• @[email protected]
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    101 year ago

    And noting this, if %4 is all it takes to keep you out of the grasp of cronyism and corruption - take it.

    But we need national legislated pay rise too because you bet your arse I’ll get 1-2% at best each year for a net -20% in relation to inflation over the last 5-10y.

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      1 year ago

      Unfortunately, that’s just not how greed works.

      If you give a greedy person $100 in the hope they won’t take a $200 bribe, they’ll have $300.

      Usually, they’ll then try and manipulate people into giving them even more. “Well of course I took the $200. You guys only offered me $100. What did you expect?”.

      So you buckle and offer them $300 to not take the $200 dollars. How much does the greedy person end up with? $500 of course.

      What comes next? Manipulating the new lowest bidder of course! “Well of course I took the $300. You guys only offered me $200. What did you expect?”.

      If they can take it all, they’ll take it all. If they can squeeze you for more, they’ll squeeze you for more.

      There is never a point they will say “no, I already have enough”. The closest they ever come is concluding “If I take the $100 now, I won’t be able to take the $200 later”.

      Thats why this stuff needs to be properly regulated and fiercely enforced.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Hey you raise some serious points.

        My argument is “give them 4% but aggressively stamp out corruption”. As long as I get a legislated pay rise too in line with inflation.

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      11 year ago

      Your not going to get rid of cronyism and corruption by the carrot alone though. I see that as a red herring to ease the passage of pay rises like these.