I work in the emergency services. I was given a 2% payrise, which equated to £1,900 extra a year. What they didn't tell us and kept quiet about is we are now suddenly working more days spread across the year, every so often we'll work an extra day more than we used to, when you add up all these extra days for the extra £1,900 a year actually it's not a pay rise at all!
Companies hiking their prices up by nearly 15% in one foul swoop when people are struggling and cutting back on even basics such as heating, water usage, to justify it with "further investment" into the network is absurd. We all know the reality is that only a % of the extra revenue generated by the price hike will go onto investment in infrastructure, the remainder will go towards their financial operating profit margin....I'm a very reasonable and patient person, and I honestly wouldn't have minded perhaps a 5-7% increase, but when it's nearly 15% it's outrageous. More money year on year for the same service.
The just shy of 15% price hike means my MONTHLY bill will increase by over £50 as of March. Fantastic.
