible and that 12k was the worst hour (and quite a bit) of exercise I've ever had. It's different… (View Post)