I feel your pain. The company I've been at for the last 38 years has reduced
its local workforce from over 60,000 employees to less than 9,000. I've had
one raise (3%) since 1995 though all my annual performance appraisals have been
outstanding. We have had our wages reduced twice in the last three years
to the tune of 7% reduction....all the while management has been getting
filthy rich. They have increased their wages by 20% just over the last 4 years,
all of management from the bottom to the top. Sooo, I earn less than I did
13 years ago
. If my wife was physically able to work, if I had skills,
if, if, if.......
So I'll be retiring, going on to another full time job at Wally World or some
such place, in the next few years and I'll get a small annuity from my current
job.
I firmly believe that a major Labor movement will be happening soon, or the entire
country will be out of work.....just hope I'm around to see it. I have a lot of
pent-up rage as I'm sure many folks do. This selfish CEO mentality does not
set well with the struggling masses and soon all Heck is liable to break loose.
Congrats to you for surviving the fracus and coming out a winner. My hat's off
to you for having the where-with-all and tenacity to survive.
Happy Trails