Universität Edinburgh entlässt Personal aufgrund von Lohnsteuererhöhungen

Awful. Feel for the staff in all industries that are being made redundant due to these policies. Hope you all find something.

>Student numbers are also down with the letter pointing out that there have been challenges around “international student recruitment, increasing staff costs since the pandemic” and “unsustainable levels of funding for Scottish and other UK students”.

Definitely wouldn’t have happened without the NI increases.

My Dad just got notice that everyone at his company (15 people) are having their hours reduced, effectively losing 1 weeks pay every month.

Literally word for word were told was because of the tax hikes.

Here is where I say I’m angry for voting for labour, but I guess I’m angry for voting for the establishment and expecting change.

This is bullshit.

Multiple universities have announced multimillion pound short falls this year due to drops in international students.

Edinburgh announced in August that despite a £2bn surplus they were going to have to make spending cuts due to changes in the international market and the government not increasing home fees (there was a times article – can’t link at the moment).

Now they are doing it but claiming it is because of the budget.

Extremely misleading headline which falsely implies the NI increase is the direct cause of the layoffs. The UoE’s media statement says:

> The university costs £120m each month to run. In the context of the recent sector challenges around international student recruitment, increasing staff costs since the pandemic, and the unsustainable levels of funding for Scottish and other UK students, our outgoings are consistently higher than our income.
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> In response to this situation and recent developments with regards to National Insurance, we have concluded that we need to take a series of actions, which will include selective voluntary and, if unavoidable, compulsory redundancies.

Very clearly says that budget shortfalls already existed prior to the NI increase.

1.2% NI rise that comes to effect IN APRIL next year. 1.2%.

I call bullshit on any company citing NI rise as a reason to let people go. Especially 25% of workforce as one of the commenter said here. They’re just using it as a reason to sack people without being blamed. Pure greed.

I don’t know at what point the politicians and above all, the people will face the harsh truth. The public welfare system in this country is just not sustainable anymore. Thinking that the tax hikes are just “temporary pain” for long term gain, is fooling ourselves. The sooner we get out of the state of denial, the better it is for the country. Politicians cannot solve the country’s problems

I used to work in a well known Scottish university at a very senior management/leadership level. The financial mess is entirely their own making, as these organisations are run by academics who in the vast majority of cases have never worked in private sector with real commercial awareness. I left after 5 years, and now work in private sector still with universities. They are all amazed at the speed with which my staff deliver projects, without the bureaucratic b.s. that these universities create for themselves. Most can’t have an actual meeting without secretaries in attendance, at great expense. So my sympathies are limited for this long overdue cost cutting.

This was always going to either find out a load of businesses with existing suspect financial foundations or give the already unscrupulous lot an excuse to go on a sacking spree.