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   "Frank McCoy"  wrote in message    
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   > -???-? ??????•?? ™Usenet Legends ªºªand?a®ole   
   >  wrote:   
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   >>Ever Imagine you are working for a company that is going bankrupt, but   
   >>everyone you work with and your bosses are getting pay raises. Seem   
   >>absurd?   
   >   
   > Well: Where the BOSSES of companies going bankrupt are getting hugely   
   > obscene pay-raises is pretty much SOP these days; and has been for   
   > several decades now.  The people we work-with?  THEY get pay-cuts and   
   > layoffs.   
   >   
   > Also, you're giving pay-scales for *executives*, not "everyone you   
   > work with".  Any time there are layoffs or pay-cuts, you know darned   
   > good and well any executive is going to lay off those UNDER him, not   
   > himself.   
   >   
   > So ... The workers get fired or pay-cuts, while all of the executives   
   > remain at the same salaries.  Guess who does all the REAL work?  Guess   
   > who gets blamed for "lack of productivity" in the company?  Guess why   
   > the business is going down the crapper?   
   >   
   > "Too many chiefs; and not enough indians."   
   > An age-old problem.   
   >   
   > --   
      
   The Federal workforce (serving their country a lot longer than the military    
   types)   
   has been taking hits in their pay and benefits for a long time.   
      
   Maybe its a case of a just case being made:   
   http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/feds-mobilize-against-additi   
   nal-hits-on-their-pocketbooks/2012/12/17/19325746-4881-11e2-ad54   
   580638ede391_story.html   
      
      
      
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