Maybe i'm being petty, but a 500% rise just seemed a tad high...
2006-12-07 09:45:11 · 13 answers · asked by Salamander 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
It is a 40 min drive to my workplace, and would take nearly 2 hours by public transport as well as costing more than petrol - a cycle ride is out of the question i'm afraid.
2006-12-08 08:45:45 · update #1
I'd be polishing up my CV.
2006-12-07 10:27:33 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To be honest £3 per month sounds ridiculously cheap, even after the rise, assuming you work a 5 day week that's 85 pence a day for secure parking, and you have the cheek to complain, your employer is still probably subsidising this and you don't even appreciate it, if you can park cheaper nearby then do that, any city or large town in the UK would cost £15 a day for city centre parking, worse than that i read the answers you've recieved, leave you job, ask for a rise, do these people live in the real world, your owed nothing.
2006-12-07 11:15:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are providing parking space that land must cost something. If it wasn't being parked on they could sell it off. They must be paying rates on that land. So I suspect that a rate of £3 a month is heavily subsidised. Do they offer a subsidy like that to somebody who comes to work by bus or train? No, I thought not! Why should you be subsidised to drive to work? Alternatively perhaps your employer could offer a subsidised bus or rail season ticket, or lay on some form of staff transport if normal public transport is impractical.
2006-12-07 10:29:48 · answer #3 · answered by david f 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be that the demand for parking has risen and so the cost has to as well, but thats a very steep rise.
Be grateful, I'd pay £17 a month to park, seeing as I don't even get a space where I work, I just grab what I can locally.
2006-12-07 10:27:06 · answer #4 · answered by ashypoo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is ridiculous.. if you ask me, all employees should get free parking, irrespective of where they work. My last job, I was on minimum wage and it would've cost me £17 A DAY to park there. So I had to drive to a train station, get a train into work, costing £3 a day.. and leave my car in their car park.. where it was constantly broken into, so.. couldn't win!
2006-12-07 10:45:13 · answer #5 · answered by llama_pi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This may be down to the taxman who have informed company's that they intend to tax company's who provide car parking for there staff
2006-12-07 10:00:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter what they charged last month, it matters what they charge at the next car-park over. Parking is real estate, and that's all about location, location, location.
2006-12-08 10:18:40 · answer #7 · answered by Wolf Harper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unreasonable?? He's positively taking the piss. demand a pay-rise, or change jobs. He's what we call in the trade a saucy bastard.
2006-12-07 09:48:54 · answer #8 · answered by Phish 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of any company that charges for parking.
2006-12-07 10:29:05 · answer #9 · answered by solara 437 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's the going rate there? Have you considered a bicycle?
2006-12-07 14:52:46 · answer #10 · answered by OldGringo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tell him ok if he gives you a 500% rise!
2006-12-07 10:00:46 · answer #11 · answered by girljak 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋