RBS bankers get £950m in bonuses despite £1.1bn loss

[Mich the Tester]

What a lot of boll0x. So there are thousands of experienced contractors on the bench and they can't fill the vacancies? Drop requirement like "needed 1000 years experience in IB" and you'll get plenty of good candidates that can learn quickly even if it to gain 2-3 years IB experience before they jump.

If you think logic plays a role in the western banking system you are an idiot.

[AtW]

If you think logic plays a role in the western banking system you are an idiot.

I am not talking about logic - I am referring to some basic competence in problem solving: if you need right people you find a way to get them (at the right price), even if you have to take some chances - ffs, that's what trial period is for.

[MarillionFan]

I am not talking about logic - I am referring to some basic competence in problem solving: if you need right people you find a way to get them (at the right price), even if you have to take some chances - ffs, that's what trial period is for.

In your case AtW, a trail period is something you offer graduates when you don't want to pay them much for working on SKA.

[Mich the Tester]

I am not talking about logic - I am referring to some basic competence in problem solving: if you need right people you find a way to get them (at the right price), even if you have to take some chances - ffs, that's what trial period is for.

You are talking about logic. The logic of hiring the right person for the job, which is unlikely to be the person who buggered it up last time. This logic is beyond western bankers.

[AtW]

In your case AtW, a trail period is something you offer graduates when you don't want to pay them much for working on SKA.

I said trial. Yes we ask for trial period for all people who are new to the business, this is normal practice in the UK, I am sure even banks have it.

[Mich the Tester]

I said trial. Yes we ask for trial period for all people who are new to the business, this is normal practice in the UK, I am sure even banks have it.

AtW, did you notice, just a couple of years ago, that western banks, especially RBS, lost more money than had ever been earned in the history of the milky way galaxy and had to be rescued by governments that were already going bust?

That's how competent they are.

[AtW]

That's how competent they are.

That was just due to them being greedy more than competent.

[Mich the Tester]

That was just due to them being greedy more than competent.

Can a greedy person ever be competent to look after somebody else's money?

[AtW]

Can a greedy person ever be competent to look after somebody else's money?

Probably not, but we are talking about IT manager whose greed can be best served by providing the best people to support traders of tulip, that's another matter in my view.

[MarillionFan]

Can a greedy person ever be competent to look after somebody else's money?

Yes. Robert Maxwell.