[Ammi]

...the experiences of the last few months have not been the same for everyone it has to be said...but I don’t know how feasible it would be to give financial reward when we still don’t know what there is to come in the future...as Liam said, people should be paid what their value is and so often they’re not, sadly...

[bitontheslide]

It's a difficult one. For a start I think the definition of essential workers were somewhat loose. Some were genuinely essential workers, others not so much. We don't usually give bonuses to workers that put their lives at risk for the public every day. I'm thinking of emergency services, the armed forces etc. Market forces determine what people are worth in terms of pay and that has always been the case, and that situation won't change

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...the experiences of the last few months have not been the same for everyone it has to be said...but I don’t know how feasible it would be to give financial reward when we still don’t know what there is to come in the future...as Liam said, people should be paid what their value is and so often they’re not, sadly...

I agree with that - I'd much rather see a push for better pay and working conditions permanently than a one-off cash bonus.

Originally Posted by Cherie

All the big supermarkets should be doing that, they made an absolute fortune during lockdown

Oh I absolutely agree that the companies who actually did quite well out of the whole thing should be paying profit-related bonuses to all of their staff. Supermarket workers, Amazon warehouse staff, etc. should be getting a share of the covid pie.

Sadly we all know that the biggest bonuses, as usual, will go to senior management and executives.