http://www.thisismytruth.org/2009/11/bonuses-and-the-economy/ ...now tell me yours Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:51:53 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.thisismytruth.org/2009/11/bonuses-and-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-514 robert Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:16:30 +0000 http://www.thisismytruth.org/2009/11/bonuses-and-the-economy/#comment-514 I no longer care, take what you can, make as much as you can and cheat like F*ck. I no longer care, take what you can, make as much as you can and cheat like F*ck.

]]> http://www.thisismytruth.org/2009/11/bonuses-and-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Jonathan Richards Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:18:19 +0000 http://www.thisismytruth.org/2009/11/bonuses-and-the-economy/#comment-509 I am not an economist so I may be ignorant of why certain words are used. The words we choose to use can betray values, assumptions and culture. I am still very angry every time I think about the senior Barclay's Bank interviewee using the word 'compensation' to describe bonuses on a Today programme some months ago. Compensation implies to me that the person being compensated has been harmed in some way and is deserving of benefit. Since these people are in well paid rewarding jobs, in what sense of the word 'compensation' are they deserving? I think that people enduring deprivation are much more deserving of compensation than senior executives. I am not an economist so I may be ignorant of why certain words are used. The words we choose to use can betray values, assumptions and culture. I am still very angry every time I think about the senior Barclay’s Bank interviewee using the word ‘compensation’ to describe bonuses on a Today programme some months ago. Compensation implies to me that the person being compensated has been harmed in some way and is deserving of benefit. Since these people are in well paid rewarding jobs, in what sense of the word ‘compensation’ are they deserving?
I think that people enduring deprivation are much more deserving of compensation than senior executives.

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