I agree with you-After the dept I worked in at MHMR was cut out of the budget, I went to the private sector-got a job in HR at Bell-it was almost as bad as the public sector-until the happy day the breakup came, and all the baby Bells were in competition with others and each other. Some in management were tearing their hair and ripping their garments, but the rank-and-file of us were celebrating like we had been let out of prison. My personal phone bill went down, along with LD service-even the price of a telephone, etc all because of competition. And those huge, monopoly-creating companies do not treat their workers well, either-more like you are an indentured servant. I left Bell soon after to be a workers comp case manager-no monopoly there...
I hear you. I have been in similar situations myself.
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