Morrisons Discount for school staff

[Tigerbalmtonic]

To think Morrisons are wrong to offer 10% discount to school staff from Monday? What about nursery staff, university staff, college staff, and all the other essential workers, who haven't been on full pay all through the pandemic. Never mind those who have lost their jobs and businesses.

And ignoring the other staff in the school who earn significantly less than a teacher.
It’s for all school staff; cleaners, admin, premises managers, etc, included.

Also if you are okay for nhs staff to get it why not teachers?

MN gets a bad rep for teacher bashing but it’s really nice to see the vast majority of posters welcoming the nice gesture. Teacher bashing arseholes like the OP are in the minority.

DSs teacher spent half term on isolating after catching covid from a pupil. He deserves a lot more than a 10% discount.

Are childminders included?

Seen a FB post about people working from home being eligible for an increase in how much they can earn without being taxed via the HMRC site.
Loads of people kicking off on it, saying that its greedy and not fair....

@CatsAndEyeliner

And ignoring the other staff in the school who earn significantly less than a teacher. It’s for all school staff; cleaners, admin, premises managers, etc, included.

I meant the OP, not the poster (sorry).

@GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat

Are childminders included?

No... they are not teachers or school staff.

@MitziK ah gotcha

I realise that Hallie but someone said nursery staff are included too. Childminders have worked through with key worker children too so wondered how they’d made the differentiation.

MN hate teachers. I'm looking forward to using the discount as it's been stressful and shit compared to my friends who are saving money working at home with no travel costs, safe in their homes and able to manage childcare and cook tea whilst working. I'm in full PPE as I work with special needs children and my head could explode from sorting risk assessments and ensuring my TAs are safe.

I do realise it's been shit for those who have lost jobs etc and something needs to be done to sort this problem too.

@Audreyseyebrows

Also if you are okay for nhs staff to get it why not teachers?

Yes OP, what is it about education staff and their 10% discount that you disapprove of, given that you've said yourself that you're ok with NHS staff getting it?

Most supermarkets facilitate food bank donations in store anyway and some help with donations, particularly at Xmas. I know the Asda I work at has a community relation colleague who regularly organises food bank donations on behalf of the store.
Why shouldn't a private business offer discounts to any sector of people they feel deserving? And why do you think teachers in particular are undeserving?

Well I'd rather they made a generous donation to food banks and helped those who really need it.

Morrisons already do donate to foodbanks, they set aside £10 million worth of ambient stock specifically for foodbanks.

www.morrisons-corporate.com/media-centre/corporate-news/morrisons-to-help-restock-britains-foodbanks/

They also donate to community projects and local charities, our local Morrisons store provided all the food and decorations for DD's playgroup Christmas party last year as well as a selection box for each child.

@Tigerbalmtonic

Well I'd rather they made a generous donation to food banks and helped those who really need it.

The already do

What is your issue with teachers getting help? You realise they’d also be using their pay to sub kids who don’t get breakfast and lunch right?

School staff are working with no PPE or SD and you would begrudge them a discount from one store? Maybe the understand their workers are there because school staff are looking after their children.

@GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat

I realise that Hallie but someone said nursery staff are included too. Childminders have worked through with key worker children too so wondered how they’d made the differentiation.

Well no one is going to know why they didn’t include childminders on this thread are they...

Childminders don’t work in a school setting which is where Morrison’s are offering their discount. Just be happy for all the school staff.

Yep, our local Morrisions also made a substantial food donation to the local effort to ensure all our local kids could eat during half term.

I am involved in a community charity and Morrisons is very generous with food donations , so your comments about them helping food banks yada yada isn't really relevant. I don't really understand what about me whinges can't you just be content that supermarkets offer " something "

@waitforitwaitforit

Have you even read it? The discount also applied to university and nursery staff, as well as support and office staff in schools. There's little more frustrating than some eejit who gets on their high horse based on a tiny fraction of a story.

This, with knobs on.

About time we were recognised.
So next week -as the country most like huddles in its homes to protect itself from Covid -it will be unprotected business as useful for me and the rest of my colleagues in education.

No-one can do anything nice without someone moaning it doesn’t go far enough!

Happy for school staff to get it they been through so much and all keyworkers jobs have.

I was very pleased to see it included all school staff. Most support staff are predominently women on very part-time contracts (term-time and then even more part-time) on a very low FT salary. Every little helps (to quote another food retailer)

I don't see anything wrong with this & struggle to see why it's an issue just because it doesn't include everyone (though as others said, it includes more than school staff though appears to be relying on ID and for in-shop purchases which may be an issue for some.

I think many people, even those 'really in need' would prefer to be able to buy what they need at a more affordable price than rely on a food bank, but they like some other supermarkets support those and other redistribution schemes.