um, that sounds shit but they will spend the money whether you like it or not
dont let the fact you're not going become a statement as it could cost you more in the long run if you are deemed a pain in the arse.

their game, their rules etc
( zulu eh?, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 14:36, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I am ludicrously proud, considering I don't have that much to be proud of.
The idea of backing down isn't a pleasant prospect.
( Kroney, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 14:40, Reply)

has anyone in the company been given a pay rise in that period?
as in, is it a total pay freeze or are they just not giving out automatic pay rises? if the latter is the case, then be better at your job ;)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 14:50, Reply)

Ah, performance bonuses.
We have those. Marvellous things. I, for example, helped to soak up underspend from other parts of the programme, ensuring my area of work brought forward more projects and therefore spent more money, thus helping to prevent the treasury from clawing it back out of this year's budget. This, I felt, constituted as performing at above expectations, thus qualifying me for a non consolidated bonus.

Did it fuck.

As per usual, the usual suspects (i.e. line managers and heads of team) got the award while the people who actually did the bloody work got shag all.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 14:59, Reply)

Total pay freeze, not even inflationary increases.

( Kroney, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 15:01, Reply)

It's nowt to do with that
it's just considerably cheaper to throw a feck-off party than to give anyone a wage increase.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 14:47, Reply)