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“South Londoners raise £3k for street cleaner’s holiday – but bosses say no”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/12/south-londoners-raise-3k-street-cleaner-holiday-bosses-say-no?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

FFS.

Veolia, his employer. “It could be considered a bribe”.

For the avoidance of doubt, a bribe is a financial incentive offered to an employee to do something they otherwise would not and should not do in their work role, which benefits the person or entity offering the bribe.

I know Veolia pretty well. They got hold of the contract to ruin, sorry run Prague’s water system. They followed what you might call the British approach to water, but the difference here was that they pissed everyone off so much the City Hall grabbed it back off them.

It is impossible that the senior management of that outfit do not understand the meaning of the word “bribe”

FFS.

Comments

  • cafckev
    cafckev Posts: 2,914
    How many golden handshakes have they taken? How many bonuses, or target reaching bonuses have they taken? Bunch of arseholes
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    Can one of the fundraisers not just give it to him as a personal gift unrelated to work?
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    My ex's dad worked at both Woolwich town hall and as a refuse collector across the borough. He was always bringing back 'free' stuff. I once got three litres of brandy that he procured from the town hall.
  • That really is pathetic! I suppose, if he takes the money, they will lock him up for accepting 300 bribes of 10 quid each.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/12/south-londoners-raise-3k-street-cleaner-holiday-bosses-say-no?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

    FFS.

    Veolia, his employer. “It could be considered a bribe”.

    For the avoidance of doubt, a bribe is a financial incentive offered to an employee to do something they otherwise would not and should not do in their work role, which benefits the person or entity offering the bribe.

    I know Veolia pretty well. They got hold of the contract to ruin, sorry run Prague’s water system. They followed what you might call the British approach to water, but the difference here was that they pissed everyone off so much the City Hall grabbed it back off them.

    It is impossible that the senior management of that outfit do not understand the meaning of the word “bribe”

    FFS.
    What, they let a load of "refugees" in a dinghy bob about on it?
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,145
    edited August 2024
    cafckev said:
    How many golden handshakes have they taken? How many bonuses, or target reaching bonuses have they taken? Bunch of arseholes
    I'm thinking more along the lines of all the "corporate entertainment" they have to endure in their senior roles, all the days they play golf in the name of doing business, all the "team-building" sessions in Bali or somewhere like that. That's going to be worth at least £3k per head per year, but I'm sure they all dutifully record these benefits in kind on their HMRC submissions. And I'm trying not think of how Veolia (a French outfit) got hold of the Prague water system in the first place, especially as I know quite a lot about the dodgy local characters Anglian Water used to get their hands on Czech municipal water operations in the 90s. Not surprising that they've all forgotten the correct meaning of the word "bribe".
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    couldnt he just find it in a bin?
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    edited August 2024
    Deleted.

    Posting pissed. Tch.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    Gribbo said:
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/12/south-londoners-raise-3k-street-cleaner-holiday-bosses-say-no?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

    FFS.

    Veolia, his employer. “It could be considered a bribe”.

    For the avoidance of doubt, a bribe is a financial incentive offered to an employee to do something they otherwise would not and should not do in their work role, which benefits the person or entity offering the bribe.

    I know Veolia pretty well. They got hold of the contract to ruin, sorry run Prague’s water system. They followed what you might call the British approach to water, but the difference here was that they pissed everyone off so much the City Hall grabbed it back off them.

    It is impossible that the senior management of that outfit do not understand the meaning of the word “bribe”

    FFS.
    What, they let a load of "refugees" in a dinghy bob about on it?
    Wanker. Fuck off back to France.
    😚
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    Gribbo said:
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/12/south-londoners-raise-3k-street-cleaner-holiday-bosses-say-no?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

    FFS.

    Veolia, his employer. “It could be considered a bribe”.

    For the avoidance of doubt, a bribe is a financial incentive offered to an employee to do something they otherwise would not and should not do in their work role, which benefits the person or entity offering the bribe.

    I know Veolia pretty well. They got hold of the contract to ruin, sorry run Prague’s water system. They followed what you might call the British approach to water, but the difference here was that they pissed everyone off so much the City Hall grabbed it back off them.

    It is impossible that the senior management of that outfit do not understand the meaning of the word “bribe”

    FFS.
    What, they let a load of "refugees" in a dinghy bob about on it?
    Wanker. Fuck off back to France.
    Is that what you shout at the dinghies?
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  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    Gribbo said:
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/12/south-londoners-raise-3k-street-cleaner-holiday-bosses-say-no?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

    FFS.

    Veolia, his employer. “It could be considered a bribe”.

    For the avoidance of doubt, a bribe is a financial incentive offered to an employee to do something they otherwise would not and should not do in their work role, which benefits the person or entity offering the bribe.

    I know Veolia pretty well. They got hold of the contract to ruin, sorry run Prague’s water system. They followed what you might call the British approach to water, but the difference here was that they pissed everyone off so much the City Hall grabbed it back off them.

    It is impossible that the senior management of that outfit do not understand the meaning of the word “bribe”

    FFS.
    What, they let a load of "refugees" in a dinghy bob about on it?
    Wanker. Fuck off back to France.
    Is that what you shout at the dinghies?

  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,153
    Getting back to the subject - much as knocking capitalist hypocrites might upset some - this sounds like a case that might be worth sending to Private Eye. I am sure they will very quickly find out just how much the bribes (sorry "corporate entertainment") enjoyed by the bosses has been worth over the past couple of years.  
     
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,599
    edited August 2024
    https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/24515049.beckenham-street-cleaner-wins-beach-holiday-comp/

    As luck would have it, he’s won a £3k holiday with On the Beach.
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    I used to work as a street cleaner back in the day. It was the only job that offered me no training whatsoever when I started.

    ......I just picked it up as I went along.
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/24515049.beckenham-street-cleaner-wins-beach-holiday-comp/

    As luck would have it, he’s won a £3k holiday with On the Beach.
    Great bit of PR by On the Beach.
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    brilliant from on the beach, I will now consider forgiving them for all their awful tv adverts
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    edited August 2024
    Have a great holiday Paul…..well deserved mate.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,228
    rina said:
    brilliant from on the beach, I will now consider forgiving them for all their awful tv adverts
    The Ts and Cs state he has to holiday with that family.

    I live in Beckenham and know Paul, always have a chat with him, a nice guy.