BenGallagher.com » Job http://www.bengallagher.com/blog Thoughts. Pianos. Sheep Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:57:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Bad Ways To Announce Lay-offs http://www.bengallagher.com/blog/2009/01/bad-ways-to-announce-lay-offs/ http://www.bengallagher.com/blog/2009/01/bad-ways-to-announce-lay-offs/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:31:00 +0000 Ben http://www.bengallagher.com/blog/?p=203 redundancies.png

Any more?

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One thing I have noticed is that some employers appear to be reluctant to advertise the salary that the job offers. For example, one particular worldwide bank, that originated in Asia in an area that was once controlled by Britain, likes to advertise the salary as being;

£excellent

What does that actually mean? What am I comparing it to? The salary of someone that’s unemployed, or the CEO of a multi-national chain of department stores? Be more precise please, and see me after class.

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