Were people in RTE always disliked or is it a new thing? thing?

FixdePitchmark · 27-11-2019 07:49PM

it's a heavily unionized workplace and whilst unions are great, when they are there too long and unchecked they get out of control, silly term and conditions and pay slips in.

they are trying to pull it back, but probably too late.

whilst I think there is great talent there. A few years ago the wages were hilarious, with very little output.

Wages of the likes of Ray Darcy and Ryan Tubridy are completely and utterly unnecessary and unacceptable.

no way they should be above top CEO wages .

250 K maybe, tubs full package was probably near 3 times that at one point.

BarryD2 · 27-11-2019 07:50PM

It's not all black & white - RTE does some excellent broadcasting. But there are also several duds that should be shown the door.

27-11-2019 07:52PM

BarryD2 wrote: »

It's not all black & white - RTE does some excellent broadcasting. But there are also several duds that should be shown the door.

one radio station and one tv station is more than enough, and maybe rte player as an option, pay it if you want it and fix it and have it like netflix/prime and they can put all the big bang/simpsons reruns and put Amy Huberman/Vogue/Doireann/Bernard O Shea/Mario stuff on it

NoteAgent · 27-11-2019 07:55PM

Dennis Aggressive Roast wrote: »

You think it's bad now. 10 years ago just after the crash Pat Kenny was earning €950,000, almost €1m. Tubridy was earning around €600k along with Joe Duffy etc for what was perceived as not even being a full weeks work.

At de bewm time you were earning 900,000 powens!!

FixdePitchmark · 27-11-2019 07:58PM

Forrest Square Gumdrop wrote: »

Dave Fanning was good on the radio at one time.

Not sure what happened to him.

Dave is one of the great talents .

he used to review movies and was great at that .

what does he do now ?

by the way, probably loads of staff in their on wage who don't do literally anything.

snotboogie · 27-11-2019 08:10PM

Forrest Square Gumdrop wrote: »

Dave Fanning was good on the radio at one time.

Not sure what happened to him.

He does a lot of rugby coverage now, writes for the Irish Times, you'd hear him the odd time on the Second Captains podcast

Grandeeod · 27-11-2019 08:17PM

RTE is similar to CIE but they don't realise it. CIE take their subsidy quietly from your taxes. The lackies in CIE are fairly well paid and protected by unions. Handy number.

But RTE takes it off the fooking scale altogether. They want the TV license fee, Advertising and a bail out from the state at the same time. Nepotism is still rampant in the place. "Celebs" are way over paid and not worth the money. I particularly dislike Tubbs, Darcy, Finnucane, Duffy and O' Callaghan. With all the channels we have available, it makes it easy to see how utterly ordinary these dopes are. RTE once justified the big so called celeb salaries on the basis of them being snapped up by other broadcasters. Thats a fooking laugh anyway. TV3/Virgin media wouldn't take them at their current pay rates and the UK channels don't need them nor would they take them!

From an Independent commissioning viewpoint even those on the outside are "connected". Watch the credits. Same tossers doing the same work for donkeys years. Lots of lick arses too hanging around the place looking to pitch ideas and get some crap programming commissioned. How Bridget and Eamonn ever made it past the first script is beyond me. The fact that Gold in the UK picked it up just sums up the demise of comedy on UK TV. Mrs Browns Boys created the path. That's ****e too, but at least the BBC paid for it.

FixdePitchmark · 27-11-2019 08:18PM

by the way , people in general completely underestimate how difficult it us to present well.

The only few to rise to front and do it well in the last 10 years or so are to name a few
claire Byrne
Brendan O'Connor
Tommy Tiernan ?

Brian Dobson probably their best who is gone now for some reason , perhaps due to that I'll fated push for female only news . It seemed to fall apart or not work well and was terribly sexist.

GreenandRed · 27-11-2019 08:22PM

Grandeeod wrote: »

RTE is similar to CIE but they don't realise it. CIE take their subsidy quietly from your taxes. The lackies in CIE are fairly well paid and protected by unions. Handy number.

But RTE takes it off the fooking scale altogether. They want the TV license fee, Advertising and a bail out from the state at the same time. Nepotism is still rampant in the place. "Celebs" are way over paid and not worth the money. I particularly dislike Tubbs, Darcy, Finnucane, Duffy and O' Callaghan. With all the channels we have available, it makes it easy to see how utterly ordinary these dopes are. RTE once justified the big so called celeb salaries on the basis of them being snapped up by other broadcasters. Thats a fooking laugh anyway. TV3/Virgin media wouldn't take them at their current pay rates and the UK channels don't need them nor would they take them!

From an Independent commissioning viewpoint even those on the outside are "connected". Watch the credits. Same tossers doing the same work for donkeys years. Lots of lick arses too hanging around the place looking to pitch ideas and get some crap programming commissioned. How Bridget and Eamonn ever made it past the first script is beyond me. The fact that Gold in the UK picked it up just sums up the demise of comedy on UK TV. Mrs Browns Boys created the path. That's ****e too, but at least the BBC paid for it.

The Savage Eye, Tubridy's cousin, used to be good. I don't think UK Gold will be picking it up!

Grandeeod · 27-11-2019 08:30PM

GreenandRed wrote: »

The Savage Eye, Tubridy's cousin, used to be good. I don't think UK Gold will be picking it up!

Have to admit, I liked the Savage Eye. Podge and Rodge too along with a Scare at Bedtime. Zig and Zag. as well, but the lads didn't make it in the UK after their stint on breakie tellie. From Childhood, the Live Mike was the only decent show. Mike Murphy. It attempted to be like a UK weekend show. Everything else was crap.

Were people in RTE always disliked or is it a new thing? thing?

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