Balls to the Wall
Bad news at work today. Holiday pay has been discontinued.
I learned this when I opened my paycheck and noticed that New Year's Day, the first paid holiday, was retroactively taken away from me. No warning. No chance to schedule my work differently so I could receive a full paycheck. Stealth removal of a promised employee benefit with no notice or explanation given.
Equally aggravating is the attitude of many co-workers. They grumbled a bit and forgot about it. Just rolling with the punches, reinforcing the owner's notion that they can pull bullshit like this and it will be totally okay. I suggested we all stop coming to work or speak our minds; do anything! Nobody could be bothered. Fifty employees and not a pair of balls in the building.
They believe slaves always lose; And this fear keeps them down.
The owner's reasoning was financial. Essentially, too much unsold inventory. None of the people who lost their holiday pay are responsible for purchasing inventory, but that doesn't really matter. The crux of the problem is how it was handled. Why couldn't this have been formally announced in advance?
Opening a paycheck is not the time for surprises. That is the time for getting exactly what is expected so bills can be paid, and it is important to know ahead of time if that number will be decreasing. The lack of consideration for the employees is disgraceful.
We had hints of financial trouble, however. The annual Christmas feast was canceled. That's right, they didn't even pay for dinner before they fucked us.
I learned this when I opened my paycheck and noticed that New Year's Day, the first paid holiday, was retroactively taken away from me. No warning. No chance to schedule my work differently so I could receive a full paycheck. Stealth removal of a promised employee benefit with no notice or explanation given.
Equally aggravating is the attitude of many co-workers. They grumbled a bit and forgot about it. Just rolling with the punches, reinforcing the owner's notion that they can pull bullshit like this and it will be totally okay. I suggested we all stop coming to work or speak our minds; do anything! Nobody could be bothered. Fifty employees and not a pair of balls in the building.
They believe slaves always lose; And this fear keeps them down.
The owner's reasoning was financial. Essentially, too much unsold inventory. None of the people who lost their holiday pay are responsible for purchasing inventory, but that doesn't really matter. The crux of the problem is how it was handled. Why couldn't this have been formally announced in advance?
Opening a paycheck is not the time for surprises. That is the time for getting exactly what is expected so bills can be paid, and it is important to know ahead of time if that number will be decreasing. The lack of consideration for the employees is disgraceful.
We had hints of financial trouble, however. The annual Christmas feast was canceled. That's right, they didn't even pay for dinner before they fucked us.