Quote: Originally Posted by mummergirl and yet another year without raises at my company ...
i keep telling myself i'm lucky to have a job. repeating it like a mantra. otherwise i would go apeshit on the bosses here. it is so frustrating to see all the unnecessary spending that goes on here while we can't even get raises.
so what do i do? i steal from them in the form of "time" in order to make up for it LOL (time IS money, after all) ... look how much time i spend on BDW during the workday! LMAO
the bosses have money, and are therefore out-of-touch with the reality of the little guy's financial hurting.
just an example: we are having a baby shower for a coworker here, and the girl planning it said she wanted to do it during a pay week (we get paid every two weeks) to make it easier for people to contribute to the shower gift ... our boss actually said, "oh ... huh? what's a 'pay week?'" HAH! must be nice to not live paycheck to paycheck! Ughhh, this is so like my fiance's work. The boss, and owner, have no idea that these people he has working for them have families and things to pay for. Over the summer, he cut out all overtime and slashed many people's commison. The guys who work under my fiance (he doesn't treat them as such, he feels really bad for them) are struggling to pay the mortgage and upport their families on hardly any money... and now one of the guy's found a better job, and is leaving and FI is very happy for him. But, now they want to not hire someone to replace him and just try to get all of the work done on their own (which was a stretch even with him there). I told him, just be happy you have a job... be grateful which he is... but COME ON! The boss complains about no money and the company losing money and then all of a sudden has a bunch of brand new toys.... I just feel bad for people who really work really hard and get the short end of the stick...