Chris Moyles rants on-air over his [lack of] pay
 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010...s-rant-radio-1

Regardless of your opinion on Chris or his show, in this instance he has every right to be furious with the downright incomptence of the BBC and Radio 1.

My heart bleeds, I'm sure he's really feeling the pinch :rolleyes:

.....He hasn't been payed since July

I take it you would be happy to work for two months and receive no pay whatsoever then? The bills can wait can they?

When you agree to that, then you have a valid point :sleep:

According to him. Even if it's true, take it up with bosses don't go off on a ridiculous rant live on air to a million or so listeners.

I'm sure he's not short of money, he'll live.

If I'm as rich as he is, and a couple of pay cheques are delayed a couple of weeks I wouldn't be as over-the-top and ridiculous as him.

As I said, I'd take it up with bosses, not make the whole thing public

He has, apparently. Did you even read the article/listen to the audio? He said he has brought it up with people this week, and he was told things like 'don't worry about it', 'it doesn't matter', etc.

And thus he has every right to complain on-air. If they won't listen to him telling them personally, then maybe him showing the BBC and Radio 1 up to be incompetent arseholes live on-air to nine million listeners will. Maybe then they'll get off their arses out of fear of being shown up, eh?

You are completely missing the point. It's the principle. It doesn't matter how much he is paid, he is still not being paid. For two months. Not being paid for two months after working for two months.

Would you, or anyone else agree to that?

Two months. Not two weeks.

You are still missing the point. It's the principle. He is effectively working for free. He has worked for two months and received no pay.

Again - would you [or anyone else] agree to that?

2 months pay. What's that? 100k?
I've no sympathy for him.

If it happened to me I would be a bit annoyed, of course. But he's someone who has plenty of money, enough to spare and having to wait a bit for a couple of delayed cheques is hardly the biggest disaster. Isnt it at the end of each month he gets paid? In which case he was paid at the end of July, not in August and September isnt over yet so he's probably blowing it out of proportion. I'm not going to sympathise with him purely out of principle when, in all honesty, this probably wont have a detrimental effect on his finances at all. If it was a working man sturggling to pay the bills then I would have all the sympathy in the world but when he has plenty of money to survive without, then the "prinicple" is not as much of a concern. He should remember how lucky he is to be so well-off before making such an issue of this.

And regardless of whether he thinks he has been unfairly treated, he has no right to go off on one live on air. The listeners dont want to hear that, and I doubt very much that most of them give a damn over the minor woes of that tit.

He is a joke.
Single parents with food to put on the table and bills to pay not getting wages due to an "admin error" is a disgrace but Chris Moyles not paid since end of July means he's only
missed out on August if he's paid monthly. I'm sure he's starving and really suffering.
He's on 10x the amount he deserves as it is for sitting on a chair for 3 hours talking **** into a microphone. First time I've listened to him in ages today when he "interviewed" Sheridan Smith and he's a *****.
When the day comes that he's working round the clock hours for a paycheck he actually deserves then I might feel sympathetic but he needs to get over himself.

He's a cock. He's spilt up with his girlfriend hasn't he?

How much does that have to do with this? He's hardly destitute and should take it up with the bosses off air.

People live by their means. Whats the point in earning a high salary if you're only going to spend about £400 a month on bills like the rest of us? Some people survive on £50 a week on benefits, should the rest of us have our pay frozen for 2 months because thats extortionate compared to what some people are getting?

But his pay isnt being frozen, there's just been a bit of a delay on getting him his latest pay cheques. When your as wealthy as he is, that doesnt exactly have a serious effect on your finances so I dont think he should be getting so worked up over it that he's goes off on a ridiculous rant live on air.

The listeners dont give a damn, he should stop trying to impose his problems on them.

I know its not been frozen, I'm just making the point and without knowing his outgoings you can't say it doesn't have an effect on his finances, you're just assuming that

It is completely and utterly irrelevant how much he is paid or what effect it is going to have on his finances. It's all about respect and principle. There is no respect in not paying one of your employees for two months work. No respect whatsoever. Whether it was a toilet cleaner or a football player, I would say the same thing. No respect whatsoever.

As he said on-air, if he suddenly decided to stop working because 'he couldn't be bothered', do you think the bosses would be 'bothered' enough to pay him? No. No they wouldn't. So why should he be 'bothered' to turn up and work for two months when they're not 'bothered' enough to pay him for those two months work?

I think it says a lot about his love for his job about how this has not yet been mentioned or he has not yet refused to turn up. I very much doubt a lot of other people would continue working after a month of no pay, let alone two months or more.

And what are you on about with 'the listeners don't want to hear that'? What planet are you on? Do you realise the show is called 'The Chris Moyles Show', so naturally the show is going to be primarily about him, his life, his job, the show in general, and other minor things? If people didn't want to hear that then you'd expect them not to listen. Of course, there are a few dim *****s that listen so that they can vent some more of their hatred for the man and jump at any opportunity they can get to condemn him. It's laughable stuff.

And at 06:30 - it is entertaining radio [at least in my eyes]. A man ranting about his pay and showing his management up to be completely incompetent is highly amusing and entertaining. Far, far better than listening to some average 'hi welcome along to the show...this is Lady Gaga. Then next we'll play some Lily Allen, followed by five minutes of repetitive adverts and then five more songs' so-called 'DJ' on an average station like Galaxy.

For the love of God, are you another one of those that does not read things and just jumps to conclusion out of hatred for the man?

I have already said he took it up with the bosses off-air. The article also said the same. And so did Chris himself on-air. Read and listen.

Yes he has split up with his girlfriend, hence why this probably isn't helping matters. As he said on-air, he 'really doesn't need this right now'. And it is true. Why should he be denied pay for two months after working for those two months? It is all about respect and principle.

And you want people to have sympathy for him, cos he needs 50k a month!!

Respect. Principle. Learn it, darling.

Under what you're saying, I take it you would be happy to work for two months and receive no pay because there is someone on a lower income than you?

It's completely irrelevant how much he earns, or how much anyone earns. If you work, you get paid. It's simple.

I don't give a sh't about someone who's paid 600+k a year missing one month's wages, what he did on his radio show was the height of self-indulgence.

Still missing the point. Sigh.

:sleep:

Whatever

It's lovely to see another coherent and intelligent reply on this forum.

It's indicative of the more you pay people the greedier they get.

He says he'd do it for nothing. Ha!

Of course it is, darling. He agreed to a pay cut a couple of years back to 'help the BBC out in a difficult situation' and out of love for his job.

So I guess that renders your point void :sleep:

He wasn't given a choice. Says he'd do the job for nothing, then one month without 50k he goes off on one. Do me a favour!

Well, he was really...either take the pay cut or leave. So he agreed to it...which is what I said.

When did he say he'd 'do the job for nothing'? Source?

At the end of the day, he is still a working man. He does a job and as with everyone else, expects to be paid. He might be a lot more well-off than most but he is still entitled to his wage that he works for. I really can't fathom what part of that is difficult to grasp...

There are a lot of people who work in social care/hospitals etc, that kind of work, that probably care for their patients etc, but can obviously not work for free. They're still doing a job and are entitled to their pay. On time. It doesn't mean they don't love the job or care for the people they are working with, it just means they are working and they want the wage they are entitled to.

I heard someone talking about this in town and it was on another site i go on

I love chris moyles and the show and listen religiously but that as nothing to do with what im about to say

If he as not been payed for 2 months he as the right to go mad because i know i would even if i did have a mill in the bank. Like others have said he as been to management and everything and they said it doesn't matter. I would be pissed off, plus he was only telling a story of why he almost never went into work

He as said many times before on the air that if he had to do it for free he would

I've just listened to the first full hour. He never mentions that he's taken this up with the bosses. He calls a few people a few things and assumes he knows the reason why it happens but he sounds like he's speculation. Doesn't seem like he's had much of a discussion.

Yeah, thats true I suppose.

No, it's absolutely and utterly relevant, 100%. If Bill Gates gets robbed of £200 do you have just as much sympathy as when the same happens to a single mum who cant pay the bills? No, you dont give a **** about Bill Gates, and I really couldnt care less if a man has to wait a few weeks for his montly £60,000 to come through. You have to put each situation into context. I'm not saying it's right what they did to him but I dont feel obliged to sympathise with the guy just because of the principal of the matter, because that loses all it's importance when it, probably, does not have a dterimental effect on the guy at all.

He said himself he loves his job. Well, I think that when you're being paid £650,000 for a job that you love then you are very content in life. So one of his pau cheques is delayed a bit, he should get over it, if he truly loved his job as much as he said then he should be able to overcome such a minor setback, particularly, as, in the grand of scheme of things, it wiill affect him very little. He'll get the money eventually, it's not like he hasn't been paid all year, it's just one pay cheque (assuming he gets paid monthly)

Umm yes, believe it or not, I am aware that it is the Chris Moyles show. He's supposedly a comedian, he's mean to crack a few jokes, play a few games and play some music inbetween. The fact that it's his show does not require him to make public a private dispute, nor does it justify it. It's between him and the BBC, dont impose your personal problem on your listeners.

He was given the choice actually, they said will you take a pay cut and he said yes, if he said no they wouldn't cut it at the risk of loosing him, they lose him they lose 3-4 mill listeners no doubt

You think after the first month he didnt get payed he would just leave it, of couse he would speak to someone up top thats prety irrelevent and all their saying is it will be ok and forget it

Jack, you keep saying people are missing the point. They're not. I dont think anyone saying he's not entitled to his wages (I'm not anyway) it's just the apparent imperitive to sympathise with him that people are disagreeing with.

Well, I actually think how much he earns is the point.
I don't think you can compare it to a £12, 000 pa job being more than £50 a week benefits. Because the difference is that if he is behind on his outgoings due to lack of pay, he is still earning £50, 000 a month or whatever it is so he's hardly going to go without food etc. Someone who earns minimum wage or surviving on benefits having their pay delayed may affect their basic needs; food, water etc especially if they have a family to feed.
Chris Moyles missing one of his regular £50, 000 cheques isn't going to leave him starving. That's the point.
It's an inconvenience, yes. But a serious problem? No (unless he has some ridiculously excessive debts)

He's so lucky to of went into the Big Brother house though like so many times, especially in 2008.


Sorry off topic, but yeah good on him for being all pissed and that.

Oh and Hi everyone :xyxwave:

Anyone who feels sympathy for someone earning that much not being paid on time needs their head examined. 100k is enough for anyone pa.

Hello Patrick.

no one feels sorry for him as such its just the fact he as the right to moan because you would anyone would, its irrelevant how much you are being paid or how much you have got the fact is he ain't been payed and he mentioned it in a story and the whole nation as gone mad because he talked about it and tbh its sad sad stuck up there own arse people who think that

He didn't talk about it in a story he moped about it on the radio.

The story was about why he almost never come into work

He's just havin' a mope because his gf left him, he's not a morning person and he spent the night on a sofa.