DivineDark
join:2001-08-30
Oklahoma City, OK
clubs: | Cheap skates
I guess ATT's final offer wasn't so final after all. Still though 8.8 percent over 4 years is chicken feed. |
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verolom
join:2002-03-23
Eagleville, PA | Agree. However they get to keep their jobs and that's a big accomplishment these days. |
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DivineDark
join:2001-08-30
Oklahoma City, OK
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| Well it is an accomplishment but it isn't because the company is so successful.Its only natural that the employees that help it be so successful should get a fair share. They shouldn't just settle for keeping a job unless they work for a failing company or one that does not turn billions of profit. I hope they never settle for just being employed. Settling for anything less than what you deserve is selling yourself short. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to verolom
Well, lets see how many actually 'keep' their jobs over the year. |
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wifi4milez
Big Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
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said by DivineDark  :Still though 8.8 percent over 4 years is chicken feed. I dont really see how you can say that, especially in this economy. ANY kind of a raise these days is good.
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
·Comcast
| said by wifi4milez :said by DivineDark :Still though 8.8 percent over 4 years is chicken feed. I dont really see how you can say that, especially in this economy. ANY kind of a raise these days is good. good for a year maybe...but after inflation kicks in from all of the paper the fed is printing, that pay raise will disipate quick. These people will then be locked in to a wage that won't keep up with inflation. However..I understand this move. |
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st7860
join:2004-05-13
San Francisco, CA | reply to verolom
i hereby and solemnly declare +1 |
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | reply to DivineDark
They didn't want to take a beating out in the media.
Any business not flying under the radar risk being put to shame by the commies amongst us... |
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DivineDark
join:2001-08-30
Oklahoma City, OK
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said by en102 :Well, lets see how many actually 'keep' their jobs over the year. My job is protected from layoffs. If a layoff if announced they layoff the people with the lowest seniority first. So the longer I'm there the less chance I have to be laid off. Even before that happens they have to offer another job inside the company and my pay is protected. If these conditions cant be met and I'm actually laid off I will get payed for the life of the union contract by the union or until rehired by the company. What non union job offers those protections? |
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Tarheels Fan
Premium
join:2006-01-05 | Not a bad deal - until the company itself is imploding due to such contracts. |
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ienvieyou
@ameritech.net
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I envy you, I used to work in IT, and unions are mostly non-existent. I left the field, gonna do somthing else. Too many hours and not enough fair pay, no overtime, and no job protection. They just kept adding more and more responsibilities, making me work nights and weekend and on call for free, so I left. |
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ATT Mgr
@swbell.net | reply to wifi4milez
Agreed. AT&T managers (non-union types) are not receiving any pay increases this year. |
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old_dawg
"I Know Noting..."
join:2001-09-22
Westminster, MD
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said by DivineDark :I guess ATT's final offer wasn't so final after all. Still though 8.8 percent over 4 years is chicken feed. Beats the 0% over the last 2 years I've experienced 
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c4junk
Premium
join:2004-05-08 | reply to wifi4milez
This was about the norm 1.5 - 2% per year when I worked for Bellsouth, but I retired in 2001 and my health care is still free- may change with this or any new contract. |
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