Perks, pay and the bonus culture

In last Sunday’s Business Post, Pat Rabbitte denounced commentators who are “throwing about charges about a ‘bonus culture’” at Irish Water and thereby “recklessly fanning the flames of public outrage”. As one who has questioned the proposed bonus/performance incentive system, I would counter that there are very good grounds for public concern, based on what we have learned to date about this pay system and what we know of the ‘bonus culture’ in ...