I think you're being very naive if you think he was simply going to hand that money back alongside taking a massive pay cut.
I think you're being very naive if you think he was simply going to hand that money back alongside taking a massive pay cut.Of course I do! He ran them past both me and my barrista before emailing them to Tubs. We corrected some spellings for him and suggested that the condition that Tubs work a 12 hour shift on Christmas Day was a tad onerous.
I'm eagerly awaiting the cost analysis on their live studio productions, their clerical costs per employee, their wage and pension costs for technical and administration employees etc. relative to Virgin.I'm eagerly awaiting the revised contract offers for D'arcy, Duffy, O'Callaghan, Byrne et al ...
I can never understand the concentration on what people get paid rather than what they do and if they are adding value.Agreed Purple. However, if the new big boss is to be taken seriously then he should show equity in his dealings with staff and not be seen to just go for a populist move. If he was expecting his top earner to take a massive pay cut (prior to booting him out the door) then he should at least apply a similar expectation to others who were in a similar earning bracket. It may not be all that important to the bottom line but it would be important for the message it sends out to all staff in the organisation.
Have you not seen the anger amongst staff at what Tubs was getting paid? Maybe you can't understand it but there can't really be any denying that it appears to be a big issue for a lot of staff. I can understand their anger. The pot of money is not infinite so they can see how it is all linked.I can never understand the concentration on what people get paid rather than what they do and if they are adding value.
Yep, plenty of people in quasi-public sector jobs think every high earning individual is over paid.Have you not seen the anger amongst staff at what Tubs was getting paid?
I understand it and I disagree with them.Maybe you can't understand it but there can't really be any denying that it appears to be a big issue for a lot of staff.
How much more money would there be if there were a few hundred less of them?I can understand their anger. The pot of money is not infinite so they can see how it is all linked.
And those are fair points which show a rotten culture within RTE.The Union suggested it was the nature of seeking to hide payments under the table at a time when discussions on cost-cutting measures were ongoing. There was no outrage when he earned €750k in 2012 and I'm sure many of his colleagues would have thought he was way over-paid then. It's understandable that they would feel that he was just looking after himself at a time they were all being told of the need to cut costs and that management weren't being transparent on pay cuts to the top earners.
True, but perhaps here they've already performed that calculation in their heads and determined that he wasn't adding value for what he was paid.I can never understand the concentration on what people get paid rather than what they do and if they are adding value.
True, but perhaps here they've already performed that calculation in their heads and determined that he wasn't adding value for what he was paid.
There's a widespread perception for some of the radio slots e.g. especially Tubridy's 9am slot that the vast majority of the audience tuned in because it was RTE Radio 1 at 9am and programmes such as Morning Ireland and the news generate a lead in audience.
The article fails to mention that Gerry Ryan's listenership was on a downward trajectory from almost 400,00 to 296,000 at the time of his passing. And this was before spotify and podcasts arrived (they were in their infancy). You also have new stations (Nova & Spin) and newstalk building up their listenership.Anton Savage wrote an article in the Business Post about Gerry Ryan on 2FM and how since he died the drop in listenership during the slot he did and the corresponding fall in advertising revenue has cost the station €58 million.
Especially with the constant re-runs of Reeling in the YearsMr Backhurst could also try make RTE more relevent. It still seems a bit tired and stuck in the 1990's.
That's one of the reasons RTE are so keen to move away from licence fee model towards a broadcasting charge.Mr Backhurst could also try make RTE more relevent. It still seems a bit tired and stuck in the 1990's.
Does anyone under 35 even watch/listen to RTE ?
I'm well past 35 and I only watch RTE if they are showing a sporting event I want to see.Mr Backhurst could also try make RTE more relevent. It still seems a bit tired and stuck in the 1990's.
Does anyone under 35 even watch/listen to RTE ?
The Radio output is the same in terms of scripted stuff, must be 'worthy' or come from an insider. The only decent stuff is when they do straight readings of classics.I'm well past 35 and I only watch RTE if they are showing a sporting event I want to see.
I find the production quality and, in particular the screen plays, of their drama's dreadful. Their news and current affairs is low quality and has a very strong left wing bias. They are, in just about every way, the Public Sector Broadcaster.
In fairness to him, those within journalism would very much consider editor a journalism role. just as they would include photo journalist, newscaster, reported, investigative journalist, copy writer. etc..To my mind, any such designation should imply having worked for a considerable period as a person seeking, evaluating and writing content for published media.
The challenge there is it's difficult if not impossible to rescue a broken system with someone who has grown up happy within that system. It takes awareness of the issues and a real motivation and desire for change to achieve results. I didn't hear from many within RTE during this, but none suggested awareness of a system in need of significant change. Without external influence any change would likely have been superficial window dressing.Surely, it is only common sense that the stockholders ask the existing team to nominate an MD from among themselves to deliver the new plan and that new MD allow normal selection processes to replace him/herself in their former role as finance/sales/production/tech director ? People are happier being led by someone who has been through the trenches with them in the past.
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