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I been at my job since May of 2009 and once higher management changed in late 2009, more responsibilities were added as we started 2010. Then on top of it, there was no COLA raise in July of 2010 and no type of Christmas Bonus. So I guess I'm not at the point where I'm fed up with the way things are going but know that I have to be THANKFUL to even have a job right now. Then we received word this week that MANDATORY SATURDAYS will start in January. So I now that I would never quit because that is something you can't do when you are taking care of yourself. But I will have to start working a little differently and not work 50 hrs a week. Then medical went up which also means I'm doing more work and the paycheck went down
I guess the only thing that is keeping me from jumping ship is the 10 min walk to the job. Anyone else in this situation? I don't let my frustration show around my boss or in staff meetings but I'm defintely irritated right now.
Unfortunately doing more with less is fairly common these days.
Too true, I'm in the same boat. But if I have to listen to upper management keep spouting that phrase I'm not going to held responsible when I finally snap.
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As you said before, you are lucky to still have a job. Have you looked around to see what else is available? I know a lot of people trying to find jobs for going on two years after being laid off.
These measures are meant to reduce costs so that people like you can continue working there, it's like a last ditch effort to avoid layoffs and is very common these days.
Our raises are all performance based, and I got one, but then the medical contribution went up and took most of it. Times are tough for nearly everyone I guess.
Play this song for your boss, or better yet make it you ringback, btw, a ringback is basically when you have a song insteaed of ringtone for hte caller to listen to. I got this song as my ringback, when my boss calls me outside of work hours I never pick up, I think he gets the clue.
As you said before, you are lucky to still have a job. Have you looked around to see what else is available? I know a lot of people trying to find jobs for going on two years after being laid off.
These measures are meant to reduce costs so that people like you can continue working there, it's like a last ditch effort to avoid layoffs and is very common these days.
Our raises are all performance based, and I got one, but then the medical contribution went up and took most of it. Times are tough for nearly everyone I guess.
It's a last ditch effort because reigning in executive salaries and bonuses is out of the question.
As you said before, you are lucky to still have a job. Have you looked around to see what else is available? I know a lot of people trying to find jobs for going on two years after being laid off.
These measures are meant to reduce costs so that people like you can continue working there, it's like a last ditch effort to avoid layoffs and is very common these days.
Our raises are all performance based, and I got one, but then the medical contribution went up and took most of it. Times are tough for nearly everyone I guess.
Yeah it sucks especially when your check goes in the wrong direction
As you said before, you are lucky to still have a job. Have you looked around to see what else is available? I know a lot of people trying to find jobs for going on two years after being laid off.
These measures are meant to reduce costs so that people like you can continue working there, it's like a last ditch effort to avoid layoffs and is very common these days.
Our raises are all performance based, and I got one, but then the medical contribution went up and took most of it. Times are tough for nearly everyone I guess.
No.. These measures are usually the result of a layoff, or at the very least an attempt not to hire more workers.
So it really depends on what kind of new responsibilities you are talking about.
Is it something completely out of the realm of what you would normally do you in your job?
Jobs change-- whether you are laying off people or not. At my company-- it is not uncommon for even the lower level jobs to change and morph. When they look at things from a compensation level to determine if the job should be paid more, the same, etc they usually do an inventory of tasks and look at market parity for the skills involved.
My friend at a law firm had something fairly recent happen like this. In lieu of hiring another paralegal and having admin staff just kind of sitting around because they had too many admin staff-- they ended up shifting some of the very low level paralegal work to the admin staff. It took some of the busy lesser skilled work off of the paralegal's hands freeing up more time so that they don't need to hire a new paralegal, it helps enriches the lower level admins and keep them more busy than what their usual work week was (my friend had stated that in all seriousness she thought they could hopefully lose an admin since the work could have been combined amongst the other 2 admin people). One of the admins apparently was unhappy and thought that the "new tasks" merited a raise but in all truthfulness the level of work is pretty much not something that would really merit a new increase in salary. The other admin apparently was very excited to have the opportunity to get her hands more into the actual paralegal side of the house and is now looking to go back to school for a paralegal certificate (which apparently her firm will end up paying for).
In some cases, the additional work and responsibilities make sense to have a pay increase. I had a team where I had 3 junior level employees move up and start taking on some of the more higher skillset work-- they showed that they were capable and I advocated for them to get significant pay increases to compensate the higher level work they were doing (8-11% increases which would far exceed any COLA or annual increase percent). It really made sense, leadership agreed, and I was able to show since they had been trained and started doing the work, that they were competent and COULD very well do it. Most people I know in my current environment and company have always done higher level work, taken on more responsibilities, before the official promotions and increases ever came.
AS for working Saturdays, I would probably ask my manager why are they mandatory. Under certain circumstances it would make sense (for example in my world year end is a HUGE ordeal for large employers to prepare for W2s, taxes, etc). I have also worked crazy hours for major software implementations-- but those who worked those hours were generally compensated with something afterwards-- through some kind of appreciation whether it was monetary, gift cards, nice dinners, etc.
Now if they are having mandatory Saturdays because they are so short staffed and there is no end in sight-- that is a whole nother ball of wax.
Boy, I'd hate to work Saturdays on a salary job. If they did that to everyone, everyone should retaliate and refuse to work Saturdays and say they should hire an extra worker if they need more production.
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