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Pete C wrote:

No pay increase, no Christmas bonus, and no overtime, however, voluntary
'extra' hours requested to be worked. I'm hit!

Do you have any evidence that the recession is the cause, rather than
merely an excuse?

Working in academia, I am accustomed to all of those, though we did
get a pay increase this year (to counteract bthe many years when we
didn't).



Regards,
Nick Maclaren.