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Old 02-19-2011, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Combwork View Post
Same thing happens in the UK. To avoid public anger over high bonus payments, senior managers can by laid off them hired back with a different title at a higher pay rate, usually the equivalent of their old basic rate with the bonus added in monthly installments. Clever. A wage rise that isn't seen to be a wage rise.
But of course this never happens in the private sector.

No they just give them the obscene bonus, and sometimes with the taxpayer's money too.
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