But who in the public sector has had to put up with their salary being cut by 10% or more. Not just compared to inflation but an actual reduction in the number of pounds in their gross pay packet? Th… (View Post)

Since 2015 a number of companies I have been consulting for have made two 10% cuts in the salaries of all staff except those already on minimum wage. And, since inflation is the on top of that, the c… (View Post)

Following Trump's defeat back in 2020 I wrote a thread header on here about the demise of the US Middle Class. In it I used the work of Stephen Rose from the Brookings Institute in Washington wh… (View Post)

But as I said I am talking about actual cuts in pay rather than just not going up as much as inflation. This is a reality for many in the private sector and I am not sure I have ever heard of it happ… (View Post)

How many public sector workers have had real wage cuts in the last decade? I don't mean 'real terms' compared to inflation but actual cuts in their wages. Plenty of people in the priva… (View Post)