BT won't budge over pay hike for manager grade employees

Emotions are running high at BT over the Brit telco's refusal to "improve their derisory and insulting" pay offer to manager grade staff, according to John Ferrett, national secretary at union Prospect.

As revealed by The Register at the end of last month, the union criticized the former state owned network operator for giving nearly two-thirds of the managers at BT – understood to be some 15,000 + employees – a 1.28 percent hike in compensation from April, something that was rejected. The rest were denied a pay rise, Prospect complained.

BT's "manager grade" includes all employees from "second line support" and upwards.

This protest was made public after BT increased dividends to shareholders by two percent, equating to an estimated £800 million ($1 billion).

In a letter to Prospect members working at BT, Ferrett said he'd had a second meeting with the business, this time with incoming ...