• snacks@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    So they run the privatised utility into the ground, and expect the government to bail them out? Knighthoods all round

      • tom@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Chubby dividend payouts for a bit then let it collapse. Its an excellent scheme if you’re an amoral lizard.

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          1 year ago

          Its an excellent scheme if you’re an amoral lizard.

          Well hey, you’ll never guess who built the system…

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    1 year ago

    Is this the same Thames Water that paid their chief exec £1.5 MILLION pounds in the year to the start of June? Why yes, yes it is.

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      1 year ago

      I can only think they must not have paid the poor chap enough. Just look at what’s become of them.

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        1 year ago

        She’s a woman, you big sexist. Women can be grossly overpaid for inferior work too!

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          Ah, the state of the gender paygap. It’s 2023 and still a woman can’t be fairly compensated for tanking an essential public service into the ground smh.