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Classy move but that's not actually out of character, despite what other fans might think of us.

 
Nice!

Also first club to have the LED lights setup, good to be the first, watch them copy!

 
I wonder how much a decisions like this impacts on FFP?

Well done by the club to be the first to commit, for the amount of flack we receive it's nice to read some good news about us from time to time. 

 
A great example to others and I'm sure this is greatly appreciated by the lower-paid staff at the club

 
I am probably going to be hung out to dry for saying this, but don't you think a club like ours ( and other clubs ) with our ever increasing revenue streams should already be paying a decent living wage to it's employees ?

Anyone who thinks £9.15 an hour is a living wage in London is living in dreamland. As for the Cobham staff having to wait until July 2017 to receive anywhere near that.....why ??

The income clubs get from the Tv rights for Premier League, Champions League and sponsorship deals in recent years has gone through the roof. How much of that has filtered down to the fans, let alone the everday staff who work at the clubs on a daily basis ?

£20 an hour wouldn't bankrupt us or any other major club if the money was spread a bit more evenly.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/nov/12/premier-league-tv-rights-5-bn

That's my rant over.

 
Disagree entirely! Will keep it concise as I'm too tired to be verbose:

- we aren't turning over huge profits

- we need that money to buy big players .... to try and win stuff

- the club have frozen tickets and subsidised some travel this season

- they don't have to do it

- no other club has done it, at least it's a start

- 20 quid an hour would efectively be paying more than double the low level staff in terms of payment, that's a sh*t load more money for the same amount of work output. Doesn't make any sense.

- the club isn't a charity

 
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WeatherMan said:
I am probably going to be hung out to dry for saying this, but don't you think a club like ours ( and other clubs ) with our ever increasing revenue streams should already be paying a decent living wage to it's employees ?

Anyone who thinks £9.15 an hour is a living wage in London is living in dreamland. As for the Cobham staff having to wait until July 2017 to receive anywhere near that.....why ??

The income clubs get from the Tv rights for Premier League, Champions League and sponsorship deals in recent years has gone through the roof. How much of that has filtered down to the fans, let alone the everday staff who work at the clubs on a daily basis ?

£20 an hour wouldn't bankrupt us or any other major club if the money was spread a bit more evenly.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/nov/12/premier-league-tv-rights-5-bn

That's my rant over.
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Sorry but £20 and hour is an absolutely ridiculous amount of money for what is, in a lot of cases, completely unskilled labour.

 
Just because Chelsea is a big club does not (and should not, in my opinion) make them obligated to pay more money for the same job.
 
Should say, I do agree with the increase to the living wage. It's not a massive increase but it is massive for the staff that will benefit from it.
 
WeatherMan said:
I am probably going to be hung out to dry for saying this, but don't you think a club like ours ( and other clubs ) with our ever increasing revenue streams should already be paying a decent living wage to it's employees ?

Anyone who thinks £9.15 an hour is a living wage in London is living in dreamland. As for the Cobham staff having to wait until July 2017 to receive anywhere near that.....why ??

The income clubs get from the Tv rights for Premier League, Champions League and sponsorship deals in recent years has gone through the roof. How much of that has filtered down to the fans, let alone the everday staff who work at the clubs on a daily basis ?

£20 an hour wouldn't bankrupt us or any other major club if the money was spread a bit more evenly.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/nov/12/premier-league-tv-rights-5-bn

That's my rant over.
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But the costs of buying players and player wages are rising too, our club also like to secure youth players by paying a bit more.

Also £20 an hour is more than £40k a year pro rata lol.

 
Raising their wage to £20 hour would have a knock on effect, all wages above would also need raising.

 
John_Galt said:
Let's raise the minimum wage to 100 per hour. That should end poverty.
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What a great argument you make.

Quite simply, if people's wages are too low to live on then either the state has to make up the difference via various forms of benefits and tax breaks, or we just allow a significant proportion of the population to struggle unable to pay for rent/food and other essentials (not nice for them, and also poverty leads to crime, so not great for the population as a whole).  Neither scenario are desirable.

 
sonic90 said:
But the costs of buying players and player wages are rising too, our club also like to secure youth players by paying a bit more.

Also £20 an hour is more than £40k a year pro rata lol.
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Yeah if they are paying that I'll quit my job and go work 40 hours in the mega store if they'll have me hah

 
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