Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

This.

My next door neighbour is a secondary teacher and the amount of extra work she had to do to prepare video lessons, marking electronically, chasing up pupils who are not working etc etc is massive. Add to that load that teachers have to assess and recommend each pupil's GCSE grade, following some exacting rules and making sure they keep evidence for the inevitable appeals..

On top of that dealing with kids in school who think its funny to go against covid rules, cough on other people deliberately and also dealing with outbreaks in school.

They need a break.

If I had been judged by teachers on GCE O levels I would probably have passed all 8 subjects instead of cocking some up in actual exams ! Exams are the real test.

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by Bibio

i dont get the hate for Bezos. he made his fortune from nothing, is this not the American dream?

I think it's the tax thing .

[Seeker]

Originally Posted by Bibio

i dont get the hate for Bezos. he made his fortune from nothing, is this not the American dream?

Doesn't pay corporate taxes
Doesn't pay workers (enough)

UK sales go via Luxembourg to avoid paying tax in UK
Amazon had sales of 44 billion Euros in Europe but paid no corporation tax
https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...tax-luxembourg

https://www.businessinsider.com/amaz...21-6?r=US&IR=T

Ambulance call outs every other day (2019) UK
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a...etailed%20data.

He has made $86 billion more money since Jan 2020

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewi...January%202020.

Delivery drivers peeing into bottles because they don't have time to stop

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...veral%20months.

I think that, having made an extra $86 billion, he could afford better pay and conditions for his workers. (but I'm a lefty)
If he's looking to save money start with dumping Blue Origin.

[Adam Ef]

Originally Posted by Bibio

i dont get the hate for Bezos. he made his fortune from nothing, is this not the American dream?

He looks like a Bond villain. You have to hate him.

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by Adam Ef

He looks like a Bond villain. You have to hate him.

I think people are going to hate anybody who has made an obscene amount of money.

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by Seeker

Doesn't pay corporate taxes
Doesn't pay workers (enough)

UK sales go via Luxembourg to avoid paying tax in UK
Amazon had sales of 44 billion Euros in Europe but paid no corporation tax
https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...tax-luxembourg

https://www.businessinsider.com/amaz...21-6?r=US&IR=T

Ambulance call outs every other day (2019) UK
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a...etailed%20data.

He has made $86 billion more money since Jan 2020

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewi...January%202020.

Delivery drivers peeing into bottles because they don't have time to stop

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...veral%20months.

I think that, having made an extra $86 billion, he could afford better pay and conditions for his workers. (but I'm a lefty)
If he's looking to save money start with dumping Blue Origin.

its not Amazon's fault if our government creates tax loopholes, go take it up with your MP.

$87 billion.. well done.

one of my son's worked at Amazon a few years back when all the hoohaa was going on about working conditions/pay etc.etc. he said the only people complaining were the lazy sods. if you dont like working there then leave and let someone who wants to do the job work there. these people should try working in a chicken egg collecting farm or working on a farm to see what real work and crap conditions are like.

if someone does not like their job then they should go find another...

btw all lorry/delivery drivers pizz into bottles, its a known fact. it has nothing to do with not getting rest stops.

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by svenrico

I think people are going to hate anybody who has made an obscene amount of money.

correct and they are usually jealous people who cant get a break in life or are bitter twisted people.

personally i'm happy for anyone who makes tons of cash and well done to them.

[Seeker]

Originally Posted by Bibio

its not Amazon's fault if our government creates tax loopholes, go take it up with your MP.

done that, multiple times. He says the Tories can't do anything despite some of the biggest tax havens are UK Crown dependencies.

I have no problems with Amazon making money if they paid their way and treated staff better.
This has to be tackled globally otherwise the corporations play off one country against another.
Apple, for example, has been described as a tax avoidance company that makes electronic products on the side.

[daktulos]

Originally Posted by Bibio

one of my son's worked at Amazon a few years back when all the hoohaa was going on about working conditions/pay etc.etc. he said the only people complaining were the lazy sods.

There was a segment on the BBC news a few months back about fields and fields of daffodils left unpicked because they couldn't get workers due to Brexit. Apparently they'd had a couple of British people, but they quit as it was hard work.

Originally Posted by Seeker

done that, multiple times. He says the Tories can't do anything despite some of the biggest tax havens are UK Crown dependencies.

In Amazon's case, it was largely Ireland giving them an illegal tax break.

[Chris_SVS]

Originally Posted by svenrico

How could it be nearly written off 3 times in 20 minutes ?!

I was surrounded by blind and incompetent van drivers, apparently.