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When the benefits start to get meager, that's when I freshen up the resume and start looking for another job.
posted by
telynor
on January 4, 2006 at 7:43 PM
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OFFBEATS.....it wouldn't be so bad if they did increase the pay, but hubby
didn't get a raise for the last 3 years, and all I got was a lousy 25 cents over the last 2 years with the mumble of....no money available....
posted by
Original_Influence
on January 4, 2006 at 3:56 PM
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OI
Yeah, that might be a wake up call all right..lot's of places are no longer giving large benefit packages though. It seems if they increase the income, they feel it is okay to decrease the benefits..
posted by
Offy
on January 4, 2006 at 12:51 PM
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Gradually We Awaken to the True Meaning of the "New Economy"
I think we are beginning to learn what the so-called "new economy" really means. The postindustrial economy, which relies on cheap imports from cheap labor for more than 40% of what we consume and requires the US to borrow $2 billion a day from other countries means we all have to work longer hours with less job security and fewer benefits.
It also means we lay off our skilled workforce and destroy our productive capacity in forms of freight rail transportation, bankrupt airlines, ancient waterways (remember Katrina), outdated electric power distribution lines, 30 year old oil refineries (contributing to high petroleum prices), and reduced electric power generation per capita (haven't built a nuclear power plant since the 70s).
Are the lower 80% of income brackets getting squeezed and ripped off? You bet we are! Is the upper 20% happen with their capital gains from short-term speculative trading? Is a pig happy in the mud?
posted by
writersjourney
on January 3, 2006 at 10:34 PM
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yep, and a lot of things on a freelancer's tab
are tax-deductible! good luck!
posted by
DancesWithWords
on January 3, 2006 at 8:13 PM
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boon.
posted by
SilverMoon7
on January 3, 2006 at 3:30 PM
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I imagine a lot of people will be leaving that place in the coming months. And I wonder if that isn't really the plan...? I hope the freelancing booms well for you! (yes, I meant boom and not
posted by
SilverMoon7
on January 3, 2006 at 3:29 PM
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I imagine a lot of people will be leaving that place in the coming months. And I wonder if that isn't really the plan...? I hope the freelancing booms well for you! (yes, I meant boom and
posted by
SilverMoon7
on January 3, 2006 at 3:29 PM
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I imagine a lot of people will be leaving that place in the coming months. And I wonder if that isn't really the plan...? I hope the freelancing booms well for you! (yes, I meant
posted by
SilverMoon7
on January 3, 2006 at 3:29 PM
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Your brother's employer
is going to have a lot of trouble getting and keeping good employees with that approach
posted by
jollyjeff
on January 3, 2006 at 10:47 AM
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Sounds harsh
for you and your brother. Maybe you should use this to continue along the writing path with full haste, yet continuing to have the security if not the satisfaction of your regular job. Things like this certainly spur me on - especially during blue January days.
posted by
malcolm
on January 3, 2006 at 6:12 AM
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