Bonuses at the MOD

I think the authorities who run things need to learn a simple truth. Times have changed. In Thatcher’s day a bonus was a good and clever thing which said everyone should be open to reward for extra effort. Now we have been busted by the bankers and deceived by our  MPs. No longer will this form of enrichment, however worthy, regain its acceptability, certainly not when out of taxpayers’ pockets.

We have to return to the old idea that you get paid a fair and adequate rate for the job and that’s that. It is supposed you will do your best and show initiative in your post. Your bonus is to keep it.

If you want extra you can set up on your own, take the risk and the sky is the limit. That’s the difference between being an entrepreneur and an an employee. Each has worth and merit. We cannot have the one without the other. But we need to remember there is a difference between the two.