graceadieu -> RE: A few Labor Leader, cost 18,500 people their jobs (11/18/2012 8:40:31 AM)
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Because that's not how it works in the corporate world. If a company's sales go south, in Hostess's case, or the company does something illegal and gets fined billions, like a Fortune 500 company I used to work for, the shareholders and upper management will not allow themselves to lose income. Instead, they make up the difference by laying people off, expecting the remaining employees to do 2x the work at 80% the pay, all while raising prices for customers. Everybody has to pay for upper management's mistakes.... except for upper management. Well stated. My wife's company routinely feels that it can ask more from its employees without upping their compensation. Yeah, I ended up getting promoted to replace somebody that left, but was expected to still do my previous job as well as the new job. And while I officially got a raise of $1.12/hour, I also had my shift cut from 8 hours to 7, so I still ended up making less money. When my boss tried to pressure me into working extra hours off the clock so I could get everything done, that was the last straw for me. [:'(]
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