I'm supposing, but maybe I 'm wrong , that most of these HBC employees scoffing the free lunchs during daytime meetings are 'professionals' doing it during an unpaid working lunch (in their own time) , would have thought most of these folks are on a salary and are not paid overtime like hourly workers. Maybe its cheaper to spend the odd £9 per head than pay overtime at time and a half for someone on £50K + a year .
£50 K per annum @ 2,000 hours (50weeks @ 40 hours per week ) = £25 per hour
