Jobs at the BBC are often seen as having more value than pure pay, because of two related factors: (1) The BBC is a British institution and supporting it is se

Jobs at the BBC are often seen as having more value than pure pay, because of two related factors: (1) The BBC is a British institution and supporting it is seen as a worthwhile act. The same effect is what keeps teachers' and nurses' pay artificially low; (2) Jobs at the BBC have historically been seen as "for life", because of the entity's perceived stability. I'll be interested to see what happens to both of those factors over the next decade.