Thursday, March 29, 2007
Magnusson gets his figures mixed up? Surely!
Eggert Magnusson in an interview with KUMB has stated that West Ham fans average salaries are second only to Chelsea's @ a staggering 60K GBP per annum. This surely can not be right. Personally I'm not even on 60k AUD and if I went back to the UK I beleive I could seek an annual salary of approx 30 to 35k GBP as an accountant.
I seriously hope he is not basing his figures on our future growth on this because I feel he could get a rude shock. On my pilgrimage to Upton Park last year I'm fairly sure that the average person sitting in my vacinity was not holding down a job with greater renumeration than myself - ok appearances can be decieving but surely they weren't all playing down their wealth.
Perhaps Eggert is including boyhood West Ham fans Bobby Zamora, Mark Noble & Lee Bowyer in his calculations? Or maybe self confessed West Ham fans and Birmingham directors Messrs Gold & Sullivan have also found their way into the figures? Who knows - all I know is if the average hammers fan's salary really is 60k GBP then I need to find a new job!
I seriously hope he is not basing his figures on our future growth on this because I feel he could get a rude shock. On my pilgrimage to Upton Park last year I'm fairly sure that the average person sitting in my vacinity was not holding down a job with greater renumeration than myself - ok appearances can be decieving but surely they weren't all playing down their wealth.
Perhaps Eggert is including boyhood West Ham fans Bobby Zamora, Mark Noble & Lee Bowyer in his calculations? Or maybe self confessed West Ham fans and Birmingham directors Messrs Gold & Sullivan have also found their way into the figures? Who knows - all I know is if the average hammers fan's salary really is 60k GBP then I need to find a new job!
Posted by Dave at 9:23 am
said...
Apart from getting that wrong.
I was reasonably impressed in that interview, I think he's the right man for the job.
whubris said...
Who the hell is earning 60KGBP in the East End! Nobody I know is earning anything like that kind of sterling. Even if he meant 60K Euro, that's still a big whack of money, for an *average*.
beggers said...
60K, BWRRAAHHHH! Thats funny.
Anyway, he does talk up a good game does our Eggy but at least he has vision.
Not used to this type of talk TBH. Sure like the way it sounds but being West Ham I just can't see it happening.
No matter where this goes, one thing I know is that it won't be boring.
CHIM, CHIMENY, CHIM, CHIMENY, CHIM, CHIM, CHAROO, WE ARE THE BASTARDS IN CLARET AND BLUE.....
TMC said...
-time workers can't afford their London livesFrom correspondents in London
April 03, 2007 04:38am
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ONE in seven of London's full-time workers earn less than what the British capital's mayor deems to be the minimum wage necessary to survive on in the city.
And almost half of part-time workers earn below the benchmark, Ken Livingstone said overnight.
"It is simply unacceptable."
The mayor announced his new London Living Wage figure was £7.20 ($17.55) per hour - well above the £5.35 ($13.04) national minimum wage for workers aged over 22.
"The London Living Wage is vital to ensure the capital retains a skilled, committed workforce and this applies to those who provide all the essential services - without which London would grind to a halt - as much as it does to highly-paid brokers, bankers or lawyers," Mr Livingstone said.
A report published by the mayor's office said anyone earning less than £6.25 ($15.23) an hour was at or below the poverty level in London, due to the high cost of housing.
An extra 15 per cent was then added on to make it a "truly living wage".
"Hundreds of thousands of low-paid workers struggle to survive and raise their families in London, one of the most expensive cities in the world," said Steve Hart, regional secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union. "It is the minimum that responsible employers should be paying to keep their workforce out of poverty."
The mayor has no powers to compel employers to up their wages for employees at the lower end of the pay scale
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said...Apart from getting that wrong.
I was reasonably impressed in that interview, I think he's the right man for the job.
whubris said...Who the hell is earning 60KGBP in the East End! Nobody I know is earning anything like that kind of sterling. Even if he meant 60K Euro, that's still a big whack of money, for an *average*.
beggers said...60K, BWRRAAHHHH! Thats funny.
Anyway, he does talk up a good game does our Eggy but at least he has vision.
Not used to this type of talk TBH. Sure like the way it sounds but being West Ham I just can't see it happening.
No matter where this goes, one thing I know is that it won't be boring.
CHIM, CHIMENY, CHIM, CHIMENY, CHIM, CHIM, CHAROO, WE ARE THE BASTARDS IN CLARET AND BLUE.....
TMC said...-time workers can't afford their London livesFrom correspondents in London
April 03, 2007 04:38am
Article from: Agence France-PresseFont size: + -
Send this article: Print Email
ONE in seven of London's full-time workers earn less than what the British capital's mayor deems to be the minimum wage necessary to survive on in the city.
And almost half of part-time workers earn below the benchmark, Ken Livingstone said overnight.
"It is simply unacceptable."
The mayor announced his new London Living Wage figure was £7.20 ($17.55) per hour - well above the £5.35 ($13.04) national minimum wage for workers aged over 22.
"The London Living Wage is vital to ensure the capital retains a skilled, committed workforce and this applies to those who provide all the essential services - without which London would grind to a halt - as much as it does to highly-paid brokers, bankers or lawyers," Mr Livingstone said.
A report published by the mayor's office said anyone earning less than £6.25 ($15.23) an hour was at or below the poverty level in London, due to the high cost of housing.
An extra 15 per cent was then added on to make it a "truly living wage".
"Hundreds of thousands of low-paid workers struggle to survive and raise their families in London, one of the most expensive cities in the world," said Steve Hart, regional secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union. "It is the minimum that responsible employers should be paying to keep their workforce out of poverty."
The mayor has no powers to compel employers to up their wages for employees at the lower end of the pay scale
