http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40696402
As a bbc licence payer, who doesn't use the bbc provision too often anyway, I think that is the most searching question in the midst of the media smokescreen of 'the gender pay gap' or 'the ethnic pay disparity issue'. ARE MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WORTH IT or more importantly ARE THEY GROSSLY OVERPAID FOR WHAT THEY PROVIDE??? Sifting through some of these salaries I noticed, for example, the One Show presenters each earn an annual salary of about half a million quid - IMO massively overpaid by the bbc and there are lotsa other questionable examples on the list which have raised internal disputes among bbc colleagues who are upset over a salary disparity. However, I think that is another distraction from the real issue of why these people are grossly overpaid for what they provide!!! I've no doubt that defenders of this salary regime will say that's the price of entertainment but I 'don't buy that argument' particularly by a public corporation and noticeable that none of these salaries are applicable to bbc outlying regions apart from one radio presenter in Northern Ireland who again is grossly overpaid.
There is also a debatable footie argument attached to the bbc and covers the meagre bbc contribution of £1.3M to Scottish footie coverage while the English Premiership takes in £68M. If one analyses the financial data further, it transpires that Scottish contributors pay about £150M to the bbc and forget the argument re the high standard of English footie - the simple conclusion is that this payment is disproportionate from a public corporation - it's a pittance and just reaffirms the second class status that exists in this age old argument of 'better together' in the good old disunited kingdom which was always a crap argument riddled full of holes when one scrutinises it from a Scottish perspective.
As a bbc licence payer, who doesn't use the bbc provision too often anyway, I think that is the most searching question in the midst of the media smokescreen of 'the gender pay gap' or 'the ethnic pay disparity issue'. ARE MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WORTH IT or more importantly ARE THEY GROSSLY OVERPAID FOR WHAT THEY PROVIDE??? Sifting through some of these salaries I noticed, for example, the One Show presenters each earn an annual salary of about half a million quid - IMO massively overpaid by the bbc and there are lotsa other questionable examples on the list which have raised internal disputes among bbc colleagues who are upset over a salary disparity. However, I think that is another distraction from the real issue of why these people are grossly overpaid for what they provide!!! I've no doubt that defenders of this salary regime will say that's the price of entertainment but I 'don't buy that argument' particularly by a public corporation and noticeable that none of these salaries are applicable to bbc outlying regions apart from one radio presenter in Northern Ireland who again is grossly overpaid.
There is also a debatable footie argument attached to the bbc and covers the meagre bbc contribution of £1.3M to Scottish footie coverage while the English Premiership takes in £68M. If one analyses the financial data further, it transpires that Scottish contributors pay about £150M to the bbc and forget the argument re the high standard of English footie - the simple conclusion is that this payment is disproportionate from a public corporation - it's a pittance and just reaffirms the second class status that exists in this age old argument of 'better together' in the good old disunited kingdom which was always a crap argument riddled full of holes when one scrutinises it from a Scottish perspective.