Subj : Re: Obama Gives Raise to Biden, Congress as Fiscal Cliff Looms
To : All
From : Joel Olson
Date : Mon Dec 31 2012 03:02 am
"Frank McCoy" <
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>>Ever Imagine you are working for a company that is going bankrupt, but
>>everyone you work with and your bosses are getting pay raises. Seem
>>absurd?
>
> Well: Where the BOSSES of companies going bankrupt are getting hugely
> obscene pay-raises is pretty much SOP these days; and has been for
> several decades now. The people we work-with? THEY get pay-cuts and
> layoffs.
>
> Also, you're giving pay-scales for *executives*, not "everyone you
> work with". Any time there are layoffs or pay-cuts, you know darned
> good and well any executive is going to lay off those UNDER him, not
> himself.
>
> So ... The workers get fired or pay-cuts, while all of the executives
> remain at the same salaries. Guess who does all the REAL work? Guess
> who gets blamed for "lack of productivity" in the company? Guess why
> the business is going down the crapper?
>
> "Too many chiefs; and not enough indians."
> An age-old problem.
>
> --
The Federal workforce (serving their country a lot longer than the military
types)
has been taking hits in their pay and benefits for a long time.
Maybe its a case of a just case being made:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/feds-mobilize-against-additional-hits-on-their-pocketbooks/2012/12/17/19325746-4881-11e2-ad54-580638ede391_story.html
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