15th March 2007, 09:35 AM
"how much sustained 'digger' unemployment "
Until the next unknown drop off... at the moment there are enough jobs... so many that there is not enough... but how long does that last?
That said the discussion on ensuring companies don't go under is valid... to play devils advocate (like yourself VoR) Companies should have been dealing with this for the past 20 years, rather than keeping prices lower and lower for fear of someone else getting the tender instead... You could say that the reason that there is now such a need for a BIG jump.. is that contractors cut-throat each other to the point where a few quid off a contract could win it for you... <<sigh>>
However... thats where we are now... so no point crying ...
I had suggested a 5% rise in wages over the next 5 years - sustainable... and also gradualy creeping up to where they should be.
Or is that to simple?
Nobody could survive a 40% pay rise... but you can over time...
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu
Until the next unknown drop off... at the moment there are enough jobs... so many that there is not enough... but how long does that last?
That said the discussion on ensuring companies don't go under is valid... to play devils advocate (like yourself VoR) Companies should have been dealing with this for the past 20 years, rather than keeping prices lower and lower for fear of someone else getting the tender instead... You could say that the reason that there is now such a need for a BIG jump.. is that contractors cut-throat each other to the point where a few quid off a contract could win it for you... <<sigh>>
However... thats where we are now... so no point crying ...
I had suggested a 5% rise in wages over the next 5 years - sustainable... and also gradualy creeping up to where they should be.
Or is that to simple?
Nobody could survive a 40% pay rise... but you can over time...
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu