How ordinary workers feel when fat cat gets the cream

“Snouts in the trough” is a common tabloid newspaper reaction to news that yet another company boss has gained an enormous pay increase at a time when the firm has laid off large numbers of employees, imposed ever‐greater workloads on those who remain and given them little or nothing by way of a wage increase. No wonder ordinary employees increasingly feel disfranchised, discouraged and angry. Discusses the following issues: How much commitment can a company realistically expect from rank‐and‐file workers who believe themselves to have been so cheated? Why has this situation arisen? And what can be done to right the wrongs?