Posted on 09/17/2009 7:15:27 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
You don't have to get laid off to feel the pain of this recession. Many workers lucky enough to have survived the ax are still feeling unhappy and unmotivated at work.
Raises, bonuses and other incentive programs have been slashed since the downturn began, and employees saddled with additional workloads for less pay are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with their current position -- or just plain burnt out.
(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...
"Now that the pace of layoffs is slowing, and the smoke is starting to clear, companies are taking stock and realizing that morale can affect the bottom line."
Ya think?
So glad i’m my own boss.
not to mention those of us that have surived but taken 25% PAYCUTS also....
I like being my own boss, too. But really, the market is the boss. Gotta have customers.
The beatings will continue until morale improves. That is all.
My company did that to a lot of people and then chose the next month to send out the employee attitude survey. Talk about people unclear of the concept.
Morale is also affected by coming to work everyday knowing your company is sliding rapidly down a rat hole and advocating goodness and light and diversity and peace kills the company.
Just saying CNN is depressing in a world where job death seems only one paycheck away
This is definitely my story at the moment. The whole place is in a who cares mode it seems while the execs come up with more cost saving measures that only impact the lower echelons.
One bright spot in all this is that the little cnn drones are going to be out of work as well.
THE BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES-The Mgmnt
The stupid Lehman meltdown last year meant that within the midst of a record quarter, my company deleted our year-end bonus, notified us that there would be no raises until further notice, and instituted a hiring freeze. In hard times, most people are willing to make sacrifices to keep the company profitable, but when the recession has had zero-effect on your employer’s bottom line, it’s a hard pill to swallow. For the first time in my 24 year career, my income went down, and I’m looking.
i know what you mean, here a week later all the dept mgrs were called into a meeting about improving their employees attitudes....25% cut...and we all know we will get that back in the form of 3% annual cost of living increases....
All of my employers without exception always said, every time, "There will be no layoffs".
They wanted us there, to pretend it was a going concern, and later, turn out the lights.
“i know what you mean, here a week later all the dept mgrs were called into a meeting about improving their employees attitudes....25% cut...and we all know we will get that back in the form of 3% annual cost of living increases....”
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I just had to add to that one. My company over the last 6 years has given NO annual cost of living increases to our exempt employees at least twice maybe three times. It’s something I really don’t want to remember. But the Union people get theirs and they also got an extra week of vacation in the latest contract this year for their senior people. But the rest of us? Buck up Man, it’s for the good of the company so we remain competitive.
Morale? Oh G-D, let’s not talk about morale. With all of the stupid inane e-mails flowing down like S**T from above there is no morale.
At least you get a cost of living increase. For us the salary cuts were on top of two years of no raises.
Been there, done that, burned the bridges behind me.
Had the company I was working for at the time just told the truth and let us know that layoffs were coming I would probably still be with that company working for a different organization.
At my exit interview I told my manager that if I saw him being mugged I would wait till they were finished and then come laugh in his face.
I told the regional manager that if I saw him being mugged I would wait till they were finished and then get my kickes in on him.
I told the president of the company that if he had managers like that I didn't want to work for his company, and I knew the president of the company personally.
Six months later my former manager inquired of a friend that still worked there if he thought I would consider coming back to work for the company.
My friend laughed at him and told him that I might consider it under two conditions.
They would have to double what I was making before (I already had a job making more than I did at that company) and I couldn't work for him.
If they’re unhappy, there’s always the option of quitting and looking for another job.
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