This morning we received word from corporate that there will be no merit increases for FY10 (our fiscal year begins in May). Also, the Executive Committee has decided to take a 5% pay decrease.
I'm just happy to have a job making the same thing I have for the past year.
I'm sure others will see the glass half empty, but why?
Shouldn't we be motivated and not unmotivated? I know I am. Knowing that layoffs could have been an option and still could be in the future wouldn't it be best to do your best now more than ever so that you are more valuable?
I'm just thankful for my job and want to help others see the bright side of this.
Good for you Renda.
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Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
When I was young and clever, I wanted to change the world. Now that I am older and wiser, I strive to change myself. ~
I live in a state this depends heavily on the Big Three. The company I work for is headquartered in Canada and is internationally diverse, but our plant primarily supplies parts to GM, Chrysler, and Ford.
Kinda scary at times...I've had one layoff this year, and am not anxious for another one. The main thought in my mind at the time was at least I had the promise of a job to return to.
However, anything can change, and without notice.
I keep praying for the prosperity of our corporate office, and our local plant in particular, as well as remembering that the Big Three isn't my source.
In all of that, knowing that like David, I've never seen the righteous forsaken or His seed begging bread, it is still scary times.
There are others far worse off than me for sure...
I thank God everyday that I work in the medical field. I have many extended family members without a job right now. So far, there doesn't seem to be any fear of financial difficulties with our company. It seems there will always be sick people. I was so thankful as they handed out a nice bonus this past Friday along w/pay stub... it was very nice. I was able to purchase a nice car for my daughter to drive...actually it will be a shared car w/her sisters. However, even with the ecomomy around us...there were actually people complaining in this Network that the bonus amount was too small!!??! some people don't have a clue.
I've had those more negative thinking people tell me that with universal health care, my job will change...but I just say "God will provide" if that happens.
We just have to learn to trust God through all things.
The day my company announced there would be no merit increases and that our bonuses would be about half of normal, the executives all got massive stock grants.
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However, even with the ecomomy around us...there were actually people complaining in this Network that the bonus amount was too small!!??! some people don't have a clue.
Tell the complainers that you'll take any of it that is so small that they don't want it!
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I hate to see you frown. So wear a bag over your head until you cheer up!
We've learned the lesson in being grateful for even having a job three years ago. After Walt's aneurism, the cost for health care for his whole company skyrocketed because they kept him on as an employee. I've talked to the person in charge of that department and know that to be a true fact.
So the fact is that his company could have saved themselves alot of money by just getting rid of him. But they did the right thing and kept him. We will be forever grateful to them - even if there is never another raise ever (there was last year, by the way. But I don't expect one this year. Not with this economy)
You've got the right attitude, Renda. Funny how an economy like this causes us to look at things in a much more realistic way, don't you think!
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I don't see the glass half full or half empty. I see the glass then I drink what is in the glass and refill it!!!!!!!!!
__________________ "I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
The day my company announced there would be no merit increases and that our bonuses would be about half of normal, the executives all got massive stock grants.
the glass being half-full or half-empty....depends on if you are drinking or pouring. i tell those who think it is half-empty...stop drinking and start pouring. i am about to see the reality of it....my current position will be liquidated in about 4 months.
some people don't have a clue. 
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