{"id":74740,"date":"2017-12-18T00:13:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T17:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-persimmon-chiefs-bonus-is-an-obscene-inversion-of-a-christmas-carol-zoe-williams\/"},"modified":"2017-12-18T01:03:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T18:03:08","slug":"the-persimmon-chiefs-bonus-is-an-obscene-inversion-of-a-christmas-carol-zoe-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-persimmon-chiefs-bonus-is-an-obscene-inversion-of-a-christmas-carol-zoe-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"The Persimmon chief\u2019s bonus is an obscene inversion of A Christmas Carol | Zoe Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWe like to think that the generous spirit of Dickens presides over every story at this time of year. Not this oneThe story of the housebuilding company Persimmon has a beautiful, Christmassy spirit. Its chair, Nicholas Wrigley, has quit over his role in awarding its chief executive, Jeff Fairburn, an obscene bonus of \u00a3110m.I\u00a0was about to put quote marks round obscene, since that\u2019s the judgment of assorted charities and politicians, but really it needs no attribution \u2013 it is objectively obscene. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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