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There a few classics like this from the 70's when the unions had immense power in the UK and there was lots of over employment in what was then public companies
by junto 11y ago
There a few classics like this from the 70's when the unions had immense power in the UK and there was lots of over employment in what was then public companies. Examples I remember were a false wall in the back of a British Steel factory which was setup with rows of bunk beds on the quiet so that only 1 in 3 had to do any work. The rest were paid to sleep. Also had employees on the books with the rather blatant names of D. Duck and M. Mouse.
- keithpeter 11y agoThe chaps in the pub could be sailing with a ship as relief radio officer at a moment's notice so not quite the bunk bed thing. Iain Sinclair has written about Trueman's Brewery round that time as well. You won't agree with this but: is paying people to sleep in bunks any worse than subsidising low paid jobs using the benefit system as we do now? Typical commercial rents £600 to £750 a month and minimum wage £6.50 per hour.