Not really my sort of place but I've bought a few things from SD which have all been fine - Muddy Fox jacket and some boots. Decathlon is preferable though.
Bought squash balls from them, I guess the reason, that many of the staff are there is for a share of the bonus'. Some shop staff got £100k last year.
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/jul/18/sports-direct-staff-bonus-profits
[quote=tommid said]Bought squash balls from them, I guess the reason, that many of the staff are there is for a share of the bonus'. Some shop staff got £100k last year.
> http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/jul/18/sports-direct-staff-bonus-profits
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No good for the ZH mob.
set up its bonus scheme back in 2009 for any [b]full-time staff[/b]
I'm confused- what is Sports Direct doing wrong? Its not the only employer in an area. Its fairly local to me but I chose not to work there. If someone doesn't like a company- don't work there. Simples.
Theres many worse companies out there. I heard rumours of a bike related business that didn't give its employees contracts and their warehouse staff were classed as 'self-employed'.
I think the problem here is the significant rate that new jobs are increasingly using this form of 'employment' as the norm
In the same way the minimum wage just meant that for a large percentage of jobs, employers looking perpetually to reduce costs, just made it 'the wage'. Why pay more? I think the same will apply here.
Give it a few years and a zero hours contract will just be the default for all new jobs in our marvellous new low skill/low wage economy
The problem is if a living wage/raise does come into effect all companies (not just those who rake it in) will be looking for ways to become more efficient. This'll involve flexi-hours on zero contracts sadly.
For years the likes of Burger King used to get people to clock out/go on idle in quiet periods!
It aint right but if we are to pay people more/have wage bills then somethings got to give- thats normally prices to consumers going up.
More zero hours contracts means more people claiming benefits so the taxpayer is effectively subsidising the labour cost of those business heavily using these contracts. Yet it's the "free marketeers", those who campaign AGAINST state intervention in business, who are most in favour of this subsidy.
A bit like those in favour of "light touch" regulation for financial services who are a bit less in favour of "light touch" bailouts when their idiotic fantasies go tits up.
This'll involve flexi-hours on zero contracts sadly.
Dont worry the solution is there for all to see
don't work there. Simples
then somethings got to give- thats normally prices to consumers going up.
I should be Mick Ashley's profits and given his net worth is £3.75 billion its not like he will fold if he does not do this.
Sports Direct made £152 million profit in 2013
Always the piss poor paid employees who need to take the hit and never the billionaires
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I think the problem here is the significant rate that new jobs are increasingly using this form of 'employment' as the norm
That may be so, but less than 1% of the workforce are employed in this manner (although likely to be higher than official stats) - mainly young, with low educational standards (mainly not beyond GSCE), often non-UK nationals and in specific industries.
No surprise that Wallace loses a sense of perspective. Nice headline but bigger issues facing the UK workforce - starting with productivity. Sort that out and wages will rise appropriately.
Isn't the inexorable rise of part time/zero hours contracts one of the key factors in diminishing productivity though? Companies instead of taking on full time employees, and training them up, employ a number of people on short term of zero hours instead, as on the surface it look better. But it results in decreased productivity, so is false economy?
Interesting article touching on the subject, by [url= http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/19/inequality-threat-recovery-poverty-pay ]Will Hutton[/url]
0 hours contracts are just a way for employers to about passing sick/holiday pay, pensions etc
They should be outlawed and Ed should be saying that's the reason loud and clear, sticking up for workers rights etc is what labor should be about