'til I met the man who had no feet.
This was my first thought when my supervisor called an emergency staff meeting. She proceed to tell us that no one from the president of the company on down is receiving a raise. Up until now, performance reviews were conducted in February. At that time entitled employees would receive their raises. Now, I only started at the company in November 2007, so I was not entitled to review and raise in February 2008. I think this is an appropriate quote because there have been many, many layoffs at our company and just because there is a freeze on raises doesn't mean that there won't be more layoffs.
I guess now is the time for gratitude...
I'm grateful to still have a job.
Monday, March 2, 2009
I cried because I had no shoes...
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2 comments:
It really is a scary time we are living in-
You are so right ...
There is always someone worse off!
Recently we had two very dear friends lose their jobs.
One friend was in human resources at one of our local hospitals. She had been there over 20 years. And was an excellent employee. She was permanently laid off. She received a severance package - but she is 40 something and has to start over.
The other friend was supervisor of the printing press department of our local newspaper. Also there over 20 years and an excellent worker. They permanently closed his department and shipped the printing of the paper to another city 60 miles away. He's pushing 50, has three sons still in grade school, and now has to start all over.
Scary times ...
Appreciation and gratitude for what we have, is the only way to survive!
Hey ...
How are you doing????
Hope all is well :-)
dawn
http://meandcraig.blogspot.com
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