Staff paid to not use cars

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/3200604.stm

Anyone seen this story:

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Staff paid to not use cars
The drugs company, Pfizer, says a scheme where employees at its premises at
Sandwich are paid £2 a day for leaving their car at home has been a success.
Managers say it is so expensive to build and maintain car parks that the
scheme has actually saved them £100,000.

The firm, which employs 3,600 staff at its research, development and
manufacturing site in Kent, believes other firms could follow their lead.

Pfizer claims it costs £6 a day for each staff car park space provided.

So by offering a small incentive to each worker who uses public transport to
get to work, the scheme actually saves the company money.

A spokesman, said: "The scheme has been in place for a number of years and
it has shown a 15% reduction in the number of cars used by our staff."

Employees receive the cash at the end of each month in their regular pay
cheques.

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I wonder if staff still get the £2 if the cycle in or can they only claim it
if they use public transport?

I wonder if staff still get the £2 if the cycle in or can they only claim
it
if they use public transport?

They get the money regardless of the non car methods used to get to work.
Walkers get it too.

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"Adrian Boliston" wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/3200604.stm

Anyone seen this story:

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Staff paid to not use cars

I wonder if staff still get the £2 if the cycle in or can they only claim it
if they use public transport?


IIRC the original proposal was to provide a free bus service and the £2
idea was specifically to be fairer to cyclists and walkers.

Paul.

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CTC Right to Ride Representative for Richmond upon Thames

I have been to Sandwich, there is a nice camp site there(a few years ago -
b4 the kids). It also has a not too bad chinese from what I remember.
Anyway as I degress from my point. I remember the Pfizer site, it is in the
middle of no-where, if you walk to work your braver than me, I would cycle
but be carefull. I wonder if the produce viagra? Reminds me of a joke. What
does the man think whoms on viagra and prozac? If I cannot get an erection,
I don't care.

Ok flame me, I deserve it.

PodgeMaster



"VERNON LEVY" wrote in message
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I wonder if staff still get the £2 if the cycle in or can they only
claim
it
if they use public transport?

They get the money regardless of the non car methods used to get to work.
Walkers get it too.

My company have had this scheme for about 3 years now. Basically, if you
don't take up a car parking space you get £2 per day, regardless of anything
else. Even when I ocassionally use the car I park in one of 3 spaces just
across the road and still can claim!
Also, there is a scheme that I've mentioned before on this ng that if you
buy a bike of through the company and it's main purpose is to commute, the
company pays for it and then deducts the cost over 3 months from you gross
salary thereby saving you the tax..
"Adrian Boliston" wrote in message
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/3200604.stm

Anyone seen this story:

=======================
Staff paid to not use cars
The drugs company, Pfizer, says a scheme where employees at its premises
at
Sandwich are paid £2 a day for leaving their car at home has been a
success.
Managers say it is so expensive to build and maintain car parks that the
scheme has actually saved them £100,000.

The firm, which employs 3,600 staff at its research, development and
manufacturing site in Kent, believes other firms could follow their lead.

Pfizer claims it costs £6 a day for each staff car park space provided.

So by offering a small incentive to each worker who uses public transport
to
get to work, the scheme actually saves the company money.

A spokesman, said: "The scheme has been in place for a number of years and
it has shown a 15% reduction in the number of cars used by our staff."

Employees receive the cash at the end of each month in their regular pay
cheques.

=========================

I wonder if staff still get the £2 if the cycle in or can they only claim
it
if they use public transport?

Paul Saunders wrote:
the
company pays for it and then deducts the cost over 3 months from you gross
salary thereby saving you the tax..

I'm self-employed and get mileage allowance and claim my bike costs back
against tax :-).

When I worked for Siemens they offered staff around 1000 quid/yr (in
Munich) not to use bikes. I then moved to France (bad move) where the
French management banned us from bringing bikes onto the site as it made
it look as if their staff were too poor to afford cards. Retards.

A friend used to work for Vodafone in Newbury, and they had some sort
of sliding scale for non-use of the car park. He got a small amount
for using a scooter, which would have been slightly larger for
walking/cycling/pub transport [1], and then a lesser amount for using
a Smart car, as it only took up half a parking space.

I doubt they were doing it for any altruistic reason - staff numbers
had outgrown the (small) car park at this particular site.

[1] too far for him to cycle, even though he is fit, let alone walk,
and pub transport a joke - quicker to walk. Those of us in
tech/telecoms change jobs too often to consider moving close to work
all the time unless we really want to swell Gordo's coffers with stamp
duty.

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Regards,

Mark Davies

Mr R@t (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2] wrote:
"David Off" wrote in message
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When I worked for Siemens they offered staff around 1000 quid/yr (in
Munich) not to use bikes. I then moved to France (bad move) where the
French management banned us from bringing bikes onto the site as it made
it look as if their staff were too poor to afford cards. Retards.


Thanks for the info; now should myself or friends/colleagues require mobile
comms kit I shall advise them to *boycott* Siemens...

Sorry, the company in France were associated with Groupe Bull, a French
computer maker and not Siemens. Siemens, apart from using slave labour
during the war, are a good company I beleive. I no longer work for
Siemens but enjoyed my time with them.

The figure offered was 1500 DM - sorry I think this was closer to 700
UKP at the time. They said the spaces were worth more than that per year.

A friend used to work for Vodafone in Newbury, and they had some sort
of sliding scale for non-use of the car park. He got a small amount
for using a scooter, which would have been slightly larger for
walking/cycling/pub transport [1], and then a lesser amount for using
a Smart car, as it only took up half a parking space.

When was this? Nothing like that when I was there 7ish years ago. It
would have been good to pick up a bonus back then..

I doubt they were doing it for any altruistic reason
IME Vodafone did very little for altruistic reasons. ;+)

- staff numbers
had outgrown the (small) car park at this particular site.

Now that sounds mroe familiar- car parking was a huge problem when
Voda had offices in what seemed like every second building in Newbury.

Do Vodafone still offer the 'non car' bonus now they have moved to
their new corporate campus?

z

"David Off" wrote in message
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Mr R@t (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2] wrote:
"David Off" wrote in message
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When I worked for Siemens they offered staff around 1000 quid/yr (in
Munich) not to use bikes. I then moved to France (bad move) where the
French management banned us from bringing bikes onto the site as it made
it look as if their staff were too poor to afford cards. Retards.


Thanks for the info; now should myself or friends/colleagues require
mobile
comms kit I shall advise them to *boycott* Siemens...

Sorry, the company in France were associated with Groupe Bull, a French
computer maker and not Siemens. Siemens, apart from using slave labour
during the war, are a good company I beleive. I no longer work for
Siemens but enjoyed my time with them.

The figure offered was 1500 DM - sorry I think this was closer to 700
UKP at the time. They said the spaces were worth more than that per year.

You may have a typo in your original sentence : you said staff were paid not
to use bikes - did you mean to not use cars?

cheers,
clive