Il capo della South East Water in fila per un bonus di £ 400.000 nonostante le interruzioni
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/15/south-east-water-boss-david-hinton-in-line-for-400000-bonus-despite-outages?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
di topotaul
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Why do people think this country is fucked? It’s because of shit like this. We have watched for years these people who manage to fail upwards or at the worst sideways. Those of us who are working or have worked, know dam well that we would be sacked if our performance was anywhere near as bad as some of these people, but they always seem to be rewarded for failure, either by getting a bonus or a golden goodbye or even a better job.
The rot starts at the top.
In hindsight these occurrences are going to puzzle everyone how blind and dumb the higher ups are. Getting very close to the ‘let them eat cake’ moment
Well deserved I think. Just like Post Office executives paying themselves bonuses throughout the years when they were prosecuting their sub-postmasters for ‘thefts’ caused by a dodgy IT system, probably to celebrate all the “wins” they achieved.
Only once you’ve sufficiently leeched on society and made the public suffer from your company’s incompetence are you allowed a bonus. So again, well deserved.
I’d hope the government / OFWAT will step in and block this as they did others.
At what point is it right and justified to stop paying my water bill.
I dont have freedom to choose who supplies me my water so I can’t take my money elsewhere, the companies were privatised in the name of capitalism. A major part of capitalism is being able to take your business elsewhere If you’re not satisfied with the service.
At this point, it feels morally justifiable, not to pay my bill.
Wait until you see MPs getting a pay rise shortly. Guaranteed the reasons will state cost of living and the fact they have worked hard.
There are residents who have been without water for days and schools currently closed because of their incompetence.
There is still a hose pipe ban in large parts of the South East.
This deserves more attention.
Those who are responsible should be banned from holding such positions and personally fined.
Bonuses should be entirely out of the question.
This is what needs to change.
All this rubbish about big salaries and bonuses are needed to attract the best talent is utter bollocks as this more than illustrates.
People need to get way more angry over stuff like this instead of boats.
Granted they’re two separate issues but hollowing out our essential services for max profit and little reinvestment is hugely harmful.
Imagine accepting a bonus after so many people have been without water for so long. Genuinely shocking how blatant it is these days. Failure is rewarded at the top, everybody else suffers.
That’s what’s wrong with this country, nice summary
I am no economist but this is why I smell BS when people say there’s no money to improve lives of the common public – employees and customers can FO but every quarter the profits go up, CEOs get bonuses, shareholders appeased.
This is utterly disgusting. It’s also a perfect illustration of they so many people are so fed up with the U.K.. The appalling massive rewards for failure for bosses of failing and seriously failing companies and public organisations….
Upwards of £60 billion in debt, £75 billion paid to shareholders across the entire sector and crumbling infrastructure
This after the then government not only wrote off debt when privitising water but provided a £1.5 billion dowry
Saw him in the parliamentary committee saying that it’s unfair that they have to supply water to the south east where more homes have been built without the government buying more infrastructure for them. All the while paying millions in dividends to shareholders.
Just fucking seize the water companies – it’s important for our national security.