Making the news today....

[Mark J]

 

21 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

If the news is to be believed he wasn't paid on time, bank glitch or not he should have been paid on the Friday, he didn't get paid until Monday, lots of us could cope with being paid late, but lots of us couldn't. I'd guess financial stress could drive someone to do things they wouldn't normally do.

In many cases the 'glitch' is the person with the purse strings in head office, failing to do what was promised.

 

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/construction-firm-breaks-silence-over-15714457?fbclid=IwAR026b5e04M6m-zmyZOym459cTbFU1AXsGCYz7vXNEC6CMV52p22lq-TXzY

[Khriss]

34 minutes ago, felixthelogchopper said:

What, like this?

All done in the best POSSIBLE Taste ! k

[Mesterh]

11 minutes ago, Mark J said:

 

In many cases the 'glitch' is the person with the purse strings in head office, failing to do what was promised.

 

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/construction-firm-breaks-silence-over-15714457?fbclid=IwAR026b5e04M6m-zmyZOym459cTbFU1AXsGCYz7vXNEC6CMV52p22lq-TXzY

Yep that's exactly what happens. I know for a fact that with a lot of big firms come the end of the month someone pics and chooses who is getting paid and who is getting bumped until maybe next month.

 

Good on the guy, no one got hurt and he certainly made a statement! 

 

 

[eggsarascal]

23 hours ago, Vespasian said:

I wish I was the judge when he comes up.. max sentence all the way..   we don't have small claims courts for nothing..  the fella is a moron..  .

Pay and be paid. Don't expect a man to go to work then knock him for his money. As seen in the video it will come back to bite you on the arse.

[Mark Bolam]

I hope this gets more and more coverage.

The problem, especially in construction, of people getting paid either late or not at all is ridiculous.

 

The problems are normally created by unscrupulous greedy, rich bastards at the top and the shit flows downhill.

 

Anything that can bring about change is a good thing.

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, eggsarascal said:

On 23/01/2019 at 11:06, Vespasian said:

I wish I was the judge when he comes up.. max sentence all the way..   we don't have small claims courts for nothing..  the fella is a moron..  .

Pay and be paid. Don't expect a man to go to work then knock him for his money. As seen in the video it will come back to bite you on the arse.

I hope he gets a fair hearing and the mitigating circumstances of non payment are taken into account.

Edited January 24, 2019 by openspaceman

[eggsarascal]

I wonder why the old bill haven't arrested him?

[Mark Bolam]

They tried, but they couldn't get through the crowd at the bar buying him a pint.

[Johnsond]

3 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

Pay and be paid. Don't expect a man to go to work then knock him for his money. As seen in the video it will come back to bite you on the arse.

Agreed

 I was bumped as a subbie for 10 grand a few years ago, news that I wasn't gonna get paid was given by phone on the evening of the 23rd of Dec whilst I was driving to Dublin to catch the ferry home. Xmas eve was spent driving from Holyhead to Aberdeen thinking how I was gonna get through the so called festive period. Credit card Xmas was what it turned out to be. Biggest kick in the balls is the individual whom was responsible wound up one firm and started another basically straight away and got away with it Scot free. So regarding Vesps comment if he was the judge etc etc and small claims courts it's difficult to comment or pass judgement unless you know all the facts. Me personally I say good luck to him and as like  others have said if one good thing is to come out of the whole event it is that it publicises the fact that this bullshit is so prevalent in many industries ie subbies getting treat like shit. 

Edited January 24, 2019 by Johnsond
Grammatical error

[scbk]

2 hours ago, openspaceman said:

I hope he gets a fair hearing and the mitigating circumstances of non payment are taken into account.

 

In one of the videos he goes straight over a pile of joiner's power tools, they will be sub contractors, no tools = no work for them. Also a lot of other guys might now lose pay as their section of work won't have been "signed off".

Not to mention the fact he was trying to demolish the supporting pillars, with people inside the building